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THE LOOTING OF THE PEGU.

GHASTLY DETAILS. From further detaife of the piratical attack on the steamer Pegu it appears that Captain Ross and the engineer (Craigie) were v at dinner when the Atchinese passengers attacked them. Both men managed to reaoh the deck. ..Cxaigie.gob to,theenginS* 1 room, where he was nob pursued. Ross wptf; disembowelled with a? carving knife, aria's brutally hacked about.' *3Jwo of .the' crew| j and three Chinese. passengers were^killed; 1 ' The pirates oub"*)i- the* safe and decamped. "•'■•'Of■' the fifteen men who were taken to the hospital one has since died. The vessel was in a fearful condition, the deck being covered with blood and entrails. The Atchinese got the weapons aboard concealed in the dress of a woman whom the captain did not think it necessary to search. " • ' ■-'.

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Evening Star, Issue 10391, 12 August 1897, Page 4

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THE LOOTING OF THE PEGU. Evening Star, Issue 10391, 12 August 1897, Page 4

THE LOOTING OF THE PEGU. Evening Star, Issue 10391, 12 August 1897, Page 4

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