LOSS OF LIFE IN MALOJA.
TOTAL OF 155 DROWTTEJJ. LIFEBELTS SAVE MANY. LONDON, February 29. Among the survivors. from the P. and 0. liner Malpja are 72 passengers, 92 of the European crew, and 137 Lascars. The mis3ing are thus classified: Passengers 49, Europeans of the crew 20, Lascars 80. A passenger named G. Brtggs, one of a party of 21 who were in a boat which ! capsized while being lowered, swam in I ico cold water. He watched an Englishman alongside, who made a great struggle for life. He tried the side stroke and the j back sr.rnke. but tlie strong current overwhelmed liini, and he sank. Briggs caught a rope thrown from a yacht after being immersed half-an-hour. All the survivors pay a tribute to the value of the lifebelts. Without them the loss of life would have been appalling. The first officer rushed below to stop the engines, which were geffng full speed astern, but the engineroom was half full of water, and he was unable to shut off power.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 52, 1 March 1916, Page 6
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