The San Francisco Call on January 15, 1902, contained the following statement: “Captain Hall stated that he had discharged five members of his crew the previous trip for drinking on shipboard. He made the amusing statement that when he found two officers drunk during that voyage he went below in search of two quartermasters to promote to their places and found them drunk also. The captain admitted that he saw two waiters drunk on the steamship’s last voyage.”

Ship Name: Walla Walla

Year Built: 1881

Ship Type: Steamship 

Nationality: United States of America

Tonnage: 3,069

Year Wrecked: 1902

Location Wrecked: Cape Mendocino, California    

Reason for Wreck: Collision with the Max

Lives Lost: Estimated at 40 

Sources: 

https://books.google.com/books?id=fJk3803V-qYC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=walla+walla+steamship+1881&source=gbs_navlinks_s

https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcbooks/1.0222484#p314z-6r0f:walla%20walla

https://newspaperarchive.com/san-francisco-call-jan-15-1902-p-7/

https://newspaperarchive.com/san-francisco-call-jan-11-1902-p-3/

https://newspaperarchive.com/skagway-daily-morning-alaskan-feb-19-1902-p-1/

https://newspaperarchive.com/san-francisco-call-jan-26-1902-p-27/

https://newspaperarchive.com/portland-morning-oregonian-jan-10-1902-p-5/

https://newspaperarchive.com/san-francisco-call-jan-16-1902-p-7/

https://newspaperarchive.com/san-francisco-call-jan-14-1902-p-12/

https://newspaperarchive.com/san-francisco-call-jan-06-1902-p-2/

https://newspaperarchive.com/portland-morning-oregonian-jan-16-1902-p-5/

https://newspaperarchive.com/san-francisco-call-jan-05-1902-p-18/

https://newspaperarchive.com/portland-morning-oregonian-jan-08-1902-p-5/

https://newspaperarchive.com/the-evening-times-jan-03-1902-p-1/

https://books.google.com/books?id=j95HAQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=walla+walla+shipwreck+1902&source=gbs_navlinks_s

https://books.google.com/books?id=Iq4PAQAAIAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=walla+walla+shipwreck+1902&source=gbs_navlinks_s

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