Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-22
Nearly 100 Missing
When Liner Sinks


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latter loomed up out Of the fog and
Hnrkncss and struck the Egypt amid
ships, With the crash there came Il
terrible confusion on the stricken YES.
sci. Four or five boats were all that
could hc lowered. because of the list
of thc vessel, and many persons jumped
overheard. fearing TO be drawn down
with Ste Egypt. There was no ono on
tof"d when the vessel took her final
plunge. he believed,
Collision In Dense Fog
The rurscr estimated that fifteen
ffty I.ascars OF the crew were missing.
The Egypt sailed from London Friday
with forty four passengers and crew
Of 300.
The collision in the dense fog oc-
CURED within twenty two miles of the
Armen lighthouse. The dinner gong
was about to be sounded on board the
Egypt. Many Of the passengers and
most OF the crew were on deck Tho
shock threw several persons into the
sea.
When the collision occurred there was
rolling sea. Some OF the rescued
charge that the Indian sailors on board
the Egypt took the lifeboa,- immc-
diately after the vessels crashed. so that
n large number OF the passengers and
crew had TO shift for themselves. Those
who jumped into the sea and who could
swim scrambled about for bits of wreck.
age TO which they might cling Many
Of these were rescued They hoated
about in the fog after the Egypt wen,
down, calling for help. The sound OF
their voice directed members Of the crew
Of the Seine in snail boats who were
patrolinS the sea, picking up both 'liv-
ing and dead,
Let Go as Aid Comes
In some instances the rescuing crews
came upon persons clinging to bits OF
debris, who let go and sank just as aid
for them was at hand. The small boats
on numerous occasions sought vainly
in the fog to locate persons lifting cries
Of distress through the fog. Among
the known missing are the doctor and
chief engineer Of the Egypt. The cap.
tain is among the saved.
Captain lie Barzlc. of the Seine, in
describing the disaster said:
IL was NJ my post on the upper
bridge Saturday evening at ! o'clock
fifteen miles from Armen light. The
| fog was very dense. was listening for
fog horns and proceeding at the slow
speed Of five knots.
"ln less time than it takes to tell q
great steamer emerged from the fog. II
struck my ship and tore away the for.
ward works and moved on at grea,
speed. Immediately ordered our en-
gines reversed.
Cries Tell Of Catastrophe
81 saw nothing further. But then I
began 10 hear cries Of horror that told
| me Of a catastrophe. / went In search
of the stricken vessel in the fog and
darkness. l found her in twenty min g..
utes.
"she lay on her portside, ready to
! turn over. Water was pouring into n
long, deep tear in her side plates. Cries
and walls of despair were to be heard
coming from the steamer. Passengers
were seen running about on the decks,
as the steamer was about TO 20 under.
II saw a man throw himself into the
sea with two little children in his arms
! The shipwrecked people in the sea cluns
TO loating debris. I had all my life =.
| bosts lowered. II was particularly
perllous work. for We were on the main
/ path Of vessels going from the open sea
| 10 the English Channel stayed at
| the scene OF the wreck until twenty min .
utes after II o'clock Saturday night"
The Seine. badly damaged. reached
| Brest yesterday with twenty -nnp res =
| cued passengers and more than 200 of
| the crew. The Seine was bound for
Havre when the disaster occurred.
Pittsburgh. May 22.--tBy A. P)--.
Miss Virginia Boyer. reported drowned
| in the liner Egypt shipwreck. was Il
Lutheran missionary returning &" India
nftar a furlough spent in Pittsburgh
Miss Boyer was an orphan who had been
reared in the Lutheran Orphans Home
at Ielenoplc near here. and later be =
came nurse in Passavant Hospital.
Her station in India was Rahmundry
Her latest visit 10 this country was oC-
rasioned by III health.
Boston. May 22.-tBy \. P.l-Mrs.
NJ. j.. Siblcy. who was drowned when
the Egypt was sunk. was n member Of
tho staff Of the American Board of Com /.
mssoners for Foreign Missions. and
had relatives in Toledo. Mrs. Sibley was
n widow somewhat beyond middle years.
returning 10 her station in the City OF
Way.