Brother Eugene

Mount Hagen Missionary’s Death at Salamaua

BROTHER EUGENE, the Roman Catho lic missionary who was seriously wounded early in January by natives in the Mount Hagen district of Central New Guinea, died in Salamaua hospital on January 24.

When District Officer J, L. Taylor found Brother Eugene at Buningen village, in the Chimbu Valley, he was in a very criti cal condition. D.O. Taylor immediately took him to Salamaua, where he was ad mitted to hospital suffering from a severe spear wound in the lung. It was thought that his life would be saved, but complica tions set in and he passed away the fol lowing morning.

Born in Illinois, America, Brother Eu gene was 34 years of age, and had been working among the natives of the Mount Hagen area for two years. He arrived In Madang from Sydney in 1927, and before commencing active field work was agricul tural instructor at the Catholic mission station in the Bismarck Ranges.

The Society of the Divine Word at Alexishafen has already appointed another missionary from its station to continue Brother Eugene’s work in the Mt.

Hagen area.