The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-22
TWO AMERICAN
WOMEN DROWNED
Missionaries EnrOute to In
dia Go Down With Steam
ship Egypt
NEARLY 100 LIVES
LOST IN DISASTER
Steamer Blocked In Heavy Fog Struck
Amidships By French Steamer Seine
-242 Persons Reseued-TeTribIe Con-
fusion After Collision.


BREST. May % ASSOCIATED Press).
Mrs. Sibley and Miss V. NJ BOYER.
American missionaries on their way to
India, were said today by X. f. Bevan.
the only other American passenger. to
have been drowned in the wreck at the
British steamship Egypt, which was
sunk off the coast of France Saturday
night by a collision with the French
steamer Seine Nearly 100 other per-
sons lost their lives in the disaster.
Two hundred and forty-two were saved
of those who were on board the Egypt,
according to the latest official figures.
Among those missing are two Ameri-
can women, Mrs. NJ. l.. Sibley and Miss
V. NJ Boyer.
1t is possible that some of the missing
may have been picked up by the steam
ship Cap Iracon, which replied to the
distress signals with the assurance that
she was speeding 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 declares. was lying to at
the time of the accident because of the
dense fogi She was sounding her siren
continuously, he said Suddenly there
came the warning shrek of the Seine's
siren and she loomed up out of the fog,
striking the Egypt amidship.
In the crash there came a terrible
confusion on the stricken vessel. -Four
or five boats were all that could be low
cred because of the list of the vessel and
many persons jumped overheard fear
ing to be drawn down with the Egypt.
There was no one on board. when the
vessel took her final plunge. he believes.
The purser estimated that II paSsen-
gers. 30 white officers and - Lascars of
the crew were missing:
The collision occurred during a dense
fog within p miles of the Armen light
house The dinner gong was about to
be sounded on board the Egypt. Many
of the passengers and most of the crew
were On deck The shock threw persons
into the sen; others Jumped and mum
Der went down with the ship. which
sank in 20 minutes The Egypt was
rammed amidships on the port side.
The Seine, badly damaged, reached
Brest yesterday with 20 rescued
passengers, more than 200 of the crew,
and the bodies of 20 dead. The captain
of the Egypt is among the saved
When the collision occurred, there was
a rolling sea- Some of those rescued
charge that the Indian sailors on board
the Egypt took to the lifeboats imme-
0laTeIY the. NtSSelS NEdSHeu. 81 Ludb q
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 wreekage to
which they might cling. Many of these
were rescued. They hoated about in the
fog after. the Egypt went down. calling
for help. The sound of their voices di-
rected members of the crew of the Seine
in small boats who We're patrolling the
sea, picking up both living and dead.
In some instances the rescue crews
came upon persons, clinging to bits OF
debris. who let 90 and sank Just as aid
was at hand The small boats on nu
merous. occasions SOUGHT vainly in the
fog to reach persons lifting cries of dis
tress through the fog. Among the miss
ing are the doctor and chief engineer OF
the EgvDt.
The Egypt was vessel of 5000 tons.
The Seine was bound for Harye when
the disaster occurred.