Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-05-23 | Page 2 | Death List in Ship Disaster Now over 100

DEATH LIST IN SHIP DISASTER MJP 100 Two American Women Mi , aionavriet Among Sixteen Passenger! Believed Loat; Fog Hampers Rescuers BREST. Franca, May II (By A. P.). Tha Brltlih vice eonaul here today announced that 101 of thoee who wera on board the Brltlah ataamahlp Egypt, aunk off the leland of Uahant Saturday Satur-day night, ara mleelng, of wham als-teen als-teen wera paaaangara and elghty-eli membara of tha craw. Twenty-eight paesengers wera aavad, together with ' lor- Mrs. M. L. Blbley and Mlaa V. M. Koyer, American mlaalon-arlea, mlaalon-arlea, ara mlaalng and preaumably loot. Many of tha dead brought In ware wearing Ufa belta Thay evidently had died from exhauetloa. The fog waa ao thick off TTehant laland at tha time of tha eolllelon between be-tween tha Egypt and tha Preach freighter Belna that Inhabltanta of nearby latanda had been living for tnrea daya In alraoat total darkness, with all outdoor work auapended. Acoounta of tha dlaaater Indicate tha oea of life would hava baan much mailer had not tha fog been ao thick aa to hamper tha raaouera. Bailors on tha French ateamer decuu-a they ob-aerved ob-aerved aoveral atrugglaa between aur-