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helped down that ladder and then thrown down the next ladder
from the saloon deck to the main deck, where I found the 2nd,
3rd and 4th Engineers under armed guard. After being kept there
for some time, the pirates helped me (the others were able to
walk) and we were all placed in the Engineers' lavatory under
guard, during which time I was informed that the Chief Engineer
Er. Thomson - had been killed while resisting attack.
After being left there for some time, we were taken along
to the saloon, where the pirates placed me on the settee. They
then brought the doctor and made him dress my wounds.
of the pirates were armed with knives.
Several
The engines were never stopped from the time the pirates
took charge, the Engineers being placed on watches, and the 2nd
Officer being compelled to navigate the ship.
all lights were extinguished.
true until noon on the 28th.
During night time
The course steered was N.41.E.
At noon, 20th September, the course was altered to direct
Se sighted Chilang
5.31.E. true, for Chilang Point lighthouse.
Point about 10 p.m. and the ship was then taken into Honghai Day,
proceeding slowly and picking up land around the Bay until
anchorage was reached off Rosshead at 1.10 a.. on the 29th.
The pirates then lowered three life boats, into which they placed
their booty and seven Chinese passengers, the 3rd Engineer, the
7
bo sun and 12 sailors, and left the ship at 1.45 a.m. The anchor
was then hove up and the ship cruised about the Bay waiting for
the boats to return. The boats arrived back about 6 a.m. and we
then hauled them up and proceeded to Hongkong, arriving about
noon on 29th September
The pirates declared that all Europeans would be shot
and the vessel blown up, if any war-ship came in sight, and
stated that they had bombs on board to carry out this threat.
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