CHINESE PIRATES
'SEIZE CONTROL OF VESSEL. (United Press Association—Ey Electric Telogi pu—Copyright.) (HONK KONG, February 28. The steamer 'Gustav Diedri c ksen .wag pirated yesterday, at nightfall, whe n a few hours out from H*ong Kong, bound for Swatow. The pirates, travelling steerage, rushed the bridge, .firing a revolver fusilade, wounding the Banish chief officer, in .tlhe stomach, after which they gained control ~ and ateered for Mirs Bay, robbing the crew and passengers, and taking thre^.-. Chinese for ransom. The vessel returned here to-day. .?• ' *
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 March 1933, Page 5
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