Guards Mutiny and Overpower Officers
PASSENGERS RUTHLESSLY SHOT AND SHIP LOOTED,
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. SHANGHAI, Sept. 19. Another piracy outrage is reported from Tientsin, involving the piracy and looting of a passenger vessel on tlio Sungari river. Manchukuo guards employed aboard tlio steamer Yuankiang suddenly mutinied and overpowering the officers and crew; instituting a reign of terror, hy ruthlessly shooting passengers and clubbing others offering resistance and thou •-.king control of the vessel, which they commenced to loot thoroughly. They compelled the officers at pistol point to manoeuvre the ship shorewards, where sampans were waiting to remove their loot. Five Japanese passengers were killed and their bodies thrown overboard, two Koreans and one Chinese woman sharing the same fate. The ironical feature of the outrage is that the guards were specially carried to prevent piracies.
Another Outrage Reported
FIFTY-SIX PASSENGERS ABDUCTED
Received Thursday, 7 p.m. SHANGHAI, Sept. AO
Another piracy outrage is reported from Tientsin, where 10 brigands, disguised us passengers, seized control of a Chinese river-boat, looted tlio vessel, abducted 5G Chinese passengers, ran the vessel aground and then disappeared inland. Troops wore dispatched to the scene, but thus far have failed to locate the bandits.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 221, 21 September 1934, Page 6
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