FIGHT WITH PIRATES
BRITISH OFFICER KILLED IN CLASH DECKS STREWN WITH BODIES United PA.—By Telegraph—Copyriylit Reed. 9.5 a.m. HONG-KONG, Sunday. The 2,000-ton British steamer Haiching was attacked by pirates between Swatow and Hong-Kong in the early morning. Her British officers resisted tile pirates, and it is believed that they shot dead several Chinese pirates, and captured others. There was a desperate battle between the officers and the pirates. The decks were strewn with wounded, and 25 persons required hospital treatment. ✓ When the fight started, the passengers rushed and lowered the boats, which capsized. It is feared that many were drowned. The third mate, Mr. K. A. Woodward, died from wounds received in the fighting. The mate Mr. R. R. Perry, was also wounded. The pirates set fire to the ship, but the crew’s efforts confined it to amidships. Two destroyers from Hong-Kong have set out to take off the captured pirates. The Haiching, a ship of 2.050 tons, was built in 1898 by D. J. Dunlop and Co., at Port Glasgow. She is owned by the Douglas Steam Ship Company, and her port of registry is HongKong.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 841, 9 December 1929, Page 1
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