The Penang Gazette gives particulars of the piratical outbreak on board the steamer Rajuh Kongsi Atjeh, showing that, at the tinie, she was on" voyage from Telok Semawo to Edil, The steamer left Telok Semawe on the 20th of July at 5 p.m, Between 8 and 9 o'clock the same night, one of a gang of eight or twelve Achinese who had embarked at Teluk Semawe as passengers went on the bridge and ocked the man_at the wheel if they were then passing Simpang Olim. On receiving an answer in the adirmative, the Achinese, who was armed with a sword, cut the helmsman down, and Mr. Alexander, the mate, who was standing near by, shared the same fate. The Achinese then took the helm and turned the ship's head towards the shore. A general massacre followed all along the ship's deck, p gers_and crew being murdered indiscriminately. Captain Wood, who was lying down in his extin, came out on hearing the disturbance and was attacked and mortally wounded, Heseems to have had just enough strength to get back to his cabin and ihe door, Mr. Anchant, the chief eer, was, fortunately For him, down gine-room at the time, and the Achinese called out to him to come up Having heard the cries of "orang amok," he at once removed the engine-room ladder and extinguished the lights. Mr. Baptist, the second engineer, owed his safety to his presence of mind. It appears that ho was sleeping in his cabin when the attack com-ko up in time to sce one of ow killed, He at once put out the light in hiscabinand opened the dyer, keeping him self very quiet in the dark, The Achinese afterwards rushed into the saloon were they killed more people and, after helping themselves to all the cash that was on board (sid to be between $10,000 and $12,000), they quitted the vessel in two of the ship's boats, together with some of the passengers, including " Javanese, a Magna ud two Achinece women, Finding the hip clear, Mr. Anchant came out of the and fired two rockets, and should prreeed in the remaining ship's then proposed that he and some othe
boat to obtain the assistance of a man-of-war. No sooner, however, was the boat lowered than about eighteen of the remaining passengers, afraid to be left rushed ints it and caused it to with the result that all of them were wried, The next morning the Dutch gunboat Madur, which had sighted the signals of distress from the R. K. -A'jeh, came up and gent some men to take charge of the vessel, ani steamed to Kdie for lighters. inese returned shortly after the gunboat left to renew the plundering, but received such n warm reception fron the bluejackets that they were com-polled to beat a retreat. At noon on the following day, the steamer Graaf vow By-Taudt, while' on her way to Edie from wk Semawe, stood by the R. K. Afjeh for fifteen hours, and after taking portion of the cargo and the seventeen mon above referred to she resumed her voyage. The remaining cargo on board of the vessel was, by last accounts, being emptied into lighters, and it was expected she will got off at next spring tide, when she will be towed to Elie, It is stated that she has not stuck fast in the ground, owing to the chief engineer having stopped the engines when he found the vessel was grounding. The Achinese are stated to have concealed the weapons in bolsters, which they brought with them on board, The steamer Graaf van Bylandt arrived from Edie at Penang on the 24th July, with seventeen of the passengers (seven Mohammedan Klings and ten Chinese) and @ portion of the cargo of the Raja. Kongsi Atjeh,—Daily, Press,
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