ATTACKED BY PIRATES.
« EXCITING INCIDENT IN THE RF.T) SKA. CRFAY'S NARROW ESCAPE. [BY ELECTRIC fELECJRAPH--COPVRIOJIT.] [TKR PRESS ASSOCIATION.] MELROFRNK, March 20. The steamer Kilburn, which has arrived from Grey s Harbour, wes the central figure of an c-xcitiug incident in the Sea on her previous vnvage from the I nited Kingdom to Japan. She struck a reef in the Red Sea, near Far-aw Islands, whereum n ("»0 boats, with about. 800 Be 'ouin pi riitcs. surrounded her and opened fire, which the crew returned._ When the steamer's ammunition was exhausted, the crew es"aned in an Arab dliew, which steed hv. and eventually brought assistance. Meanwhile the pirates stripped the vessel and got. s-fely awav. The Kilburn was eventually towed to Peri in and was repaired.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 March 1910, Page 3
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125ATTACKED BY PIRATES. Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 March 1910, Page 3
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