ANOTHER OUTRAGE
BRITISH STEAMER SEIZED RESCUE BY WARSHIPS I British Official Wireless. RUGBY,, 2Dtli May. .Tho China, Navigation Company's steamship Tcan, 2200 tons, while proceeding to Hong Kong from Iloihow, was yesterday attacked by pirates, who had come aboard disguised as. passcnj«gcrs, and who took the vessel to their notorious stronghold in Bias Bay. Sighting tho British ' destroyer Somuie, engaged on patrol duty, the pirates anchored tho Tcan and landed in two cutters, taking two British 'deck officers, a boat's prow,- and eight Chinese passengers as hostages.' They scuttled the cutters and escaped inland, followed by an armed party from the Chinese Customs cruiser Yengshing, which had appeared on tho scene. The destroyer Soinme also landed a search party. The pirates abandoned the hostages aud fled to the hills. The officers, the boat's crew, aiid tho Chinese passengers were recovered, together with part of the loot. Ono pirate was reported to have been killed.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 126, 30 May 1928, Page 9
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154ANOTHER OUTRAGE Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 126, 30 May 1928, Page 9
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