American transport Western or Northern Pacific transporting survivors of the Powhatan according to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated Wednesday 26 January 1920

An item dated New York 24 January reported that the American transport Western Pacific (1) arrived with the 271 passengers of the Powhatan. The edition of a day earlier had published an item dated Halifax dated the 23rd that all passengers were taken over by an American transport after nearly a week powerless wandering over the Atlantic. The Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 28 January reported that according to tidings received from New York a day earlier the transport Powhatan which was in ‘half-sinking’ condition now being towed by the Lady Laurier and a cutter of the coast guard with the hope to arrive safely at New York before Tuesday evening.

Note
1. The Rotterdam Nieuwsblad dated the 27th and the Het Vaderland dated the 26th called her the transport Northern Pacific.