PIRATES’ AUDACIOUS ACT
OUTLAWS SEIZE STEAMER ESCAPE WITH BOOTY TO BIAS BAY. OFFICERS USED AS SHIELDS. OUTRAGE NEAR BRITISH WATERS. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 6.30 p.m. Hongkong, May 27. Audacious piracy, almost within British waters, occurred last, night. Fourteen armed pirates overpowered the officers of the steamer Prominent. After shooting Captain Jensen in the leg they threw the second officer off the bridge to the deck below and then steered the ship to Bias Bay. After looting the vessel the pirates escaped in lifeboats to Ping Shan Island with the booty. A police launch pursued the pirates for some distance but the first and second officers were used as shields against police fire. The Prominent is a rice-carrier between Hong'Kong and Saigon. .
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 May 1933, Page 9
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