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Explorer Edmund Kennedy is speared to death	13th December
Guernseyman Edward Tupper killed by cannibals	1st July

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Father commits suicide by slashing his own throat
John Moignard was determined to kill himself. He drank a bottle of ammonia before slashing his throat with a razor blade.
Corbiere's assistant lighthouse keeper drowns
Corbiere's assistant lighthouse keeper was washed away when he set out to save a pair of English visitors in 1946.

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