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The Difficult Rescue of the Nevada (1932)
The Straits Times of the 29th of November, 1932, featured the following interview: “We picked up the S.O.S. of the Nevada through St. Paul’s radio Station,” Captain R. K. Healy, commander of the President Madison, told Newspapermen on the arrival of the liner at Victoria, B.C. on Oct. 5. “This was at 11.30 o’clock on the night of Sept. 26, and our course was immediately altered to render what aid we could. The wind was blowing heavy and from the east-south-east and we were about 600 miles west of Amatignak Island. Steaming at full speed we arrived at the scene of the wreck at noon on Sept. 29.” Ship Name: Nevada
Year Built: 1920
Ship Type: Steel-Hulled Screw-Propelled Steamship
Nationality: United States of America
Tonnage: 5642
Year Wrecked: 1932
Location Wrecked: Amatignak Island
Reason for Wreck: Navigational Error in a Fog
Lives Lost: 34
Sources:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lloyd_Register_of_Shipping_1933_Steamers/HXCAEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=nevada+States+Steamship+Company+1920+ss+west+niger&pg=RA12-PR49&printsec=frontcover
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By Shipwreck ArchivesThe Straits Times of the 29th of November, 1932, featured the following interview: “We picked up the S.O.S. of the Nevada through St. Paul’s radio Station,” Captain R. K. Healy, commander of the President Madison, told Newspapermen on the arrival of the liner at Victoria, B.C. on Oct. 5. “This was at 11.30 o’clock on the night of Sept. 26, and our course was immediately altered to render what aid we could. The wind was blowing heavy and from the east-south-east and we were about 600 miles west of Amatignak Island. Steaming at full speed we arrived at the scene of the wreck at noon on Sept. 29.” Ship Name: Nevada
Year Built: 1920
Ship Type: Steel-Hulled Screw-Propelled Steamship
Nationality: United States of America
Tonnage: 5642
Year Wrecked: 1932
Location Wrecked: Amatignak Island
Reason for Wreck: Navigational Error in a Fog
Lives Lost: 34
Sources:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lloyd_Register_of_Shipping_1933_Steamers/HXCAEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=nevada+States+Steamship+Company+1920+ss+west+niger&pg=RA12-PR49&printsec=frontcover
https://www.newspapers.com/image/506257538/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/500544991/?match=1&terms=nevada%20president%20madison
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1083727030/?match=1&terms=nevada%20president%20madison
https://www.newspapers.com/image/60248916/?match=1&terms=nevada%20president%20madison
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19321129-1.2.4.1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/506257192/?match=1&terms=nevada%20president%20madison
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19321001-1.2.37
https://www.newspapers.com/image/19602389/?match=1&terms=nevada%20president%20madison
https://www.newspapers.com/image/95993582/?terms=nevada%20president%20madison
https://www.newspapers.com/image/506257457/?match=1&terms=nevada%20president%20madison
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19330323-1.2.4.1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1083695510/
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19320930-1.2.48