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On 12th November the S.S."Cheong Kong" left Samshui at 1.30 p.m. on her trip to Hong Kong, and at 3.45 p.m. she arrived at Kunchuck, where a party of pirates embarked, about 10 in number (pretending to be passengers). Then she left, Kumchuck at 4 p.m. and went
on all right till she came to the place named Chu Tau Shun. The pirates armed with revolvers and began to rob the steamer: at the same time they ordered the Captain and steergren turn her course towarts Chui Liu, where
they removed all what they robbed to a boat awaiting there. The S.S."Cheong Kong" lost about 3800 in silver
and clothing do to the value of about $200 : the value
of passengers clothing and money robbed is not known,
1t may be a few hundred dollars.
Again about 10 more pirates went on board with
a few pieces of ruskets and ordered the steeruman turn her course towards the place Tsan Kwan, for the purpose of robbing another steam launch with a native junk in tow which had run between Canton, Changsha, Tikhoi, Kong
Moon &o.
But the stean launch luckily escaped by cutting
off the rope, leaving behind the native punk to be robbed:
what the junk lost is not known. After robbery they turned
back to Chui Liu, where they again removed all what they
robbell to three boats awaiting there, and went ashore when
it was 11.30 p.m. The S.S."Cheong Kong" then run her way
down to Kong Moon, and reported to the Customs there it
was 12.30.