IROQUOIS SAFE
ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK THREAT THAT DID NOT MATERIALISE. PASSENGERS UNCONCERNED. By Telegraph—Press Associat ion—Copyright. NEW YORK. October 11. The American si earner fro- < (|iinis, which the German Ail- ! uiii’iilly had slated was Io lie sunk, arrived at New York al 9.30 p.m. accompanied by an escort of destroyers and live naval aeroplanes. The passengers were unconcerned. The master. Captain E. A. Chelton. said he received the warning when 2000 miles from New York. He advised his officers but did not tell the passengers. The latter’s baggage was seaiched for explosives and the valves were taken from their radios. When a cutter and two destroyers appeared, he expained the situation to the passengers. There was no hysteria. On the contrary, they cheered. Personally, said Captain Chelton. he did not believe the threat to sink the ship.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 October 1939, Page 5
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