CHINESE PIRATES.
CAPTURE PASSENGER STEAMER. ESCAPE IN BOATS. Cy T«loi;n\yh.--l'l-i-m- Annoci w l iuii. •< topyrlu'U Received this day, 'J.'.U) a.m. I long Kong, Friday. A hundred pirates boarded (,ho Bri-tish-West River steamer Taion, at Hongkong, disguised as passengers. When three hours out (hey kilbd the steersman and a passenger, and wounded four other Chinese- passengers. They tied up Captain, Holmes Chiof Officer Cornwall, and Engineer Macartney, and attempted to hum the lady missionaries' cabin, hot were persuaded by a missionary not to kill, the English officers. After stealing fifteen hundred dollars in cash and many valuables the pirates disabled the engines and escaped in boats.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 556, 5 April 1913, Page 5
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105CHINESE PIRATES. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 556, 5 April 1913, Page 5
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