Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-04-06 | Page 2 | Great Passenger Carrier

GREAT PASSENGER CARRIER Steamship Breaks All Records Carrying Car-rying 2902 People New York April 5The steamship Rheln which arrived here today from Bremen broke the record as a passenger carrier Besides her crew which numbered over 100 she had 2502 passengers Of the latter but fifty three came In the cabin The 2419 steerage passengers were landed at Ellis Island and although the officials there were busy with a thousand passengers brought here by other ships those from the Rheln were passed before the Immigrant depot closed for the day The highest number of passengers of the third class which had previously arrived at this port In a single steamship steam-ship was 2200