Yet another daring piracy has to be added to the already long list of vessels which have been pirated successfully in South China waters, the latest victim being the str. Hong Hwa, a brief cabled account of the attack on which has already The Hong Hwa arrived at Hongkong on the evening of Jamuary 16, after having been in the hands a gang of pirates for three days. The vessel, which was on its way from Singupore to Hongkong, was taken to Bias Bay, the well-known \dquarters of the chief gang of pirates in South China, where the photes landed with their plunder, estimated to be worth more than $10,000.
No casualties wore fered, and the episode stands out as one well~ organized by a gang who boasted to their victims of their previous piratical successes.
'The Hong Hwa, a vessel of 1,924 tons register, and trading between Hongkong, Singapore, Swatow and 'Amoy, is owned by the Ho Hong Steamship Company. Under the command of Capt. A. Mackenzie and having nine British' officers and a crew of 118 Asiatics, the vessel left Singapore on January 8, carrying over 300 men, eight women and 10 children. No' European passengers were on board. Everything went well until the morning of the 13th, when just before nine o'clock over '30 men among the deck passengers disclosed themselves as being armed pirates and took command of the ship.
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