CHINESE PIRATE SHIP.
TWO JAPANESE KILLED. FIGHT ON HIGH SEAS. CHASE BY DESTROYER. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received February 14. p.m.) A. and N.Z. SHANGHAI, Feb. 13. The Japanese steamer Hirado Mara, of 1440 tons, answered signals and awaited the approach of a vessel which subsequently proved to be a pirate ship, which was identified as the Kaitsu Maru, of 1500 tons, recently seized from the Japanese Shipping Company. The crew of the Kaitsu Maru poured a fusilade of rifle shots into the Hirado Maru, killing two sailors. The Hirado Maru then went full steam for Tsingtau, 300 miles north of Shanghai, and outdistanced the pirate ship. A Japanese destroyer later discovered the pirate, which took refuge in a bay, where the depth of the water prevented the destroyer from approaching. The ships exchanged shots. The pirates refused to suprender, but threatened to kill six Japanese sailors whom they held as hostages in the event of an attempt to send a boarding party from the destroyer.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19871, 15 February 1928, Page 11
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