THE EGYPT DISASTER.
S.O.S. SIGNALS MISSED
(Elcc. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn.) (Reuter's Teiesram.l (Received July 12*, 9.5 a.m.) - LONDON, July 10. In the House of Commons, Mr. Baldwin promised! to enquire into the cases of wireless inefficiency suggested by a question of Murray "MacDonald's that at least five vessels within wireless range of the steamer Egypt when she sank missed the S.O.S. signals, and. nineteen others were not watching at the time of the disaster. Mr. Baldwin stated that twenty-seven cases of alleged inefficiency had been reported since the adoption of the regulation regarding watchers, but the present was an insufficient case to justify an amendment of the regulations.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15873, 12 July 1922, Page 5
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110THE EGYPT DISASTER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15873, 12 July 1922, Page 5
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