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NEARLY 100 LOST
IN WRECK OF LINER
Steamer Egypt Sinks After
Collision at Sea.
TRAGEDY IN DENSE FOG
Fifteen Passengers Among Missing
and Eighty of Crew Fail to Answer
RoI-Cail Following Disaster.

Erest. France, May II Nearly l0f
persons persisted when the Peninsulal
ana Oriental line steamer Egypt sank
OF The island of r@AanI, after col
lisi"n with The Frenru ire: CHI sreamel
Seine
The E4ytI sailed from London fol
BOMBAY on Friday. wi,h II pes~ens gers
IA. Seine after The. disaster SHOW Ell
lhal Ill least IL Of The passengers and
50 1T The creN Of The E@ypt were
missing.
The collision occurred during 4
dense fog within -. miles OF the 4.
Ihnul IL he sounded on board ihe
~. lI. Many "t The passengers and
nos OF ih,. crew We're on deck The
.ii"vN threw Fer>nrs int" die er;l
Iihr:~< JUMPED. and Il !iiIuhei' Went
lawn with tiIr SUI. which sink in
~ minutes. The E.ypI Wa, ramTnetI
1mid>hip~ oil the p" { side.
Iht Seine. badly damaged. reached
Eg'e~i With % RESCUED pa~eSng.-r>.
more l.i:ln 2uI "f the crew and the
'"dirs ii - dead. The captain Of The
t@lpi is among lhe saved.
When The collision occurred there
Vas Il rolling sea. Some of those res
:ued charge thai The Indian sailors
IN board the Egypt look Ia the life
o"alS Immediately the vessels crashed
So rhar :: large number Of The passen
gers and crew had 10 shift for them
selves Those who jumped into the
sea ana who could swim scrambled
ahutiI for bits III wrerkage 10 wlr:ri.
they might cling Man! of these pryu
rescued. They 1loated abuuT in lhs
FOG after The Egypt Went down. call
inM for help. The sound of their voices
directed members Of The crew Of !iiz
Seine i'll small boats, vino were pa
trolling the sea. picking up both li>-
in@ and dead.
hi some instances The rescue crews
came upon persons clingjng to hits nt
debris who leG so and sank JUST Is
aid for :s,ein was ri hand. The small
boats On numerous occasions Sousn:
vainlS i'll the fog ~ locate persuY
afting cries Of distress through til,
fog Among The known missing are
the d"crur AID chief engineer of III,
E3Npl.
The Egypt Was Il vessel of 5000 Ions
The Seine WAS bound for Lasre when
The disaster occurred.
Captain lie Barrie. of the Seine, in
describing III" disaster. said:
Il was NJ my post on the upper
bridge Saturday evening al : O'Clock
H. miles from Armen lilhr. The sea
was calm with Il Slight swell The
fog Was very dense | was liSrenins
for log HONS and proceeding al The
slow speed of five knots.
In less time than ii tukeS 10 felI
4 great steamer emerged from the fog.
II struck my snip and tore away TIE
forward works and moved on al great
speed. | immediately ordered our
engines reversed.
Il SAW nothing further But then
| began TO hear cries of horror thai
told me Of catastrophe. | wenr in
fog anG darkness. found her in Z
minute.
she lay over on her port side, ready
10 Iurn over Waller WAS pouring int
long. deep tear in her side plares
Cries and walls Of despair were 70 bs
heard c. ming from the steamer. Pas
sengcl> were seen running about OF
the decks. as tie steamer was about
10 go under.
Il saw L man lh.ow himself inl,
the sea with TWO liIrlC children IN his
arms. The shipwrecked people in The
sea cling otioating debris. l had al
my lifeboats lowered. Il was parlicu,
larry perilous work, for we were or
the main path of vessels going from
The open sea TO the English channel.
stayed al The scene of rhe wreck unit
20 minutes after II O'Clock SGTurda!
night.