EGYPT ENQUIRY.
NO BOAT DRILL. , EVIDENCE BY LASCAR, 8Y CABLE—PRKSS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGST LONDON, July 28. At the Egypt enquiry, Yates, boatswain, said his boat crew on the previous trin did not have one complete boat drill. They were merely drawn up abreast of the boat and then dismissed. Collingwood, deck steward, said the | Las?ars crowded the port side boats J and rendered them immovable. Their i one idea was to save their own skins, and they had to be kicked out by the officers. The only way to control native firemen was to stand over them with a revolver. One native gave evidence that he had not been told the number of his boat in case of emergency, and had nof been given a life jacket. He was ignorant of the handling and lowering of boats.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 31 July 1922, Page 5
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135EGYPT ENQUIRY. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 31 July 1922, Page 5
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