PLUNDERING PIRATES.
£70,000 APPROPRIATED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Nov. 21. The Daily Mail’© Hongkong correspondent supplies details of the piratical capture of the steamer Sui -An. Pirates armed with revolvers assembled the 400 passengers, including 60 Europeans, under guard, looted the ©tores and safes, and stripped the passengers of money and valuables. The pirates, whose leader was dressed in female clothing, steered the ship miles out of her course and transferred their loot, which is estimated a© worth £70,000 into sampans and got clear away. In the fighting before the pirates secured possession three Indian guards were shot dead.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1922, Page 5
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99PLUNDERING PIRATES. Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1922, Page 5
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