SS Cameronia Passenger List - 5 July 1924

Front Cover, Saloon and Second Class Passenger List from the SS Cameronia of the Anchor Steamship Line, Departing Saturday, 5 July 1924, from New York and Boston to Glasgow via Londonderry, Commanded by Captain William J. Walter. GGA Image ID # 2170701534

Senior Officers and Staff

1. Commander: Captain William J. Walter
2. Chief Officer: Alex Kesson
3. Chief Engineer: Robt. Greenshields
4. Surgeon: Wm. H. Borrie
5. Purser: R. Johnston
6. Chief Steward: Walter MacKay

Saloon Passengers

1. Mrs. Frances Allport
2. Mr. John H. Andrews
3. Mrs. Andrews
4. Mr. John H. Andrews, Jr.
5. Mrs. Elizabeth F. Baker
6. Mr. Bauer Mrs. Bauer
7. Miss Bessie M. Brackett
8. Mr. Joseph P. Bradley
9. Master Peter Eugene Bradley
10. Mrs. Charles F. Burroughs
11. Miss Loraine M. Burroughs
12. Dr. William C. Calhoun
13. Mrs. Calhoun
14. Miss Jean Calhoun
15. Miss Betty Calhoun
16. Mr. John B. Charleton
17. Mr. Henry Chittick
18. Capt. Clark
19. Mrs. Clark and nurse
20. Hon. William H. Comley
21. Mrs. Comley
22. Mr. William Crawford
23. Miss Agnes Crookshanks
24. Mr. B. V. Degen
25. Mrs. Degen
26. Mr. Daniel Dever
27. Capt. J. P. Duguid
28. Mrs. Gallagher
29. Mrs. S. J. George
30. Mr. P. W. R. Glover
31. Mrs. Glover
32. Miss Patricia R. Glover
33. Miss Lois R. Glover
34. Mrs. C. Gregg
35. Miss A. Lilian Hadden
36. Mrs. Emma W. Hamilton
37. Miss Elizabeth Hamilton
38. Mrs. George F. Hewitt
39. Mr. Alexander Jamieson
40. Major Charles McConic
41. Mrs. McConic
42. Miss Frances McConic
43. Mr. John H. McCunn
44. Mrs. McCunn
45. Mrs. Janet C. McDonald
46. Miss Annie McDonald
47. Mr. Michael McGlunn
48. Mrs. W. D. McGregor
49. Miss Margot McGregor
50. Master Ramsey McGregor
51. Miss Nell McKinn
52. Dr. G. C. Parker
53. Mrs. Parker
54. Mrs. W. J. Patterson
55. Mrs. Maud B. Pattin
56. Miss Dorothy Reed
57. Mr. T. J. Riddell
58. Mrs. Dora P. Riddell
59. Mrs. Margaret R. Rockhill
60. Mr. H. N. Saxton
61. Mr. J. A. Smith
62. Miss Margaret Steel
63. Miss J. F. Stokes
64. Miss M. K. Stokes
65. Dr. Douglas Symmes
66. Mr. James K. Symmers
67. Miss Rita Waters
68. Miss Elizabeth Waters
69. Mr. J. E. Watson
70. Mr. Thomas Weir
71. Miss Eliza Weir
72. Mr. J. E. Yorkston
73. Mr. Katsuye Yoshida

Information For Passengers

Lights in saloon until 11 p.m.; in public rooms until 11:30 p.m.

The Bar will be closed at 11 p.m.

Table Seating—The Chief Steward arranges the table seating.

Divine Service may be held in the Saloon (weather permitting) every Sunday between 11 and 12.

Additional Passage Money or Freight paid on board—passengers should obtain a receipt on the Company’s form.

Baggage—Enquiries regarding baggage on the ship should be addressed to the Second Steward.

Trunks, Wraps, etc., will be stored and re-shipped by the Company for the return voyage.

All packages should have an initial label affixed to facilitate examination and identification of baggage on landing; these labels are supplied on board upon application.

Baggage Insurance—Passengers are recommended to insure their baggage, as, in the event of loss or damage, the Company cannot accept liability beyond the limit specified on the Steamer Contract Tickets. Rates and particulars on application.

A barber’s Shop is on board for passengers' convenience. The barber will attend to the ladies by appointment.

Children’s Meals—Breakfast, 9 am.; Dinner, noon; Tea, 5 to 6 p.m.

Clothes Pressing—Application should be made to the barber, from whom rates and other particulars can be obtained.

Complaints of incivility, carelessness, or inattention on the part of any of the ship’s staff should be immediately reported to the Commander.

Confectionery and Souvenirs are on sale at reasonable prices by the Deck Steward.

Copyrighted books and music are forbidden and are subject to confiscation by customs authorities.

Deck Chairs and Rugs may be hired for the voyage at the Company’s offices or from the Deck Steward. A printed receipt is to be obtained by passengers for this hire.

Drafts are issued, free of charge, payable in currency at any of the Offices of the Company in the United States and Canada, and similarly, drafts are issued in the United States and Canada payable at any of the Company’s Offices in the United Kingdom in sterling, or at the Company’s Offices in Europe in the currency of the country on which they are drawn.

Dogs—Passengers are notified that dogs cannot be landed in Great Britain unless a license has been procured from the Board of Agriculture, London. License forms can only be obtained by direct application to the Department before the dog is taken on board.

Library—Library Books may be obtained on application to the Deck Steward.

Lifebelts must not be removed from staterooms except in cases of danger or by order.

Meals—Breakfast, 8 to 10 a.m.; Lunch, 1 p.m.; Dinner, 7:30 p.m.
When two sittings are necessary, meals will be served as follows :
Breakfast, 8 to 10 a.m.; Lunch, 1st sitting, 12:30 p.m.; 2nd sitting, 1:30 p.m.
Dinner, 1st sitting, 6:15 p.m.; 2nd sitting, 7:30 p.m.

Passengers may reserve seats at the table for the voyage on application to the Chief Steward. Meals cannot be served in cabins or on deck without the Surgeon’s permission.

Ports—Passengers are requested not to open the ports. The Stewards will do this whenever practicable.

Railway Time Tables may be consulted on application to the Music-Room Steward.

Recovery of U. S. Head Tax—This tax can be recovered by Passengers if same has been paid, provided they inform the U.S. Immigration Inspector on arrival at New York of their intention to leave the United States within sixty days (the time prescribed by U. S. Law), and obtain from him Transit Certificate Form 514.

It is also necessary for Transit Certificate Form 514 to be handed to the transportation company when completed, in time for it to be placed before the Immigration Authorities in Washington within one hundred and twenty days of the Passenger’s arrival in the United States.

Unless this regulation is complied with, the Tax cannot be recovered.

Smoking in saloons and state rooms is strictly prohibited. Children are not allowed in the smoke room. Cigarette smokers are requested to be careful when smoking on deck to see that cigarettes are extinguished before being thrown away.

Storage—The Company will store Deck Chairs and Steamer Trunks belonging to passengers at the owner’s risk until they are required when returning.

Chairs and Trunks should have their owner’s name painted on them, and they will not be re-shipped without instructions sent to Baggage Master, Anchor Line, Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow, or, in the case of Italian Ports, care of Anchor Line, Genoa, or Anchor Line, Naples.

A description of the articles should be given, as well as the name of the steamer from which they were landed and the date. No shawls, rugs, etc., to be attached to Chairs. No charge for storage is made if the owners return by the Company’s vessels. If Chairs or Trunks are forwarded by rail, this is done at the owner’s risk and expense.

The Surgeon is authorized to make customary charges, subject to the approval of the Commander, for treating First Class Passengers at their request for any illness not originating on board the ship. In the case of sickness contracted on board, no charge will be made, and medicine will be provided free.

Tobacco, Spirits, etc.—Tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, wines, spirits, and perfumery are liable to duty when brought into the United Kingdom, and even the smallest quantities should be declared to the Customs authorities.

Telegraph Forms and Postage Stamps can be had from the Writing-Room Steward.

Telegrams and Letters for despatch should be handed to the Music-Room Steward (fully prepaid) one hour before leaving Moville.

Through Bookings to Gibraltar, Egypt, and India—The Anchor Line steamers engaged in this service have excellent Saloon accommodation. Full particulars as to Fares, etc., on application.

Valuables—The Company is not responsible for the theft of valuables or money if kept in state rooms. All such articles may be deposited free of charge in the ship’s safe under the care of the Purser.

Passengers are warned that they should not part with money or valuables to anyone representing themselves as members of the ship’s staff.

Wines—Please order Wines one hour before meals so that they may be cooled and ready for use.

Wireless Telegraphy—Wireless Telegraph messages should be handed to the Purser for transmission.

SHIP-TO-SHORE MESSAGES
For the United Kingdom, the wireless rate via Malin Head or other coast stations is 10d. per word without minimum.

For Canada and the United States—The rate via Cape Race, Sable Island, and Cape Sable is calculated at 1s. 0 ½ d. per word (landline rates additional).

The rate via Siasconet, New York or Boston is calculated at 7d. per word.

SHIP-TO-SHIP MESSAGES
The general rate on ship-to-ship messages is 8d. per word, but as Dutch, Belgian, and certain other vessels apply a ship tax with a minimum of ten words, the charges on messages to these vessels will be calculated as follows:
English Ship Tax, 4d. per word without minimum;
Dutch or Belgian, etc., Ship Tax, 4d. per word with a minimum 3s.4d. Thus for a message of ten words or more the charge is 8d. per word.

OCEAN LETTERS
Wireless Ocean Letters are accepted for transmission to a vessel proceeding in the opposite direction. They will be forwarded to their destination by registered post from the vessel's next port of call.

A charge of 5s. 6d., which includes postage, is made for an Ocean Letter of thirty words. One penny will be charged for each additional word in excess of thirty; 100 words is the maximum allowed in one Ocean Letter.

Full information regarding rates, etc., can be obtained at the Wireless or the Purser’s Office.

Anchor Line New York and Glasgow Services; Fleet List. SS Cameronia Saloon and Second Class Passenger List, 5 July 1924. GGA Image ID # 21708a99fb

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Westbound Sailing Schedule, from Glasgow, Hamburg, Liverpool, and Southampton to Boston, Montreal, New York, and Quebec, from 4 July 1924 to 19 September 1924. Ships Included the Albania. Andania, Antonia, Aquitania, Assyria, Athenia, Ausonia, Berengaria, California, Cameronia, Carmania, Caronia, Cassandra, Columbia, Franconia, Laconia, Lancastria, Mauretania, Samaria, Saturnia, Saxonia, Scythia, and Tuscania. SS Cameronia Saloon and Second Class Passenger List, 5 July 1924. GGA Image ID # 217099cd31

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