Fatal Encounter with a Slave Ship. Aden, December 5.
News has reached here of the death of Captain Charles Brownrigg and four of the crew of Her Majesty's ship London, a store vessel stationed at Zanzibar, \vhile endeavoring to ettect the capture of an Arab slave dhow. Captain Brownrigg, in charge of the " ship's pinnace, fully manned, came up with the slaver off the African coast near Zanzibar. He at once attacked the crew of the dhow, which offered a strong resistance. Desperate fighting ensued, resulting m Captain Biownngg and four of Ins men oeing killed and several, wounded. The slaver succeeded in beating off the pinnace and escaped.
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Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1472, 8 December 1881, Page 2
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109Fatal Encounter with a Slave Ship. Aden, December 5. Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1472, 8 December 1881, Page 2
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