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A PIRACY ·
THE CHINA MAIL,
A STEAMER ATTACKED NEAR MACAO
LOOT VALUED AT $5,000
.The Chinése is. "Wong Shek Kung" wns.pirated in the vicinity of Macne early yesterday morning, Tlie vessel returned to Hong Kong yesterday afternoon, when a report of the affair was made to the local police by the master, Captain Nilo Harring...
According to Captain Harring, the vessel left Hong Kong at about 10 p.m., on Monday, She had on board, besides the Captain, two Chinese deck officers and three Chin- ese engineer officers, and a crew of 44 Chinese. In addition, she car- riod 12 Chinese passengers and 200 tons of cargo, comprising · flour, vagotables, fruits and gunny bags Consigned to Saigon..
Everything went well until 3 a.m., yesterday, when the vessel was about 20 miles south-west of Gap Rock. Then six pirates who had boarded
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five members of the stokehold staff, overran the ship, armed with revol- vers and knives.
Captain Tied to His Bed
· Captain Harring was taken to his room where he was tied to his bed.'" The second slicer and the quarter. master were also bound. The rest of the 'crew and the compradore and his staff were driven into the fore- castle where they were imprisoned.
The pirates, then took the ship to San Lung Leland, some 30 miles south-west of Macan, which. wis reaobed at 7 n.m. Here they went ashore, taking with them a quantity' of jewellery and other effects stolen from the passengers, officers and crew, and 30 tons of flour and fruits which were removed from the cargo hold. The total value of the loot is estimated at $5,000.
As soon as the pirates left the ship, Captain Harring made tracks back to Hong Kong.
The s.s. "Wong Shek Kung" which
is registered in Canton and flies the Chinese flak, is owned by the Wong Hang Hing S.S. Co., of No. 58A; Bonhamstrand. West. She has a tonnage of 1,044.
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