The Archive · 1925

Pirates' Boat

Later, the normal ship's watches cere st, officers did their routine duties, the deck and engine room ferews were made to work as usual and but for the fact that the ship vas in the control of lawless m things went on just as much as is customary. Tie pirates openly braxged that they had been engaged the Sui An and Hydrangea rudes, but they treated everybody fon board with great consideration. None of the European officers was molested in any way.

The ship's safe was broken open and money to the amount of about:,000 was taken. The persorfil eftests of every passenger on bourd were ransacked and rifled, a whole heap of miscellaneous goods being collected, Money and valuables were alas stolen, but the cargo, which of a general nature, was not touched.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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