ATTACKED BY BEDOUIN PIRATES.
STRANDED JN THE RED SEA. [Br Electric TELEr.RArn—Copyright.J Pek Press Association. Received March 30, at 0.50 ;i.m. Sydney, Miu-cJi 20. The steamer Kilburn, which lias arrived from Grey's Harbor, .was the central figure in an incident in the Rod Sea on the previous voyage to the United Kingdom and .'Japan. She struck a reef in the .Red Sea near Farsaw Islands. Sixty boats, with about 800 Bedouin pirates, surrounded her, and opened fire, which the crew returned. When, the steamer's ammunition was exhausted the crew escaped in an Arab dhow, which stood by, and evenually brought assistance. Meanwhile the pirates stripped the vessel and got safely away. The Kilburu was eventually towed to Perim and repaired.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10415, 30 March 1910, Page 4
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120ATTACKED BY BEDOUIN PIRATES. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10415, 30 March 1910, Page 4
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