DARING ATTACK
BY CHINESE PIRATES ON SHANGHAI WATERFRONT ONE MAN KILLED AND FOUR WOUNDED (Unitod Proßß Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 31st May, 9.35 a.m.) SHANGHAI, 30th May. In consequence of murderous pirates' attack on the Shanghai waterfront, John Harder and James Irvine were critically wounded, a Chinese clerk was killed, and two others were dangerously wounded. Harder and Irvine, foreign members of tlio Whangpoo Conservacy Board, were engaged issuing wages from a small launch, when another launch containing seven armed men, steamed alongside. The pirates opened fire and escaped with 27,000 dollars. Two British soldiers volunteered blood transfusion in the hopes' of saving the victims.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 31 May 1930, Page 2
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