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Pirates Strike Aboard Tungchow In Shanghai Coast
Seventy three children aboard the British steamer Tungchow watched a pirate raid unfold as masked robbers boarded near Shanghai. Officers and guards were wounded, the purser held at gunpoint, and the crew faced a tense standoff before pirates fled with little loot after discovering no treasure.
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