RAIDED BY PIRATES.
BRITISH VESSEL LOOTED
CREW OVERPOWERED. WITHIN
SIGHT OF HANKOW
Cnit&l Press A non by El. Tel. Copyriebt (Anatrallan Press Association.)
SHANGHAI, Nov. 5. _ The British river steamdr Shasi, 1300 tons, 1 was pirated between Shanghai and Hankow yesterday. Thirty-two pirates disguised as deck passengers overpowered the crew' within sight of Hankow, killed a Chinese clerk, and . wounded one of tho crew and an American passenger. The loot totalled 20,000 dollars. The pirates, who were ex-soldiers, left by-a launch which followed the Shasi. The latter returned to Hankow, where the Wounded were taken to hospital.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10737, 7 November 1928, Page 7
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