London, Nov, 22.
Among the passengers saved from was Mr. J. P. B. Jones, son of Mr. J. P, Jones, well-known Shanghai sportsman, who was returning to his studies in Edinburgh University. Mr. Jones was landed safely with the 27 other passengers and the 181 crew-men at Parkeston Quay, 60 miles north of London.
Opinion among eye-witnesses of the disaster was divided over whether the explosion was caused by a mine ora torpedo. If it was a mine, it was pointed out, it had been laid unusually close to the coast. If a submarine had been operating in these waters, it was taking a great risk.
The Terukuni Maru sank not far from the spot where the Netherlands liner Simon Bolivar went down last week-end with a loss of more than 100 lives, The passengers and crew from the Terukuni Maru were en route to London in less than five hours after the ship sank. More than nine hours elapsed, it was recalled, before the first survivors from the Simon Bolivar left their landing point on the English coast for London by train.
Passengers on the vessel unonimously praised the rescue efforts of the crew. Mrs, A. Samuelsdorff said "They were splendid, One crew member even came up to me later and said he would like to know whether 10 shillings would help me."
—United Press.
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