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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879-1954) (about)
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NOR' WEST NEWS.
THE ATTACKING ON PEARLERS BY
NATIVES AT KING SOUND,
[BY TELEGRAPH.]
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
ROEBOURNE, May 17.
News has been received here from Broome
of attacks by «separate tribes of natives upon two parties of beche-de-mer gatherers and pearlers, near the entrance to King Sound. The first attack was upon a party of two white men, Bora and Hatch, and five native rowers, who landed ÍD a boat from a lugger owned by Captain Hilliard and Mr. Bors, at a epot known aa the Graveyard. Bors was speared, though not seriouBly. He was brought to ' Broome, and ia now recovering. One section of thia native tribe tried to cut the boat adrift, whilst the other section attacked tbe party, but Hatch fired off his revolver, and this caused them to retreat. The other disturbance occurred at Baldwin Creek. Harry Hunter, a well-known pearler being speared, but not dangerously. These
native tribes were the same as murdered Mr. Shenton and Capt. Peyton some years since. The first attack was entirely unprovoked. The motive is said to have been plunder. [Both of these attacks were mentioned in a telegram from our Broome correspondent, published the other day.]