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PIRACY.
DARING RAID ON A FRENCH LINER_
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 11.
V A daring pirate raid was made at Batoum. Fifteen men hidden on the French liner Souirah suddenly appeared on the decks and ‘rook control of the ship. Firing revolvers, they drove the passengers to their cabins and stripped them of money and valuables.. They forced the captain‘ to land them near Trebizond. The pirates escaped before wireless could br.ing up a. French destroyer. A number of Americans engaged in relief Work were aboard the Souirah.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3485, 13 May 1920, Page 7
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86PIRACY. Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3485, 13 May 1920, Page 7
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