The City of Peking Safely Home, 1893

The American steamer City of Peking sailed from Yokohama in January 1893 with a crew of passengers and cargo. All was good for ten days and then the shaft broke and the ship was forced to complete the journey under sail in gale force winds. After 15 days battling the winds under sail and with no engines they made it home. Missing, assumed sunk, San Francisco had been in mourning for the passengers and crew and then the City of Peking reappeared….