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to lose everything on board.
They subsequently sought to track back to where the attack was first commenced.
This was between 7:30 and 8:00 P.M.
A whistle was then blown when several junks, which had evidently been in readiness, responded by throwing blue lights on the water.
The property accumulated was then removed by the pirates from the ship into the junks.
The pirates then regaled themselves on deck and made preparations for departing.
They left the ship at about 9:00 P.M., having previously thrown the side lights overboard so that they damaged the windlass, the anchor could not be lifted and knocked holes in the ship's boats so that they could not be made use of for the purpose of pursuit.
The fact of the pirates having left the ship was notified to the passengers, who were still imprisoned in the Captain's ...