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://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/
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