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/ Se ae THE OSHAWA TIMES, Mondey, November 15, 1965 7 2 Escaped Flaming Ship Garbed In Their Pajamas -MIAMI (CP) -- Two bright- eyed Canadian girls, swearing that. never again would they go to sea, told Saturday night how they escaped in their pyjamas from the flaming Yarmouth Castle before she sank off Nas- sau. Perched on the edges of twin- beds in their Miami Beach mo-) tel room, Irene Lengyel, 29, and Phyllis Watt, 27, both of Flin Flon, Man., talked excitedly of the horror they had seen on the cruise that was to have been a highlight of their month-long vacation trip. Wearing borrowed shorts and blouses, they were among the first of the survivors to fly back here from Nassau where they were taken by the rescue ship Bahama Star. : Except for bruises and a few scratches, neither was injured although both admitted they svere badly shaken by the ex- perience of crawling around in the smoke, of seeing a man in a lifeboat beat off a shark with They rushed to the ship's cen- tral hall where people were congregating, "There was no panic," said Phyllis, '"'but everyone was excited and it was all very disorganized." "Some of the crew called out for odd numbers to go this way and éven numbers to go that," said Phyllis, 'but we couldn'! even remember our room num- ber." a COULDN'T BREATHE The fire was in the bow, they said, so they moved towards the stern but the smoke back there was so thick they couldn't breathe so they returned again to the central hall, Throughout it all, they said, there were no announcements or instructions broadcast, but Irene said she had been told the public address system was knocked out as soon as the fire started. Some people then started to! yell, "jump, jump," and Irene} | said she wanted to go overboard but Phyllis: restrained her. an oar, of fleeing down a rope into the sea and finally seeing their blazing ship sink. Talking rapidly ~-- sometimes) both at the same time--this Is) the story the girls told: They had attended a party) aboard ship and had just gone to their room and changed into pyjamas when, shortly after 1) a.m., they heard someone call fire. 'When I opened the door it was black with smoke in the corridor and i could see the glow of flames," said Irene. "We just ran. We didn't even stop for our handbags." Closer Co-opera In Psychiatric Treatment NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. (CP) Closer co-operation between psychiatrists, public health doc- tors, social workers and volun- teer workers was called for by speakers at a conferetice on} aftercare of the psychiatric pa-| | Finally, when the Bahama| Star came into sight and her) lifeboats started approaching,| the girls went over the side! climbing down ropes. Once on board, the Bahama Star passengers gave them clothing and comforted them) and the ship provided meals. The ship circled the area for hours, picking up survivors and looking for others, before they headed for Nassau. Back in Miami, they immedi- ately returned to- the motel wher they had stayed before the trip to Nassau tion Asked "Those doctors to whom | have spoken say that it is: too difficult to get staff and no clinic would be better than a poor one," she said. tient Saturday. Dr. Paul Christi¢, super- intendent of the Ontario hospita!| in Toronto, told the) conference that existing community hos-; pital facilities should be used) by psychiatrists, social workers and volunteers in order to re- duce fragmentation in the treat- ment of the mentally ill. Dr. Christie said he foresees @ommunity health units and private medicine drawing to- gether through group medical ractice assisted by public ith nurses and social work- fs. He said the two groups will) w more alike but will not uplicate. each other's work. . Dr. Christie suggested the two) would work together by sharing} and exchanging. 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