EASTERN NEWS.
A CHOLERA OUTBREAK. CHINESE PIRATES LOOT A A BRITISH SHIP. THE CAPTAIN KILLED. (Per I 'reus Association.—Copyright.) Sydney, This day. Cholera is raging in the Chasi district, China. Thousands are dying. Deaths are so numerous that the bodies are thrown into pits in layers of twenty in a row. Chinese pirates looted the British steamer Reger and killed Captain Ross and several others. The chief ofiicer and fourteen of the crew are in the hospital suffering from wounds. The pirates secured eighteen thousand dollars and a large quantity of valuable property.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 395, 10 August 1897, Page 3
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93EASTERN NEWS. Hastings Standard, Issue 395, 10 August 1897, Page 3
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