Two oF three mistakes have to be corrected in our ropery of the piracy of the CALS, Kwang Lee on Suly 15, as fy first came from Hongkong. The first and most important wag that the ship. rot taken by the pirates into Bias Bay buy to Wang Mun, and. there she Was grounded by' the pirates between three and four miles off the Ki An Light, north of Macao, This really was lucky for her, had it been possible to bring her closer in shore she would probably have been stripped of much of her internal equipment by. smaller pirates before she could have been got off.
There wore not six pirates as at first reported, but 86 of them. They bribed two of the quarter masters to open the grill by which the bridge is defended, "Captain Tollefsen and the other European JeMicers were absolutely helpless, Furthermore, the pirates earned off 12 of the richest Chinese passengers for ransom, nog. six as the first report said.."They made off in two Tifeboats, but ay a little distance from the ship they held up a fishing junk and compelled the crew to take them to the shore: es que feature of the that all the pirates wore round their necks handkerchiefs dorned with the nine of diamonds and dice to enable them to identity each other in the storming of the The Kwang Lee has been having plenty of adventures, for on her way from Canton, when about 15 miles off Nami Island, to Chinese saloon passengers, Y/ shand and wife, tried to comm suicide by jumping overboard. 6.15 pan. the 27th instant/ the ship immediately stopy" a boat lowered sd! up. The man survived, buy the ad and artificial res-applied for over an at result.
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