PIRATES’ ATTACK ON SHIP
DEATH ROLL HEAVY. CAPTAIN’S GALLANTRY. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 10, 12.30 p.m.) Rugby, Dec. 9. Further details of the pirates’ attack on the steamer Haiching show that the bridge deck and superstructure are now a mass of twisted ironwork. The decks are strewn with baggage and blood. The death roll is believed to be heavy. Captain Farrar gallantly gave an order to lower the lifeboats and to save the women and children, meanwhile holding the pirates at bay, shooting at every opportunity. One lifeboat was rushed and fell into the sea, drowning many. During the height of the fight, the pirates three times attempted to rush the bridge but were repulsed with a hail of lead. The captain’s ana was deadly. After firing the ship, the pirates tried to leave by a lifeboat, but withering fire from .the bridge wrought havoc, wounding and killing many. To-day the British Admiral visited the strickeu vessel, complimenting the captain and officers on their gallantry. The pirates acted fiendishly, killing children in cold blood.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 304, 10 December 1929, Page 5
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