Messrs.
Nicholl, Watson, and Brand Arrive in Shanghai: Gratitude to the Navy Copyright in Gt. Britain and Americe LI the hazards and sensations of isolation, hunger, filth, threatened torture and, above all, fear of an unknown and probably horrible fate, which attend the victims of Chinese brigands were experienced by the five British, one Chinese, and one Japanese rescued captives in the Shuntien piracy on Monday, June 18, Three of the British captives Mr. Graeme D. Nicholl, Mr, G. L. Brand, and Mr. H. Med. Watson, arrived in Shanghai on Sunday, June 24, in the C.N. s. Tungchow.
Returned to civilization after an exciting rescue by the British destroyer Whitshed and a seaplane from H.MS. Eagle, Mr. Nicholl, Branch manager in Shanghai for the Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, told in his own words the story of the abduction of himself and his companions, Lieutenants P.
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