THE SUNKEN EGYPT.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 121, 24 May 1922, Page 5

THE SUNKEN EGYPT.

A PRINTER'S SACRIFICE. CONDUCT OF THE LASCARS. MILLION IN GOLD LOST. (By Cable.-Tress Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, Way 23. The P. and 0. liner Egypt, which was sunk in a collision off Ushant on S'atur- • day with a loss of 87 lives, carried specie I valued at £1.000.000. Survivors narrate the bravery of a ' printer named Jenner, who procured n j lifebelt aud jumped oveboard. He found himself alongside a woman without a j lifebelt who was unable to swim. Though Ihe himself was no swimmer he took off bis belt and gave it to the woman, say- | ing: "Take it. Never mind mc." Jenner was drowned and the woman saved. I The surviving passengers have signed I a statement declaring that all would have been saved but for the abominable conduct of the Lascars.' The courtyard of the P. and O. offices is the scene of a pathetic vigil. Since the first news of "the disaster lo the Kgypt groups of relatives of the passengers and crew have been awaiting further tidings. It is honed that some of i the missing may be nboarcl other vessels I known to have been in the vicinity of' the collision. The survivors explain that the tremendous list which the Egypt took after the impact made it most difficult for the passeiifrers to approach the lifeboats. All three wireless operators perished, the chief operator. Arthur Harwick, dying at his post. He was dining at the time of the collision, and rushed to the wireless cabin. Tie* told the third operator to go on the hoat deck and help the officers, saying, "1 will look after the wireless myself." When the last bont left the assistant returned and spoke to Harwick, who refused to leave his post, but continued tapping out S.O.S. sicnals. He was last seen standing nt the door of the wireless cabin as the vessel plunged. The steamer Lapland, of Rotterdam, on arriving at Plymouth from New York, stated that she was delayed by the fog. She reports that she heard the S.O.S. call 400 miles awny. Several of the largest general clothing stores at Brest were ransacked for outfits for the rescued, some of whom are almost destitute.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)