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29: 82: 360:, who claimed that the men were "roasted to death" and used the incident as an example of the Taiping's cruelty. Lindley would later deny direct involvement in the men's deaths. 786: 326:. Lindley was offered £20,000 by the Taiping government for the steamer. At midnight, Lindley, along with around 30 Europeans, were guided on board by one of Ludlam's 628:[Organizational Attachment, Softening of Bilateral Budget Constraints, and Development of China Merchants Shipping Bureau in the Late Qing Dynasty]. 357: 776: 745: 717: 659: 611: 678: 239: 211: 622: 342:
managed to escape by jumping overboard, and brought the news to Ludlam. Also on board was four European crew of the
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was "filled with ammunition" and was also carrying a 24-pounder gun intended to be installed on another ship, the
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to Ludlam, but their bodies were later found burnt and mutilated with signs of torture.
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This article is about the Taiping Rebellion era vessel. For other steam topics, see
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in 1860 to 1864. She was briefly captured by Taiping troops and renamed
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Lithograph of Firefly under Taiping service, published in 1866
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The theft and deaths were eventually reported to the British
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