The Archive · 1938

Compradores' Loss

There was not much cargo on board the ship, while the passengers, were mostly of the poor type.

Articles of clothing and so on were taken by the pirates, while the ship's compra-ores are believed to have lost between $4,000 and $5,000 in cash. Ar-tides and clothes: were strewn "all over the ship, while the pirates ate Tavenously all fruit, nuts, ete, they could And, They prepared to go overboard into {he jaunts at about 1045 pin. Before left, the pirate chief told Captain

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