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THE CHINA MAHI MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1957.
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FAMOUS CHINA COAST PIRACIES: ANOTHER INSTALMENT IN THIS FASCINATING CHINA MAIL SERIES
70 CHILDREN LOST THEIR
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Bat. into the saloon, Meanwhile tho children were taking it very wall and the pirates wice not
CROWD of happy children around tables in Repulse Bay stuff-
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It was February, 1935. A South China Morning Post reporter asked them "What would you like to be when you grow up?” ·
Aimosi all were the song of istivnaries, clurgymen and doctors. But they had a new- found respect for the Royal Air Force whose planes had found hem and the Royal Navy whose cacorted them into ships had
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want
to bo a pilot" whooped one, "And I'm going to join the Navy": another.
But derision when one mile a good
thero were howls of
seven and a half years old --- shouted exuberanily "And I'm If not prepaid a booking fee glong to be a pirate." of 60 conta in charged.
VOX
MUSICAL
fing
challenge to Jal-B
Free Tuck
True. between
the them, childre had lost $800 pocket money during the piracy of the
sound systema by presenting two unique vibuma Spotight on Brags" and Beethoven's Chukal Symphony {0, BU). Bome of the richest | Butterfield & Swire steamer soundz inay be heard in them one the magndicent rossi and in Tungchow, but for most, to be cuplared by pirates, to be "lost" strumental resources of the Nina and the othat, the faniga,ic highS
for two days while "the whole and lows of the world's most
world was awake with anxiety." complete collection of brasses. Available at Ease & Co. 150 Alex- to be given tree tuck from the Hiune, Telephonos 30160, ship's zores by the pirate chief 33:07.
And finally to be given a souvenir Before the pirates departure was to say the least emple compensalon; inded I WAS an adventure that any schoolboy would have given his whole summer holidays for,
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"We'll probably have to write essays on it when we get back to school," piped up one small voice. A chorus of sympathelle
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There were a few, however, who will carry with them to the end of their days the sight of one of the most brutal killings ever committed on the const.
Shot Two
Ching
Sergeant Tihrivoff almost succeded in queiling the pirates atlock in the first few minutes.
"The pirates were all talking bord and demanding of the captain that he should give up all the ammunition and arms. He was trying to convince them that he had done so, but they wero waving pistols about in a vry reckless "manner,
"The leader of the pirates was and blew out his brains,
a vory young man (late reckonod body was thrown overboard."
about 28) but evidently very The only other casualty was a experienced, young New Zealand engineer, K. "He was very reasonable and McDonald, victim of an earlier allowed the children to have piracy, the Shuntiem, He three meals a day. For three grabbed the two youngsters days they were kept In tho who came down to the engine saloon."
The
room to tell him "Gunmen are Opinions differ among tha
ship". He children about those three days. shooting up the made for a doorway leading to One seven-year-old girl còm- the dick. As ho stepped plained that the pirates took $7 through he came face to face pocket money from her and gave with a pirate who fired blindly her only one orange. One bay hitting him in the right breast claimed, however, that when the inchts above one of the curly pleates brought up a case of top heads of the boys he was Oranges from the ship's store carrying.
and started pelting them play. fully he "bagged" 17. Co-was all in favour.
Curiously, nemesis played no part in the proceedings of the next few days. It was as !! fanaticism
ruthlessness overe 11:0 ingredients of drunk, they had
pollon
aki
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Indignity
Umulant like Dutch courago An older boy, Mark Griffithe
long DA effective as
er told reporters Inter: "We bad or chimstances demand it and awful time trying to keep the then it wears off naturally. kids quiet. They made such a In no time the pirates were row playing games and ragging firm friends of most of the 70 that we thought they would children-boys and girls aged anney the pirates. But once they from seven to 17.
were in control they were very friendly."
A Scuffle
It was doubtful whether the
when reallecd pirates
they planned this particular attack that all their Europem passen
One of the most perturbed was Jean Swenson, aged 10. She wasn't alarmed for her own safely but felt "awfully worricit about Flip and Flop-her bwp white rabbits.
"They weren't such naughty pirates because they tried to
by Robin Hutcheon
gers, though not wealthy, would look after Flip and Flop and quite readily co-operate with gre them Joks
oranges
clear
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MONEY
but there were many compensations. Here, after all, was a
schoolboy's dream: For once they were not just reading about
pirates but playing a central part in the drama itself.
Oranges
CC
from the short, however, and the community as the dings that boat would have sunk then and the children were safet there had not the Chief Ofleer improvised a plug for the bold, "Once ashore the pilotes fled, leaving the hostages there. All other boat was launched from the ship to bring book the hos
In Hongkong the children were exhibiting strands of wool and patches : of an old jermy, which the Pirate Chief had throw them as a souvenir be fore leaving.
Tungchow'
any plan that made them one to cat." (Flip and Flop survived week late for school.
the ordeal), They were ce their way back
Perhaps The Ave English school mis-
even if they had sight of Chilang lighthouse and to Chiefoo school after their tresses had the most disturbing nighted her they
would not stowed into it what they had Christmas holidays.
her. Two looted. Then the two leaders The Tungchow left Shanghai time. At meals pirates sat behave recognised
aboard followed by Flourishing his Mauser, he shot en January 29, 1935. The ship hind their chairs brandishing white circles with a red circle clamba
was hardly down two in their Arst attack when Mr J. N. Duncan, who was came long after the piracy when the
of Woosung pistols. But the final Indignity in between were painted on two others, Then starch planes
funnel and the name was appeared. on the promenade deckt. Con-
from Shanghai changed to Tao Maru, cealed behind a skylight he in charge of the children, with newspapers
This caused a general stamp medea d'icult target.
five school mistresses from the arrived quoting missionaries'
children with similes Buch as Tungchow eventually reached ede and in the panic the rope Then he leapt nimbly from Chefoo school, noticed a scule bleeding like blazes" and to Blas Bay; The pliates biggest holding the junk to the ship tages. Meanwhile another plans
make matters worse, in thick disappointment was their dis was cut and the pirate chief appeared and circled the ship to second piracy. The first wan
covery that the $250,000 worth and three others pushed off and the cheers of the children. black type.
of "Bullion" - which they had made for the abore taking the "I am sure that been told was on board, turned loot with them. out to be five cases of Chincəs banknotes all unsigned,
the
bebind his shelter into alleyway, Sighting the pirate chit he took aim, but his pistol jammed and the pirates rushed
nt him,
"He was borne to the deck of pirates," said
under a mass an eyewitness later.
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on the after hatch.
"I thought at first it was trouble among the crew. I got some of the children together and sent them inside." he told South China Morning Post re. porter later.
"We were in the saloon when a party of people came scuming by us. A Russian guard was ueing followed by about four of the ruffians and he was fighting hard.
shot
Repainted
steamet
the north-east
The Dregs
K
tha
in 1920
when a looting party about $40,000 if we tried got away with
including $30,000 worth to get in touch with any other "The six left on boord, were vessel
warship had silver bullion.
On the way back to Chetoo, the dregs of the band and they come into sight while the rushed around all over the place pirates werd on board, they the Tungehow carried only the in a
with the children as passengers, The 108
ør it a
patric. They alarmlogly would have dent waved their revolvers towards children,
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and threatened to butcher
everybody. Including the child-
dick, passingerN (WREN
annaferred to another ship "the. chatice-over being actuated by a
ren unless we guaranteed that Our Prayers site to ensuns absolute peace
the British authorities would not harm them.
From the passengers the loot In Shanghai, -Chefoo and the mission stations of Shantung amounted to 0 miserable "fears ripened into certainty $3,000. that either a major disaster or piracy had occurred" as the Bouth, Then there was a shot and unschow
of mind for the children d thek teachers during the the poor fellow collapsed. I hundreds of miles off
course,
"Throughout the whole three mind of the trip. For the saw him twitching on the deck for Bins Bay,
"Captain Smart managed to notorious
Miss McNair gold she learned and la'er heard another
same reason no pažengeti vēru pirate haunt,
that the pirates paid $4,000 for pacify them and hey eventually days we were in the hands of
inunched one of the ship's life the pirates our prayera were taken on at Shanghai when the Hongkong. Firm Friends after which he did not move at
the Information that die Tung boats talding the chief oilleer, answered one by one right dowa ship passed through the so all.
Homes
exercising
off chow was carrying an enormous the whalese operator and five to the very last,”
the Morning Post reported children to ge. Swatow, begon searching for amount of bullion and when Chinese hostages and rowed for
of the ship
The boys and girls arrived Iny there for belt an inside when suddenly a
for The diacovery man her, but her
barred the planes
they found that the only money
and the news that the passen back at school herpes, one week hour and then, groaning, turn- tackled me. He stuck a pistol from
nying over Chinese was worthices panimotes they
"On the WRY to the shore Very had been unharmed Jate, William Smyly, Chlog Mail his head and opened his in my ribs bul. won so excited territorial waters did not sigit mid they would lose heavily on
one of the pirates discharged his brought this cable from Reu feature writer, was at Cheloo at *ycz One of the pirates saw that when I offered him my the B & S gleamer. The county- the piracy,
Mansor through the bottom of ter' correspondent in Shang tập the Ho tell me that him and walking calmly up to money bé did not take it.
class cruiser Suffolk and the She told how the pirates left: the boat, apparently with the bal: "No tews since the end of seventy essays were duly write the dying man, callously put his "The captak (J. G. Smart) sloop Sandwich, also Went in "On Friday afternoon the pirates Intention of rendering it useless. the great war was greeted with ten on the piracy, of the revolver to the Russlan's head, and the officers were all brought rearch.
commandtered a junk withip He miscalculated the distance auch general rollet by the foreign, ebony,
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