CHINESE PIRATES
-- SEIZURE OF A SHIP r PRISONERS CARRIED AWAY , HARBIN, Jan. G Nefts of the capture of a steamer by Chinese pirates, and the murder of the captain's wife by Chinese bandits, has just reached Harbin. The steamer, of Manchukuo registry, Vifis on the River Amur, which divided "" Manchukuo from Siberia, when a group ,of Chinese bandits, who had boarded the vessel as passengers, rushed into the captain's cabin, where there was a safe containing a large sum of money. When the captain offered resistance the/bandits fired several shots, severely wounding him and killing his wife. They' stole the safe, and started to -■> roJ) thu passengers.. When three rei-'- fiisted they were shot down, as were -■ three sailors. The bandits then forced the pilot to tako the vessel to the Manchukuo side of the river, where they disembarked, .;• together with 13 Manchukuo nugrckants and a Japanese passenger, who arc - r ' : now being held to ransom. J -- ' / __
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21698, 13 January 1934, Page 12
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157CHINESE PIRATES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21698, 13 January 1934, Page 12
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