ATTACK BY PIRATES.
——. DAMAGED STEAMER. SURROUNDED IN THE RED SEA. EXCITING FIGHT. . By TeleeraDh—Frets Asaociation-CoDjrlEht CRec. March 30, 0.50 a.m.) Melbourne, March 29. The steamer Kilburn, which has arrived from Grey's Harbour, was tho central figure of an exciting incident in tho Rod Sea oil her previous voyage from tho United Kingdom 1 to Japan. Sho struck a reef in tho lied Sea, near Farsaw Islands, whereupon 60 boats, with about 800 Bedouin pirates, surrounded her and opened fire, which tho crew returned,, When the steamer's . ammunition; was exhausted, the crew escaped in an Arab dhow, which stood by, and eventually brought, assistance. . Meanwhile tho pirates stripped the vessel and got safely away. Tho Kilburn was eventually towed to Porim.and was repaired.,
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 778, 30 March 1910, Page 7
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