STEAMER PI RATED. HI IA Nfi 11 AT, Nov. ■ r j. Tho British river steamer Shasi. of thirteen lmndiTil tons was pirated between Shanghai and Hankow yesteidsty. Thirty-two pirates, disguised as deck passengers overpowered tlic view within si i'll t of Hankow, killed the Chinese clerk and wounded one of the crew and an American passenger. The loot totalled twenty thousand dollars. The pirates, who were ex-soldiers, letb |>v n launch which followed the Sha-si. The latter returned to Hankow where the wounded were taken to a hospital.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1928, Page 5
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88Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1928, Page 5
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