1938 Press Photo Five youth feared missing on Yatch in the Pacific

Five youth feared missing on Yatch in the Pacific, three of them are sibling from left to right; Jack Blinn, Hollis O'Hanlon, Arthur O'Hanlon, Harry O'Hanlons and their cousin Buck O'Hanlon. They sail from San Francisco to the South Sea with a stop at Santa Monica and feared they are the victims of Terrific Pacific Gale that struck without warning. They had no sending radio set but their friends said that a transmitter from the receiving set aboard the tiny vessel, the 48 foot Altair. The mother of the three siblings drove all the way from Calgary to plead with them not to leave.

Photo is dated 1938.

Photo measures 9.25 x 7 inches.