ARRIVAL AT NEW YORK

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20034, 5 September 1939, Page 4

ARRIVAL AT NEW YORK

HELD UP INDEFINITELY NO LIGHTS ON VOYAGE STRICT PRECAUTIONS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Sept. 5. 10 a.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 4. The liner Queen Mary has arrived with 2385 passengers, including the American financier, Mr. J. P. Morgan, and hundreds of American war refugees. The Cunard Company announced that the liner, which was originally scheduled to sail on Wednesday, would remain in port indefinitely. Incidentally she is docked only a few yards from the Normandie. It is believed that neither will risk taking to the open sea until the ' convoy system is perfected. Mr. David Bailey, special correspondent of the Associated Press of America, says that the Queen Mary ran blacked out from Southhampton. The cabin ports were screened and scaled and promenade windows were closed and blackened. Forbidden on Deck Passengers were forbidden on the upper decks after sunset, and were urged to remain in their own accommodation. The ship’s cinema, gymnasium, dance hall, nursery, library and most of the public rooms were used as dormitories. A few blue lights were the only illumination behind the promenade decks with blackened windows, and even in the inside accommodation the lights were heavily screened. Extreme Northern Course The Queen Mary followed the extreme northern course to avoid any possible interception. She was convoyed by two destroyers from Cape Race to Ambrose Light. Many passengers lined the rails to greet the ‘Statue of Liberty through the dawn. Many were singing. The ship's hold was loaded with £8,900,000 worth Of gold. The passengers .remained calm, and no panic was caused toy the announcement of tlie declaration of war. They listened to the King's speech by "radio, and Americans and Britons alike stood when “God Save the King” was played. Passengers’ Enthusiasm Foreign-born and American (citizens greeted with enthusiasm the announcement of the reported capture of the Bremen, and joined in the condemnation of the sinking of the Athenia, declaring that America thereby was brought nearer to participation in the war.