Shanghai, Feb. 12, 6@PO this minute, 1 do not understood how all of us on the bridge did not get killed, said Capt. J. T. Inch in an ex-elusive interview given to a representative of the "North-China Daily News" shortly after his ship, the Shanghai Tug & Lighter Co's s. Alexandra had tied up at No, 2 pontoon on the Bund, yesterday.
She arrived here some six hours behind schedule, following a second attack this morning by the same gang of pirates that fired a number of shots at the vessel on Friday, Feb. 10, whilst one of th {wo junks was rammed and sunk by the Alexandra, "Fortunately, there were no pas sengers on board when this gang, sisting of about 20 well-armed arrived on board at 7 am. yesterday, and after pushing an aulomatic pistol between my ribs, order ed me to tow a heavily Jaden Ningpo junk, which they had seized, to Yang-yingkow. They fired no shots and with the exception of the wireless operators "wrist-which and some meat worth about $20, they took nothing. the ¥ skipper stated.
Into details regarding the Capt, Inch said. that for the night from Friday to yester~ day, when the men appeared on the bridge and foreed him to heave anchor prior to taking their junk to the desired destination.
"They told my pilot to inform me that If we did not stop the next time when requested, they would see to that we fared much worse than we did in Friday's armed attack," Captain Inch went on to say, "and that they would neither harm the Alexandra nor bother her crew or passengers, as they were merely interested in the lighters that we have in tow," Capt. Inch went on to say.
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