CO129-298 - Governor Sir Blake Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne - 1900 [3-4] — Page 315

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leo 7 MAY 00

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Water Police Station.

2nd. April, 1900.

Sir,

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I beg to report the following particulars

for your information,

Fan Tat Shang, master of steam-launch Chang

Sha, HongKong License, reports that he left Wuchow at 11a.m. 12.m.

on the 1st. instant with a crew of 13 men, towing the lighter

Sai Wo loaded with cargo and one passenger for HongKong

and at 9.30p. .m. when at A Cheuk Mi, near Shek Ei, Heung Shan

District, about 80 men fired from both banks of the river

at the launch and the lighter, killing the pilot named

Yeung Ha, 50 years of age and wounding 3 men on the launch

and 2 on the lighter. The launch was stopped and after

firing a few volleys, the robbers boarded her and the lighter

and searched every one, taking away money, jewellery and

clothing, value over $1,000, also the launches licence,

Bermit and customs papers, before leaving the pirates told

them to tell their master that they were the Hop I. Tong

and Lung Fung Tong men and the master had better pay

them