DARING PIRACY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2886, 13 January 1891, Page 2

DARING PIRACY.

STEAMER XAMoA sKI/l'.I) BY I'IIiATKS. THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS' sroLtox. NINE P!-nSONS SHOT. (Nx ixwti'.t Ti:i.Ki!a.\rn -''oeuui.nrj. Svi>\-:-:v. .1 .unary V.'. X"!-;«•.-• lVi,/n Ta'iie ::iy ! lan >.-ia'.'- '.il.lt the -learner X-'ti"' l'" 1 Doiiir Iv a,..on Di"! lin loi'af.-r Sv-.-.tt",. h ,viir_' on board four -.1 '-m a:e. .'■";') (.'id n -c ■ pas-euL'etv. Wh"ti ih" -- ■-■■'■ '-'as ab-,:U t/.ir'.v----fiv mi!.-- ~u. 'io ••.' ll.e i.'"!>' '-"'• and while all on bo ,vd wer- at dinner, she was taken posies-ion of iiy a. ban! of thirty pirate-, armed with revolver* and cutlass--, who had joined tile steamer as passengers. The four saloon passengers, who were dining oa deck, were shot, dead, and Captain I'ocock. who was in charge of the Xanioa. met with a similar fab: while parleying with the pirat.es. The Malay nuartenu aster was next disposed ot, his body being thrown overbear 1. Two oIK ■: -v< and four sea,ni"n who had closed with som • of the pirates were w aiuded, while throi Chinese were stabbed to death, their bodies being thrown overhoar.l The Europeans who were on board were taken completely by surpris '.. The pirates fired wil 11 y into the cabin, throwing .sliuk&ols at /heoliicrs, who were quite unarmed and unprepared for such an eiuenjuicy. Aftvr faking some thirty thousand dollars worth of plunder, the pirates landed on M-'ndoxa Island, and those oft he ship's company who had remained in hiding, and thus escaped the notice of the pirates, shipped the anchor and steamed back to Hong fcong.