ATTACKED BY PIRATES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13034, 30 March 1910, Page 5

ATTACKED BY PIRATES.

STEAMER. STRIPPED

Press Association.—Telecra-nb —Copvri**ht SYDNEY. March 29. ‘ The steamer Kilburn, which arrived from Grey’s Harbour, was the central figure in an incident in the Red Sea on the previous voyage frogi the United Kingdom to Japan. She struck a reef in the Red Sea, near the Farsaw Islands, and then 60 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 m an Arab Dhow, which stood by. Ifiey eventually brought assistance. Meanwhile the pirates stripped the vessel and got safely away. The Kilburn was eventually towed to Perim and repaired.