SINKING OF THE EGYPT.
APPALLING SUDDENNESS. LASCARS PANIC-STRICKEN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received May 22, 1.40 p.m.) LONDON, Mnv 22The collision occurred with appalling suddenness, when the passengers were dressing for dinner. The fog was intense, and they were unable to see more than 100 yards round the shipThe Egypt sounded her fog horn incessantly, but the Seine was almost into the Egypt before she was observed, and the collision could not- have been averted. The Seine, heavily laden with deadweight cargo, ripped the Egypt's plates like common tin. The Seine’s hows were stove in. but, though she was in
peril of foundering, she stood by, and helped in the work of rescue. The captain and officers of the Egypt helped to restore order and discipline among the panic-stricken Lascars at the revolver point. The majority of the survivors were in a pitiable condition from shock and exhaustion. They were nearly naked.
The victims include the chief engin eer and the doctor.
Several vessels near the scene of th« collision were ignorant of it awing t' the fog.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16739, 22 May 1922, Page 8
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