Four guards are reported to have been killed and several passengers: thrown overboard and drowned during a force battle with a large gang Jot pirates aboard the Chinese coastal s. Tal Yi, which has arrived at Swatow. The outlaws escaped with booty exceeding $10:000.
According to a message received here, @ large number of buccaneers, jwhohad boarded the Tai Yi in the guise of passengers, suddenly aitacked the guards on Friday evening when the steamer was near Swatow, 'A fierce battle ensued during which, it ts reported, four of the guards were jot to death. The pirates thereafter lined the upper hand. Disarming the remaining guards, the pirates herded most of the officers into a Jcabin which they locked and forced the skipper to proceed to a designated spot along the coast.
The steamer was thoroughly ransacked and the pirates, reaching the place where they wanted to disembark, left the Tal ¥1 after bailing a junk. It 4s estimated that their loot, consisting of money, jewellery and clothes, exceeded $10.000 in value, During the fighting between the pirates and the guards, a panic broke Jout among the Chinese passengers and if is understood that several of them were thrust overboard and drowned. [The Aight lasted for about a half hour.
The s. Tat Yi is a small native vessel plying between "Huangijang Jand Swatow.—Reuter.
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