EXCITING HONEYMOON.
AMONG PIRATES. i i New York, May 30. A four-masted clipper that left this city twelve months ago has just returned. Captain Downs took his bride, with him for the honeymoon, and the ship went many miles up the' Chukiang River. On one occasion they were attacked by pirates. | Over sixty of these marauders, , swarmed on board while most of ' the crew were ashore, but those ; who had stayed on the ship got to, I work with belaying pins and the i fire hose. ! Mrs. Downes showed remarkable, pluck. She used a rifle with much precision, killing several of the: Chinese. The boarders were re-| polled. i Afterwards the affair was reported to the authorities, and Cap-1 tain and Mrs. Downs were invited to witness the executions. They! saw several of their assailants decapitated, and Mrs. Down’s says that the work of the headsman was I unerring. With a sword he removed head after head at one stroke.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 147, 7 June 1911, Page 11
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