EGYPT ENQUIRY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 1 August 1922, Page 7

EGYPT ENQUIRY.

PANIC-STRICKEN LASCARS

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Received Aug. 1, 1 10 p m A+ + , _ LONDON, July 31. At the Egypt inquiry Alice Byrne, stewardess, said that she saw a boatload of natives leaving the ship. "They looked scared, and I suppose they did aiot think it their duty to save the women," she said. .Mabel Evans, stewardess, described ibe- natives as rushing about the decks an all directions after the collision, panic-stricken. She heard shots, and Quartermaster Rusher said he had lowered a boat. He tried to row towards the well deck and take off the passengers, but the natives would not row, and kept backing away. Quartermaster Harvey said he found Ms boat full of natives, and ordered "them out, but they were terrified, and lie could not move them.

Quartermaster Lissender said he saw no active interference by the natives *with. the passengers.