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SAN NAM HOI
PIRATED FOR
REVENGE.
CAPTAIN'S STORY OF A GREAT FIGHT.FUNERAL OF CHIEF
COMPRADORE'S "EXPLANATION OF THE PIRATES'
ELEVEN KILLED
MOTIVE.
AND FIFTEEN OF THE GANG
ARRESTED.
FUNERAL OF MR HUGH CONWAY.
A story
of vindictiveness and treachery lies behind the pirating of the ss. "Son Yan Hui on Tuesday morning.
It will be remembered that about two months ago, there was a dispute between the Kongmoon Seamen's „Unpon and 'the Cintor Union, andas'a result of this, several of the crews of West River bents were dismissed. Theisę, discharged from the Sain Nam Hài kware, vengeance on the Compradore and his nephew.. Informa
was indeed given to the Chuapradere by the Chief of Police at Kengmoon that the dismissed crew "had allied theimelves with pirates and would carry out an attack on the Sun. Som Hui Lefore the Chinese New Year,
This warning was borne out after the vessel had left Pakkai on Tuesday morning. When only After thinutes out of port. na fewer than thirty men, who had boarded as passengers at Pakkal, made an attempt to seize' the ship. They looked fo the Compras deme lind the superintendent, but these two men on, aring their aames being shouted hid themselves." In the shooting affray which followed, two Indian guards and the Chief Officer," Mr. „Hugh “ Coaway, were killed. Another two Indiän quarks wäre wounded,
TWO AGAINST THIRTY.
The pirates inade a desperate attempt to size the ship and They would have succeeded had it not been for the determined resistance put up" by Captain) W. H. Sparke and Mr. M. F. Hough- ton, chief engineer of the vessel.
The attackers were held at bay by these two officers who had retreated behind the grilles and amoured doors protecting the bridge. These had been closed on the port side, thanks to 'the presence of mind and indiffereuse to danger slown by Mr. Hough- ton A Bitle later, while the Captain covered the crying out of the risky job with his automatic, the Chief Engineer closed the imilar grille and door on the starboard side. Behind this citadel the two intrepid defenders kept the whole gang at bay, at the eame, tie navigating the ship, whose engines were pounding chens all through the crisis.
ARRESTED, SHOT OR DROWNED.
The gang of ruffins soon lost heart and jumped overboard 'making for a couple of sampans, evidently manned by, confeder- nies, which were following the ship. The helm was put over and a steady fire was maintained at the scurrying gang, whose losses in the fight were put at seven killed by bullets and four drowned. But considerably worse was in store for the survivors. The sound of the fring and the noise of the Sun Norm Hi'a steam sirea had brought a party of Merchant Volunteers to the foreshore. These. arrested fifteen of the pirates as they landed and the last eeen of them from the ship was their being marched off manacled and under, arlequate gunid. "
After the gang had left the ship, the San Xam. Hai steuined to Kamichuk, sounding her siren in the hope of summoning help. HMS. Faulkner came in response to their signals and an arined party were placed, on board, and first aid was rendered by the Comunander and men of the British warship.
High tribute was paid by Captain Sparke to Mr. M. F. tough. tos for the bravery shown by him under a meet terrible ordeal.
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This episode. following the disastrous results-from the pirates point of view of the attacks on the frene and the Nunning should -- run home the lesson that piracy on skips offerred "by British sen- farers is a dangerous game more likely to end in a bullet wound or a gaol execution than in a safe baut of 1000
A sinister aspect of the attempted piracy was the murderous attack, made without a shadow of warning
or any summons to surender upon the Chief Officer and the Indian guarde. -
THE CAPTAIN'S
OFFICER..
MR. CONWAY INTERRED AT HAPPY VALLEY.
MANY OFFICERS PRESENT.
The funeral of Mr. H. Conway, late Chief offer of the Sun Naru Hui, took pince at the Protestant Cométery, Happy Valley, last even. Ing, and his pains were followed to the grave from the "Monument by many offers of the river sør- vice by uwabers of the Chinese Crew of the San Nine Hoi, and by Representatives of the owners and the compradore staff.
The offin was draped in
The I'nion Jack.
Rev. G. T. Waldegrave jof the Missions to Seaunten) officiated at this graveside.
Among those present were Capt.j. W. H. Sparks (Master of the Sin Sun Hor, Mr. M. Haughter (Chief Engineer, Sam Fam Hot). Lieut. B. A. Peyton, RN, (reppe, senting the Senior Naval OREET Hong Kong) Captain Campbel (Sei fa), Cantain J. Mackechni Wharles Hardwulan, Captain Wal- ker (Kirangtuay),
Mr. C. Colom (Chief Officer, Chorles Bardowiny. Mr. J. Macdonald
| (Chief Officer, Keangtung), Mr. W. T: Stokes (representing the n Colt Offres tiuild and En gineers' Guild of Chian), Inspector I Shannon, Captain F. Bayles Supt. of the Sailors' Home, West" Tin!), and many others. Floral Tributes. Floral tributes were under :-
sent a
Mrs. May, Thelma and Norma, China Cost Officers' tuld. Mr. Gosling (Harbour Master, Kong- mon and Mrs." Gasling. Insitu tion of Engineers and Ship hulders of Hong Kong. Captain and Chief Engineer, San Nam Hui, Sallers of the Sun Ya Hut Stoward if the San Nan Hoi, Ea ginernom department of the San Sum Ho, Pilot and Quarterminster of the Nan Som Hoi, Mr. Soc Shou Nam (the owner). Mr. So. Ch. Po, Teu Fai Ting (cam- pendare of the Nun Nun' Hui), Compradore and staff of the Sun Yom Hai, Captain and Officers of the Charles Bardouin, Captain and Officers of the Fong Ning Supt. and residents of the Sailors' Home in West Paint. Inspector and Mrs. Shannon, Mr. W. D. Ward. Mr. W. J. Hin, Mr. E. P. Farrell, and Mr. J. Sauradera.
the previous night that the old crew were out for rivenge al thei compradore, his nephew and myself! (repeated letters to the owner) demanding money had been ignore l), so on hearing several shots I immediately surmised that the piracy was on.
Getting my two revolvers from
my w I went around to the
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deck. This man is still alive and
wheel-hong on the starboard side. Describing how the band its left was reinoxed to hospital when the There ₤
saw, the Chi 0fver the Sun Kram Hoi, Cupoain Sparke stretched out toss a chest formid that after the firing had been hox), apparently badly wounder, going on for some time, he decided but as it turned out later dead. to try a rise. He blew four blasts,
I noticed that the grilles and on the steam whistle, with the idea der on the starboard side had not af persuading the attackers that an attempt at piracy might take been sealed.
gunboat was coming along.
me
Sto Jum Hei arrived here in the carly hours of yesterday morning,
Pirated Captured And Shot.
mr that he told the compradore that The Chief of Police informed.
Evi-
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place before China New Year.
from
"He also told us that 15 pirates had been captured, seven had been killed, and "spects had been ar rested out board and were being taken ashore of the passengers on for further inquiries.""
The Chipi Enginger had in dentle" he said. The ruse sacere the meanwhile he defending the ed. For almost at once they began starboard side, Gring through n
to jump over the stern. loophole. He had succeeded" in
The pilot informed closing the tone on the port side; when the attack bezun, Later he for ard that the pirates had left. what the or on the other side, and the Chief Engineer deeway ship; outside the grilles on the star- and thus healed this entrance to attention to where some of them bour side are ballet marks on the the bridge dork.
Asked how many pirates he were swimming in the water. W7 eats. There are not so many on the port side, as here the Chief ward side of the dock at great per discharged about twenty rounds at four at least were drowned, so that Mr. Houghton closed the star-manered the ship as close to them thought had been on board, the
as possible, and the Chief Engineer or thirty.
Captain said that he thought just He also added that Appiseer succeeded at the first sona: risk to himself. alara in closing the doors, and
The Casualties.
STORY.
GALLANT DEFENCE OF THE making this side safe.
thero. "I went back,” continged thei
It is impossible to Say
BRIDGE.
Captain, to the starboard it exactly how many were hit. but this would account for 20 out of
the total. The Captain was certainly in of the wheel house, and with ballet certainly a number drowned." very nasty position. He dare not whizzing all about me I realised it
Arrives At Hong Kong. When a Daily Preis representative more than peep quickly round we rin that I took a head in the
When they went to the Chief) The San Jam Hoi, concluder boarded the Wen Nam Hei, lying would most certainly have been hit fire-
the side of the wheel-house or he matter, and began to return the Officer, they found that Mr. Conway Captain Sparke, got, under way at
Two men were on the star was already dead.
14 p.m. on Tursday for Kum Chuk alongside the Tung On Wharf, yes. There was a continual stream of board side fring at me," and I're. The Captain them blew a whistle and Kow Kong. After discharging terday and interviewed the master bullets coming from the pirates and, turned the firm for about twenty for the Indian guards, gul it was passengers there, the steamer pro- (Capt. W. Sparke), he found
stated, they were either minutes.
answered by two of them in their coded to Hong Kong. There was him much refreshed after a nuchinchering from the cahin doors *One bullet grazed the right sleeping attire. There mus, it ap
med guard on board the needed slev which he had managed bridled. The Captain had to take underneath, and another whizzed z owoke to find themselves cover then the ship was turned over to or embedding themselves in the wide of my collar, bruising, me peared, were asleep in their beds stentare as far as these places, and Although Captain Sparke did not inte hitter. Behind him stood the a piree out of my cardigan jacket. entered their room, and they were San Nam H then procceded to an occasional shot and dart back past me on the left side, whisking at y revalvers. Seven men bad one of the escorting launches. The afair on himself, his story, given weapons. say anything about the affect of the Chief Engineer re-loading the empty Anather bullet just missed my head, i overflowered, and bad their weapons Hong Kong, ind arrived here just below, shows that it was an extra
taken from them, which the piraten after 3 a.m. yesterday, without fur- ordinarily trying experience
The Captain and Chief Engineer quickly ran out of anununien procended to use. for them ther facident. front of him during the whole fight were on their own, The pilot and tion and the Chief Engineer "came
On arrival Police boarded the his Chief Officer lay dead across a quartermaster having jumped onto to my assistance with his weapons.
A Gunboat Arrives.
vessel, and a #aiting ambulance big box on the bridge deck. With the forecastle as soon as the first and there continued to reload for me
conveyed
wounded Indian "Knowing that there was a gun-guirts to hospital. The two dead the sale assistance of the Chief shot, was fired.
as fast as I fred.
boat anchored near First, Cliff, 10 Crew Disappear.
miles from Kangmoon," continued uards were alwy taken ashore, and The pilot and quartermaster had Captain Sparke, we made for as reportul clawhere, were buried
Ship Sot On Fire,
to obtain during the forenoon,
Engineer (Mr. Houghton) he desi fended the bridge from the pirate
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How The Attack Started. Interviewed by our representative
and I felt it sh
past.
Relves.
gang, firing bullet after bullet from Captain Sparke'said that the San vanished frote the wheel house it there in the hope of getting medical yesterday. his astorstic, and then from the V You Hai left Kongmoon at two the sound of the first shot, and in aid for the wounded.
In addition to this, Captain se passengers, but no first class or
Sparke was under very inadequate
the
Chief Engineer's revolver, the
"We signalled the gunboat (the minutes nine on Tuesday morn fact they were not to be seen when Chiel Jakineri kurping him, sup. ing. epact for Hong Kong, We I arrived, their. They had jumped Faulkner), and a catan langsirie Captain told our reporter was that An interesting item which the piled with a freshly loaded weapon, D. board about 80 Chi- down to the fo'casie.
wench in turn was emptied.
and rendered first aid. The "Sow just as they were jumping from the Where were the crex?" asked Yam of then proceeded back to steamer, the attackers set it on fire, Cour representative. European passengers,
Kongmoon with an armed Naval but the flames were extinguisheri raver and at least on three occasions At about twenty minutes past Captain Spark
Henren only known," replied | guard on beard, and the gunboat before any serious damage was done,
"They were not preceding us he was nearly hit.
nine, the Chief Officer was on the Some idea of the fusilade on the bridge, smoking his pipe when the again until afterwards' Captain can be obtained by a walk shooting began.
Engine Room Staff Praised. along the starboard side of the "It appears that some of the "I had to navigate the ship, and bridge deck. The cabins along this pirate gang had overcome the also manipulate the telegraph, as side are bullet marked all along: Indian guarda, taking their wea- well as keep up my firing. I must bullets have penetrated the doors poss, awas, and manising them pris- any that it is all praise to the and imbedded themselves in the oners. The Indian guard, who was engine room staff. Not once did the walls, and near the telegraph are on duty at the font of the lackler engines conse turning, and they two or three boles in the bridge-rading to the upper deck was stuck at their posts to a man, under woodwork, where bullets have just shot.
a Chinese engineer, while they also missed the place where the Captain Continuing his story, Captain oboyed every signal on the telegraph was standing. Further down the Sparke said "I had been warned from me."
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Someone Who Knew We went to the wharf at Kong. |
"The attack," Captain Sparke moon, but no one was allowed to
gave as his opinion. was evident. 50 on shore.
Dr. Macdonald came off on the routine of the ship, as on leay-.
ly engineered by someone who knew afterwards, and also the Chief of
ing Kongmoon it always the Police and the Chief of the Village practice for the boatswain and his Peasantry.
crew to wash down the topside drek. Operation On Deck,
The pirates evidently took" advan- "Dr. Macdonald vory "kindly tage of this to launch their attacin sent, for his operating staff, and be at this propitious moment when the
rated on one of the wounded crew's attention was distracted." Indian guards' straight away on (Continuel on page 5.)