A small Chinese steamer, the! Wong Shek Kung, has arrived here after being pirated while on her way from Hongkong to Saigon.
Early yesterday morning, a few! hours after leaving Hongkong, some of the passengers declared themselves as pirates and seized the ship, all the officers being ove-powered, The only European aficer on board was the master, Captain Nils! Harring.
The officers were taken to their cabins and bound in their beds and the pirates then took the vessel to Sam Lung Island, about 30 miles from Macao. There the pirates got away with the loot they collected on board, estimated to he about $5.000 worth, including officer's personal effects and a quantity of cargo—Reuter.
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