1939-11-24 — Page 2

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Screen Play by Richard Macaulay and Jerry Wald - From the Play by JOHN MONKS, Jr. and FRED V. FINKLEHÖFFE • A First National Picture

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Some of the passengers who arrived this morning on board a Dutch liner from Singapore had thrilling tales to tell of the sinking of the British India s.s. Sirdhana, which struck one of the mines guarding Singapore harbour on November 13.

TWO KILLED IN YESTERDAY'S STORM

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it is revealed that yesterday's gate claimed two victims.

At about 4.16 p.m., ́s wall of mud and stones collapsed and crashad on a

matshed in Tung Tau Village, Kowloon City.

Two of

were the occupants killed, and four, a man, a woman and two girls, were seriously in- jured.

Several of the Sirdhana's GALLANT

passengers arrived two days ago, but the majority came on in the Dutch liner.

RESCUES IN

The explosion, passengers from the TYPHOON

Sirdhana said, occurred shortly after breakfast, at about 10 a.m. Boats were promptly lowered and passengers scrambled into them.

There was very little panic and rescue launches were soon on the scene, picking up survivors from the lifeboats and from the water. By 10.30 a.m. the ship had gone to the bottom, leaving its masts still show- ing.

Due to the heavy list and the fact that the ship seemed about to go at any moment, passengers had no time to collect more than a few personal belongings.

Among the last to leave the ship were two young British children and their mother, Mrs. E. Leyden. Mrs. Leyden left Hong Kong shortly before war broke out. She lost practically everything in the disaster.

CHILDREN IN WATER

were

As the captain and officers leaving the ship, passengers said, they saw some children in the water. Two of the officers promptly went the side and got them onto a raft, staying with them until rescue laun- ches picked them up.

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Casualties in the foundering of the Sirdhana numbered about 20 Asiatic passengers.

But for the quick of a British police inspector, Chinese deportees locked behind grill in the forward hold might also have lost their lives; the police ini- spector blew the lock open with his gun and they scrambled to safety.

Yesterday, the Court found Captain Philip Fairbairn, master of the ship, guilty of wrongful default in failing to acquaint himself with the position of the minefield. His master's certi- ficate has been suspended for year, but he may act as Chief Officer during this period.

...

THRILLING RESCUES WERE CARRIED OUT OFF STONECUT- TERS DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE GALE YESTERDAY.

A small sampan overturned off the Island and P.C. 115, of the Naval Dockyard Police, showing complete contempt of the danger, swam out and saved a child who had been tied to the craft.

Two other occupants were saved by Piermaster Hawkett, R.N.A.D., and a Chinese boy who also swam out. The

occupants, too, had

tied themselves

to the sampan, making rescue more

difficult.

P.C. 115 was slightly injured. This is his third recent act of gallantry.

KING'S SHOOTING HOLIDAY

London, To-day. · The King and Queen returned to London yesterday after a six days stay at Sandringham.

The King has spent most of his holiday shooting, and nearly every day the Queen joined the party for lunch on some part of the estate.

One morning the King was out at daybreak shooting wild duck, which abound on Wolferton Marshes.

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The King and Queen were shown the efforts being made to increase the wartime agricultural production Sandringham Estate.-British less.. one

The Second Officer, Thomas Green, was censured for "contributory neg- ligence."

TRIBUTE TO OFFICERS

Passengers arriving in Hong Kong this morning spoke of the efficiency of Captain Fairbairn, his officers and ship's crew in handling passengers afters the ship hit the mine.

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The Dutch passenger liner brought the following passengers, nearly of them British, from Singapore to day:

Mr. J. B. Rymer, Major J. M. Sae- gert, Mrs. A. P. F. Saegert, Master P. F. M. Saegert, Hazura Singh, Mrs. B. K. Singh, Master A. Singh, Puran Singh, Mr. K. K. Singh, Miss G. K. Singh, Miss A. K. Singh; Master S. Singh, Miss C. Weller, Miss M. White, Mr. H. F. Williams, Mr. W. J. Yetton, Dr. W. M. Toome, Mr. C. W. Bath, Mr. C. T. Bailey, Mr. R. B. Coutts, Mr. C. W. O. Collins, Mr. J. M. W. Dawe, Mr. J. E. Hales, J. F. Haslam, Dr. C. V. Jackson, Mr. A. W. Lamb, Mr. P. N. Liddell, Mrs. B. Di Lea, Mr. W. B. J. Lowndess, Mrs. E. Ley- den, Masters R. J. and G. D. Leyden, Mr. J. E. Norton, Mr. L. H. Doalway, Mr. G. T. Osborne, Mr. B. Paynter. Mr. W. N. Powell.

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