The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-22
z AMERICANS
DIE IN CRASH;
100 DROWN
Tugs and Small War Craft
Search Scene Where British
Steamship Egypt Collided
With French Steamer.
NOTHING SAVED, REPORT
fRy Associated Press,


BREST, May 22-Mrs. NJ B. Sib-
ley and Miss v. NJ Boyer, American
missionaries on their way to India,
we're said today by R. S. Bevan to be
the only American passengers to have
been drowned in the wreck of the
British steamship Egypt. which was
sunk off the island of Ushant, Satur-
day night by a collision with the
French steamer Seine Nearly 100
other persons lost their lives in the
disaster.
Tugs and small warcraft have been
searching the scene Of the wreck ever
since the collision, Duf no other bodies
in addition to those picked up soon
afterwards, had been found up to this
afternoon
The Egypt went down in 400 feet of
water. She carried 100000 in gold be-
sides consignment of mail for India.
So far one mail pouch has been
picked up but nothing else. except
the wreckage from the crash found
on the surface.
| The ships officers did not even save
the vessels papers. It is not ques-
toned by most of the survivors. how
ever, that many of the 300 odd persons
aboard were thrown into the sea or
jumped from the sinking ship when
they were unable to obtain places in
the few life boats that were lowered
II is possible that some of the miss
ing may have been picked up by the
Steamship Cap Iracon in addition TO
those brought here by the Seine. The
Cap lracon was 9 miles from the scene
and replied to the distress signals
with the assurance that she was speed
ing to the spot According to the
Egypt's purser the ship floated only
about 20 minutes after her plates were
crushed in by the Seine. The Egypt
he said was not moving at the time
of the accident lying to on account of
the dense fog and sounding her siren
continuously.
Warning Shrek
Suddenly there came the warning
: shrek of the siren on the Seibe and
} the latter doomed up out of the fog
. and darkness and struck the Egypi
amidships. With the crash there
came terrible confusion on the
stricken vessel. Four or five boats
: were all that could be lowered because
of the list of the vessel, and many
persons jumped overheard, fearing 10
be drawn down with the Egypt There
/, was no one on board when the vessel
took her final plunge, he believed
The purser estimated that Is pas
sengers, 80 white officers and so Las
cars of the crew were missing
: BOSTON, May 22.-Mrs. NJ. L. Sib
, ley and Miss V. NJ. Boyer the Amer
lean women who are missing from the
> British steamship Egypt. sunk off the
r coast of France, were missionarie:
!. bound for India who had been in thi:
. city recently. Mrs. Sibley, member
of the staff of the American Board o
: Commissioners for foreign missions
e has relatives in Toledo Ohio. Mis-!
e Boyer, who formerly made her hom,
I at Aspinwall a.. was going out as (;
teacher in a school for missionarie
children and others in South India
: Mrs. Sibley was a widow somewha
e beyond middle years. returning to he
( station in the city of Way. Miss Boy
n er, with no parents or relatives alive
g was taking UP work in the mission
q field for the first time.