The Shuntien was brought by tuis pirate alongside. the junks, which Rany: or may not have been in league Tib the pirates, In. any event Dieates commandeered them. THe easel went aground on a goff bottom Dut fortunately floated off again thortly after the Pirates Jeff her on Monday afternoon, the pirates. did Uttle material damage to. the ship, said Captain Christiansen, not even destroying the Swireless equipment, which—com-Thenced sending out messages Uistress at 530 pam. on Monday.
No carya. was removed from the ship. but the passengers. were very Thoroughly Yooted, their baexage being taken, their clothes, all jewel-Tory money, Binoculars, ete, Even the' small' ituteheon children had (heir amer! trinkets taken away by the. pirates, rhe pirates took advantage of the occasion to get better clothes for Gemselves.. "Their own rags wore Tete lying all over the deck and they went off in clothing. taken from Pegome of them were garbed in curious assortment of clothes, in-cuding foreign dress suits and patent feather. shoes.
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