Evening Post (Newspaper): Evening post extra. Horrible news from the East Coast. Horrible atrocities. Thirty-three settlers murdered, including Captain Biggs and family. Bodies of women thrown to the pigs. Escaped settlers in safety. [1869].

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Title

Evening Post (Newspaper): Evening post extra. Horrible news from the East Coast. Horrible atrocities. Thirty-three settlers murdered, including Captain Biggs and family. Bodies of women thrown to the pigs. Escaped settlers in safety. [1869].

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TAPUHI

Description

News item from Napier announcing an incident in Poverty Bay, four miles from Napier, involving Te Kooti and his men, and Captain Reginald Biggs who had been pursuing him for some time. The ship "Success" brought surviving settlers to Napier. This preliminary report suggests that 28 Europeans and 9 friendly Maori were killed. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) on galley proof.. Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet 320 x 135 mm.

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Image

Date created

1868

Creator

Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) / Wakelyn B R, active 1962

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23041599

Locations

Napier / Tūranganui-a-Kiwa / Poverty Bay / Napier City / Poverty Bay

Related subjects

Biggs, Reginald Newton (Major), 1830?-1868 / Success (Ship) / Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki, -1893 / New Zealand / Race relations / New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872 / Campaigns / Hawke's Bay Region / Settlers / Napier / Tūranganui-a-Kiwa / Poverty Bay

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