Eureka Reporter | 1906-01-26 | Page 2 | Butchered as They Slept

BUTCHERED AS THEY SLEPT latest outrages in new guinea anaf north australia victoria ot massa ores by the blacks in new guinea and north australia were received by the steamer moana in new guinea a party of warriors made a raid on the village of eairl thirty miles from the capital port moresby and killed ahli ty three ot the inhabitants who were sleeping the bodies were much anro rhe village was looted and destroyed anything ot value being carried off the village constable es though his loin cloth was pierced by spears thrown at him and after hiding in the bush for some days with two he reported at port moresby to report the massacre and a force of armed constables nere sent to punish the raiders the other massacre at port keats involved the killing by blacks of six white men and three natives tha inen were killed with tomahawks while sleeping