CALOGRAMS.
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Aden, December 5. Attack on a Slave Dhow.
News has reached here of the death of Captain Charles J. Brownrigg and four of the crew of Her Majesty's ship London Store—a vessel stationed at Zanzibar —while endeavoring to effect the capture of an Arab slave dhow. Captain Brownrigg, in chargo ot the ship's pinnace, fully manned, came up with the slaver off the African Coast, near Zanzibar, and at once attacked her. The; crew of the dhow offered Btrong resistance, and desperate fighting ensued, resulting in Captain Brownrigg and four of his men being killed, and several wounded. The slaver succeeded in beating off the pinnace and escaped. ,
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4038, 7 December 1881, Page 2
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