Salt Lake Herald | 1896-11-04 | Page 11 | Another Act of Piracy

ANOTHER ACT OF PIRACY WASHINGTON Nov 3 United States Consul General Burke at Tan glers Morocco reports to the state department 15th partment in his dispatch of the ult that another act of piracy was committed by the Moors off the Riffin coast on the 8th of October last A French sailing vessel was attacked by about 100 Riffians in small boats about 20 miles off Cape Couch Cape Baba zun zunAs soon as the attack became kno non n-on shore the Spanish governor of All hucamas and some of the Spanish colony at once set out in the little steamer Savilla to render aid to the French vessel They arrived in time to capture the crew of pirates in boats which were on the point of pushing off for the shore with the prisoners and plunder The Spaniards boarded the French vessel which was in possession of the pirates and after a severe struggle strug-gle succeeded in rescuing the captain and a number of the crew The Spaniards Span-iards are reported to have had one man killed and four or five seriously wounded Some of the wounded have since been reported as having died I is also reported that some of the crew of the French vessel have died from their wounds i