“Onke amaphoyisa kubalwa nokaputeni ashonile elele egumbini lokushada nasebhulohweni. Kungenzeka kufe wonke umuntu. ” Lo mlayezo walandelwa yikhodi ye-Morse engafundeki bese kuba umlayezo wokugcina omubi… “Ngiyafa!”
Lawa magama athusayo azwakala ocingweni lokucindezeleka olwaluthathwe yimikhumbi eminingi eduzane ne-Indonesia, kumqaphi waseDashi u-SS Ourang Medan ngoFebhuwari, 1948.
Bafika
Lapho umkhumbi wokuqala wokutakula ufika endaweni yesehlakalo ngemuva kwamahora ambalwa, bazamile ukudumisa i-Ourang Medan kodwa akubanga nampendulo. Iphathi lokugibela lathunyelwa emkhunjini futhi abakutholile kwakuwumbono owesabekayo osenze i-Ourang Medan yaba ngenye yezindaba eziyinqaba nezesabekayo zemikhumbi yesipoki.
Bafakaza
Babona, bonke abasebenzi nezikhulu ze-Ourang Medan befile, amehlo abo evulekile, ubuso bubheke elangeni, izingalo zeluliwe futhi kunokwethuka okumangazayo ebusweni babo. Ngisho nenja yomkhumbi ibifile, itholakale ithethisa isitha esithile esingabonakali.
Ukuqhuma okungazelelwe
Lapho kusondela izidumbu egumbini lokubilisa, iqembu labatakuli lezwa ukubanda, yize izinga lokushisa lalingaphezu kuka-40 ℃. Banqume ukubuyisela umkhumbi ethekwini, kodwa ngaphambi kokuthi baqhubeke, intuthu yaqala ukukhuphuka kulesi sikebhe. Abasebenzi bezokutakula bashiya umkhumbi ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka futhi bengasenaso nesikhathi sokusika izintambo ngaphambi kokuba i-Ourang Medan iqhume futhi icwile.
Imikhondo engaqondakali u-SS Ourang Medan ayishiye ngemuva
- Inani elikhulu lemibiko livela kwabasolwandle, behamba ngomgwaqo wezohwebo weMalaca ukuthi ngenkathi imikhumbi yabo ihamba ogwini lwaseMalaysia naseSumatra, bathatha uchungechunge lwezimpawu ezingajwayelekile zeSOS, ezazivela komunye umkhumbi ongabonakali.
- Kube khona izehlakalo eziningana, lapho amatilosi abona ukuvela okungaqondakali nokunyamalala komkhumbi oqalekisiwe.
- Amatilosi asondela ukuzokweseka lo mkhumbi onamagama amabi, athola ukuthi emphemeni bekugcwele izidumbu ezibandayo zabantu nenja.
- Izidumbu, ezibonwe zilele phansi emgodini zibhekwe ukubamba izingalo zazo kwabanye abahlaseli abangaziwa.
- Ubuso babo babungathi bahlangane nezinhlobo ezithile zezehlakalo ezimbi ngenkathi befa.
- Isidumbu somphathi wezokuxhumana we-SS Ourang Medan kubhekwe ukuthi sihlale kahle esihlalweni sakhe seDuty, kungekho zimpawu zokuphila emzimbeni wakhe.
- Kube nobufakazi obusobala bokuthi abasebenzi bomkhumbi kumele babhekane nokuhlupheka okukhulu, yize imbangela yokuhlupheka ingakaze itholwe.
- Kuyindida ukuthi lonke iqembu labasebenzi kanye nokaputeni bangafa kanjani bengashiyanga zimpawu zokukhokha okungcolile noma ukucekelwa phansi emkhunjini.
- Izingqapheli azikaze zithole monakalo emkhunjini okungaba yisizathu sokufa ngokungazelelwe kwabasebenzi.
- Umkhumbi okuwukuphela kwawo owazama ukudonsa lo mkhumbi onamagama amabi esikhumulweni semikhumbi, mzuzu lapho benamathisela khona ulayini wokudonsa emkhunjini, bathola intuthu engaqondakali iphuma kulowo mkhumbi. Lokhu kuyindida njengoba bezingekho izimpawu zomonakalo omncane emkhunjini noma ukungasebenzi kahle kwezinto zawo.
- Iqembu labatakuli lashaqeka ngesikhathi bebona i-SS Ourang Medan iqhuma ngomsindo owesabekayo, ngesikhathi besusa ulayini wokuhudula emkhunjini. Isimo esesabekayo kangako abasikhohlwanga.
- Abambalwa bamalungu eqembu labatakuli bathi bezwa ukuhleba okungaqondakali emkhunjini. Abakwazanga ukunquma umthombo.
- Njengoba kuchazwe ngomunye wamalungu eqembu labatakuli, wezwa uhleko olwesabekayo olungenabuntu emphemeni.
- Abanye baze babona ukuvela okungazelelwe nokunyamalala kwamalambu angajwayelekile, ngenkathi bengaphakathi kwe-Ourang Medan.
- Kuyindida enkulu ukuthi izidumbu, ezivezwe yilanga zingahlala kanjani zifriziwe. Ukushisa komkhathi kwakungaphezu kuka-40 ℃.
- Imfihlakalo enkulu imayelana nokuba khona kwalo mkhumbi empeleni. Awekho amarekhodi atholakele kuze kube yimanje angafakazela ukuthi umkhumbi oyimfihlakalo i-SS Ourang Medan wawukhona.
- Kunempikiswano ngemvelaphi yomkhumbi. Abanye bathi yavela eSumatra, kanti abanye bakhuluma ngemvelaphi yayo yaseDashi.
- Kusukela osukwini, akekho noyedwa okwazile ukuthola ukuthi kwenzekeni ngempela kulo mkhumbi oholele ekufeni kwabantu abakhulu kangaka.
- Abanye bezingqapheli bagomela, kukhona amathuba okuthi i-4 Hold yomkhumbi ibiphethe izinto ezingekho emthethweni neziyingozi.
- Abanye ochwepheshe baze baveza nokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi ukufa kwabasebenzi bayo kanye nokushona kuka-Ourang Medan kungenxa yethonya lezikhali ezithile zebhayoloji ezazibulala ngokweqile.
Amazwi wokugcina
Kuze kube namuhla, isiphetho esiqondile se-SS Ourang Medan nabasebenzi baso siyimfihlakalo engakaxazululwa. Manje, uthini umbono wakho? Ngabe wake waba khona ngempela umkhumbi oyimfihlakalo i-SS Ourang Medan? Uma kunjalo, pho kwenzekani kulo mkhumbi? Ngabe kwakungumkhumbi oyimfihlo ngempela owawuphethe izinto ezingekho emthethweni noma ezibulalayo nezikhali? Yini imfihlo ngemuva kwe-SS Ourang Medan ??
