SEQUEL TO WRECK
INTOXICATION CHARGES AMERICAN LINER’S CREW United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received January 10, 6.30 pm.) SAN FRANCISCO, January 8. Subpoenas have been served on 170 members of the crew of the President Hoover to determine the truth of intoxication and disorderly charges. When the men arrived on the President McKinley their spokesman said: “We were not drunk, because the only liquor was in the possession of the ship’s doctor, and no liquor was available to the crew.” Tire Dollar Line steamer President Hoover, of 21,936 tons, on December 10 ran on a reef at Hoishoto Island, off Formosa. The passengers were safely landed on the island by means of a most complicated operation, afterwards being picked up by the President McKinley, a vessel owned by the same fine. The accident was evidently due to the fact that the liner took the “outside passage” down the east coast of Taiwan, through relatively unknown seas, for the purpose of regaining lost time, instead of following the usual course down the west coast. Later reports from Formosa stated that the President Hoover broke up in heavy seas.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD19380111.2.80
Bibliographic details
Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 20932, 11 January 1938, Page 7
Word Count
187SEQUEL TO WRECK Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 20932, 11 January 1938, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Timaru Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in