THE CHINA SEAS
INFESTED BY PIRATES GROUNDED STEAMER BOARDED Press Association—By Copyright SHANGHAI, February 29. (Received March 1, at 12.10 a.m.) Indicative of the manner in which the China seas and coasts are infested by pirates is an incident reported by a Japanese naval officer of the Kinko Marti, a Japanese freighter, which grounded on the Island of Tantao, in the Formosan Straits. He rvirelessed for the assistance of-the destroyer flotilla, which proceeded to the spot and found the vessel submerged, except the stern, which was surrounded by over 100 pirate ships. The pirates were clambering over the unsubmerged portjpn. One of the vessels was compelled to turn its machine guns on the pirates, driving them to the shore. It was discovered that the pirates had looted the ship of everything detachable, also tho coal. The crow of thirty-eight escaped prior to the pirates’ arrival. They were later rescued unharmed.
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Evening Star, Issue 19804, 1 March 1928, Page 5
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150THE CHINA SEAS Evening Star, Issue 19804, 1 March 1928, Page 5
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