IHE United States Vice~Consul in Alexandria, Mr. Daniel Gau-din, yesterday told the United Pr s by telephone that the Egyptign steamer Zamzan had been reported safe.
Later an official message from Washington to Cairo reported the ship as being safe "The United States Consulate has information from the Alexandria Navigation company that the Zamzain was officially reported missing and must be presumed to be lost but later the company heard from their New York office that the ship was safe. However, its present whereabouts -are unknown," Mr, one Italian and one Frenchmen, the agency said.
The Zamzam carried 19 missionaries with seven children, representing the African Inland Mission, an interdenominational organization; also nine Seventh Day Adventists with one infant and several French Oblate fathers from Montreal.
The Zamzam, with 142 Americans aboard, including a complete American ambulance corps unit, was reported to have been sunk, presumably by Axis action in the south Atlantic, Jnited Press.
Mr, Charles J. F. Murph; correspondent for "Fortune" magazine and Mr. David Scherman, photographer for "Life" magazine, several American business men and one R.A.F. pilot's wife and child also were believed to have been aboard the
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.