October 6 1939 - Notable Passengers
The EMPRESS OF ASIA, under the command of George Goold, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on October 6th, 1939. On the voyage the ship encountered a gale of almost typhoon proportions 36 hours after leaving Yokohama.
The ship is described as bringing in a small list of travelers. Included were a group of Hawaiian wrestlers bound for Seattle as part of a U.S. series of engagements. Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Vancouver on October 6th, 1939.
|
W. H. Siegfried |
President of Siegfried &
Company, tea merchants of Chicago, returning from a visit to Japan. |
|
Father P. B. Charboneau |
Franciscan Order, proceeding
from Tokyo to Montreal. |
|
W. Buckberrough |
Canadian Pacific Agent at Tokyo. |
|
B. Butler |
Assistant Canadian Trade
Commissioner at Singapore. |
|
A. Kemball |
Kailan Mining Administration,
Chingwangtao, travelling to London. |
|
Lieut. Colonel C. L. Tayleur |
R.A., travelling to London. |
|
Surgeon Lieut. P. G. Burgess |
R.N., travelling to London. |
|
S. H. Chao |
Travelling to Cornell University |
|
G. L. Gregson |
Travelling to Vancouver Island. |
|
Chang |
Prominent merchant returning to
Seattle with family. |
|
J. W. Spence |
Leeds engineering firm of
Greenwood & Battley travelling to England from Bangkok. |
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