Athenia Survivors Go Home

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

39/75

Date Released

25 Sep 1939

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Athenia Survivors Go Home
2. 2ARP Ape in London Zoo
3. 3King Leopold Reviews His Army
4. 4Duchess of Kent Visits First Aid Posts
5. 5News from France

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

The last of the American survivors leave Glasgow where they have been staying for the last fortnight, to sail back across the Atlantic aboard the liner "Orizaya". Meanwhile, the first batch of survivors arrives at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on board the American freighter "City of Flint" which picked them out of the sea and then continued her journey across the Atlantic. Normally carrying only six passengers she now carries 223, but the passengers are prepared to put up with the discomfort and shortage of food, just to be home again. On arrival survivors are interviewed.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Accidents and disasters

Length of story (in feet)

165

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