Rescue: 3 Pirates Killed and One Passenger Hongkong, Apr. 12.
voyaging from Kongmoon to While the, steamer Taileo was Hongkong yesterday evening, a number of pirates disguised' as passengers rushed to th engine: room. Simultaneously—concede ates on the river bank opened fire on the steamer with rifles. The Taileo blow its whistle and fired a rocket and a Vorey light.
The steamer Sunning, answering the calls, pfocceded to the assistance of the Tailes. A' European police sergeant and four} Special and six Indian. guards veturned the fire of the pirates. Sev. eral passengers were wounded.
'The pirates jumped overboard and swam to the shore, three. of] them being killed. A Chineto woman passenger on board the Sunning was killed by a stray bullet.—Reuter's Pacific' Service.
Hongkong-Kongmoon Steamer Service Suspended by
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