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N.Y.KLINE
THE
PIRACIES
CHINA MAIL.
WRECKS
AND
Review of Shipping on China Coast For 1929
SEA'S HEAVY TOLL
Twelve Steamers and One Man-of-War Sunk
PRINCIPAL ACCIDENTS
pirate leader had been killed and three others wounded, the attack was abandoned, the pirates return- ing to Ta Yu where they released the launch.
April 4. The Chinese tugs Wen- kai and Lientung with lightera in tow in the Hankow district were pirated. The compradore was kid- and napped and held for ransom In the money and valuables on
board were taken by the pirate) band. Customs documenta were destroyed.
The Japanese str. Thirteen large vessels, all regular visitors to the Port of April 19.
fired on by Fouling Mara was Shanghai, went to the bottom during the past year. With the ex- troops one mile below Shasi. The naval ception of the Chinese str. Yuen Lee which sank in the Garden Bend Japanese chief engineer, a
officer, and a Chinese sailor were and the C.N.S. Tungting which sank'in the Yangisze just below killed. The Chinese boatswain and Included in this four Japanese soldiers were wound. Hunkow, all were wrecked or foundered at sea.
'ed by rifle and ahol fire. total is the Italian destroyer Muggin which ran on to Finger Rock August 18. near Foochow and was abandoned. The first big disaster of the Shenglee struck a rock off the south year occurred on January 13 when the China Merchants str. Hsin coast of Sand Island in the Haitan Straits. She became a total loss, Wah sank near Waglan Island after striking a rock.
Pirates boarded her and after ran- aacking the vesi al took the captain and afficers and held them for ran-
THE HAICHING PIRACY
There were five major piracies and many minor 'ones. The out- standing piracy of the year was that perpetrated on the Douglas str. Halching when the pirates set Are to the ship after their attack had been repulsed by the captain, Indian officers, engineers, guard.
and
Perhaps the worst disaster of the year was the sinking of the China Merchants str. Hsin Wah referred to above. The vessel struck a rock at night in terrible weather and many passengers were drowned in the icy waters.
An Outstanding Event The outstanding event of the year in shipping was the saving of the C.N.S. Fengtien whilst on a voyage fromi Tientsin to Shanghai. The vesaci left Tengku on December 12, and encountered mountainous seas
and a blinding snow storm. She was driven far off her course, the propeller shaft was broken and re- paired by the engineers whilst the ahip was pitching and rolling to an alarming extent, and after battling the elements for 132 hours, the vessel arrived in Chefoo har- bour. The normal run is 18 hours, The greatest heroism was displayed by captain, officers, engineers, and crew and the story of the terrible voyage has been told and retold
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Tuesday, 23th January. Wednesday, 12th February. CANDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via
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HAKOZAKI MARU
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Saturday, 25th January.
Saturday, Bth February.
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Wednesday, 22nd January. Wednesday, 10th February.
CROMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
ed in Shanghai on December 21 and a full account of the trip is given in the North-China Sunday News dated December 22.
There is one matter which might be mentioned and that is the lack of accidents in the Tientsin dla- trict. This is, of course, due to the fact that the river has been closed during the greater part of the year and also that there has not been the usual volume of trade from inland points.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1930.
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The Piracles
The Unlucky Thirteen Details of the steamers sunk are as follows:-
January 15. The China Mer- chants str. Hein Wah sank near We will deal first with the Wagian laland after striking a piracies which are set out in detail, rock. There was great loss of life. January 20. The Chinese str. as follows:
On September 12, the Norwegian Hengchong sank 15 miles N.W. of Over 50 str. Botnia was boarded by pirates Shaweishan lighthouse.
Capt. Haarland (64lives were lost. at Haichow.
February 17. The Chinese str. years of age) and Mr. H. Wester- helm, the chief officer, were taken, Pingfu struck a rock, sank, and Jater was blown up at a spot about prisoners and held for ransom.
to walk many 82 miles above Ichang. They were forced
country over rough miles eventually escaped
but March 12. The Norddeutscher after fearfulLloyd str. Giessen struck Button treatment. They were threatened Rock and later broke in two. No and beaten and the pirates men-lives were lost and the bulk of the tioned a sum of $500,000 as cansom cargo subsequently was salved. 'In.
cluded in the salvage was a tele money.
On September 21, the 0.8.K. str. graph cable weighing 350 tons--16 in length-and Deli Maru was pirated whilst on a nautical miles voyage to Swatow from Hong Kong valued at £12,000.
March 26. The Chinese Govern- and taken to Blas Bay. The pirates
Fa patrol trawler
Hal were led by a woman. Many pas- ment sengers were wounded and several foundered near Kluton Beacon.
H.M.S. March 26. The Italian destroyer were taken for ransom. Sandwich sent a party of blue-Muggia ran on to Finger Rock near jackets on board and escorted the Foochow and was abandoned, All officers and ratings were taken off. vessel to Hong Kong.
On October 17, the I.-C. S. Kiawo March 27. The Chinese str. was boarded by pirates in the guise Kangtal collided with the Italian of passengers whilst on a voyage man-of-war Libia near the Quar- between Chungking and Foochow antine Buoy off Woosung and sank. Szechuan. The foreign officers, were | Over 60 lives were lost
March 30. The C.N.S. Tungting robbed of money and valuables to
the value of $3,000 and passengers struck an uncharted rock off the losses were estimated at $5,000. Law Point in the vicinity of Spit! The leader and another pirate Hill just below Hankow and sanki were subsequently apprehended and in 36 ft. identified by the foreign officers.
July 21, The C.M.S. Hainkong
Some Surprising Statistics During the year under review nearly 1,000 wrecks, and or ship- ping accidents and casualtice have occurred either at sea off the China coast, in the rivers, or in the har.
On November 6, the C.M.S. Kwang-collided with the N.Y.K. Tatsuma the Yangtze estuary, ap- chi was pirated and the ship was Maru near the N.E. Promontory in proaches to Shanghai, and in the placed under the orders of the the vicinity of Weihaiwel. SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) vin Singapore, Cape Town & Ports, harbour itself, something approach. pirate leader. He used the ship to collision occurred in a fog and the
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The
ing 300 shipping accidents-large take his band to a small town call- Hsinkong sank immediately in 25 and small-have taken place dur-ed Shihpu and the pirates there fathome.
August 6. The Chinese str. ing the year. This total cannot be raided and robbed the Bureau of
They also robbed Hong-on sank in a typhoon near said to be abnormal but it will be remembered that during the first the passengers and held some for the N.E. point of Hainan Island.
Many lives were lost. months of the year-March in par- ransom
August 8. ticular-collisions and accidents-in- which ocean liners and the larger On December 8 occurred the Sheng Lee sank-in-a-typhoon-near-
of the Douglas str. Hainan Island with all hands. steamers entering and leaving the piracy port were involved were more in Halching. This was a terrible
evidence than in previous years. In one case, four ships were in col- Ilsion in one day.
As has been stated the figures are not abnormal when one con- siders the vast amount of shipping which enters and clears the port of Shanghai.
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Tonnage
J
The_Haiching
י,
affair and Mr. K. F. Woodward, the third officer, was shot dead and Mr. | ww R. Perry, the chief officer, was seriously wounded. Many passen- gers lost their lives. The attack was frustrated by the determined resistance of the captain, officers, and Indian guards, whereupon the pirates set fire to the ship immedi- ately below the bridge and it was only, due to the timely arrival of H.M.S. Starling, Sirdar, and Somme that the steamer was prevented
The Ching Kee str.
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Other Reported Piracies January 8. The Chinese steam-
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