`Although the crew told the Japanese passengers to board the lifeboats, they stayed inboard and refused to leave the ship, which left the crew no choice but to give up on them (There were no attendants who could speak Japanese because the Normanton was a cargo ship.)'
「船員は救命ボートに移るように説明したが、日本人乗客は船内に籠もって出ようとしなかった（ノルマントン号は貨物船なので、日本語が話せる乗客向けのスタッフはいない）ので、やむなくそのままにした。」