August 22 1938 - Notable Passengers
The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by George Goold, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on August 22nd, 1938. On the voyage the ship experienced fine weather although the arrival at Victoria was delayed slightly as fog was encountered off the coast of Vancouver Island.
On this voyage Lim Cheong Hee, a fisherman, was rescued from a bamboo raft found floating one day out from Hong Kong. Lim had been adrift for four days after having been blown off shore by a gale. He was treated for exposure and left the ship at Shanghai.
On this crossing a passenger list of 311 was reported.
Many of those that disembarked at Victoria would travel to Seattle by ferryboat.
Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Vancouver on August 22nd, 1938.
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L. S. Stiles |
Associated with the E. Eaton Company, Toronto. |
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Mr. and Mrs. A. Turner |
Associated with Andersen Meyer and Company, Shanghai. En route to Vancouver. |
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N. Stilwell |
The daughter of Colonel Stilwell, Military Attache at the American Embassy at Peking. |
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Anne Stewart |
A prominent Vancouver tour organizer returning from a trip to Manila. |
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W. H. Siegfried |
Of Chicago, a tea merchant. |
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J. C. Perlas |
Of Manila, en route to the United States. |
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O. M. Royal |
Associated with the Insular Cigar Factory, Manila, |
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Mr. and Mrs. F. A. M. Noelting |
Associated with the E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Company, en route to Brusseus. |
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R. Nelson |
Of Tokyo. |
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Captain and Mrs. W. G. Lalor |
En route to Pender Harbour, B.C. |
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L. Lambert |
Associated with the Luzon Stevedoring Company of the Philippines en route to New York. |
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B. W. Humphrey |
Associated with the Standard Vacuum Oil Company, Tientsin. |
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Mr. and Mrs., R. A. Igel |
Traveling from Java to the United States. |
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K. Hobday |
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S. Abeulfeteuh |
Associated with the Egyptian Embassy at Tokyo. |
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J. Barretto |
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A. N. Choukry |
Associated with the Egyptian Embassy at Tokyo. |
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Captain A. Cruz |
Medical Officer of the Philippines en route to the United States. |
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Captain J. A. Sanchez |
Medical Officer of the Philippines en route to the United States. |
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W. J. Blank |
Associated with the Bataefshe Petroleum Company in Borneo, en route to Rotterdam. |
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P. Divers |
Associated with the Rising Sun Petroleum Company, Yokohama. |
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Mr. and Mrs. V. Fabella |
Of Manila travelling on a world tour. |
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Major J. T. Ford OBE |
Associated with the Shanghai Municipal Council en route to England. |
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Lieutenant P. de Guzman |
Of the Philippine Army. travelling to the United States |
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Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hellyer |
Of Chicago, former a prominent tea merchant. |
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