The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-23
MASSACRED BY NATIVES
Austrian Scientists Party At
tackled on Solomon Island.
FIVE KILLED AND MANY WOUNDED

The Party Set Upon without Warning and
Assailed with Clubs and Tomahawks.
After Desperate Battle They Put the
savages to Flight.
SAN Francisco, Oct 2S.-Details of a
massacre on the Solomon islands were
brought up from the South seas by the
Oceanic Steamship company mail steam.
ship Monowa, which arrived at this port
from Australia via the Sandwich islands
yesterday. The victims of the bloodthirsty
savages were members Of party Of Aus
TRANS who had been taken to the islands
by the Austrian man-of-war Albatross
The party was under the leadership Of
Henry, Baron Foulton Won Norbeck, An
Austrian scientist, who has visited many
groups Of islands In tho South seas and
had numerous exciting experiences with
the natives. While travelling with an armed
guard over tho mountains of the island
he was set upon by bushmen and slain, to-
gether with four others During the des.
perate conflict which followed tho assault
many of the party were dangerously
wounded.
The killed are Henry, Baron Foulton
Won Norbeck, Midshipman Armand de
Beaufort, Seaman Jacob Dokovic and Sea
man Gustav Chulanpka and native
guide.
Dangerously wounded: Petty Officers
Peter Maras, Kolo On Neupob, Peter Our
cie and Anton Covacevick, Seaman Anton
Lovric and Seaman Franz Zepcic.
Slightly wounded: Johnny Paramata,
native, and the baron's servant, Nickel.
The AlbatroSs was commissioned by the
Austrian government to make u scientific
exploration on Solomon Island. During
the middle Of last August a landing was
made at place called Titiri, on the north
coast Of Guadalcanar.
From there party consisting of Baron
Foulton Won Norbeck, Lieutenant Budik,
Midshipman De Beaufort, twenty sailors,
the barons two servants and two native
guides started out for the purpose of e1-
ploring a mountain In the interior Of the
mountains called the Lion Head. After
two days marching one midshipman and
seven sailors returned, the men not being
able to stand the heavy walking In the
bush. The barons party that proceeded
reached a camping place at the foot Of tho
Lions Head. The baron and his servants,
with the native guides were in the lead,
going up the hill, several natives being
apparently near or mixed with the party.
When up near the top they heard two
shots fired in the ncighborhoOd of the
camp they had left, and at the same time
they saw bushman chief standing on the
top of q rise little above them making
some signs. As he appeared two shots
were fired lower down the mountain from
the direction Of the camp. The shots
seemed to be II signal for the chief to Ut
tack the party,
Bushmen from n score Of places at once
rushed out and the baron was struck on
the neck with Il tomahawk, while a crowd
OF bushmen attacked the rest Of the party
with clubs. The native who had cut down
tho baron was shot by Il sailor. Lieutenant
Budik also put his revolver to good Use,
One sailor hadto protect himself with II
tonahnwk he had wrcsted from native
The other sailors were we'll armed, and
the bushmen finally had to retreat to the
woods many Of them wounded Tho
baron lived but II few hours after the US
sault