It was reported in the Truro news on March 23, 1901, “Karl M. Creelman has arrived at Bombay, and at last reports was about to sail for Port Said or Suez. He was subjected to certain health examinations at Bombay (now Mumbai), on account of the Bubonic Plague raging there. Near Bombay he met Miss Hooper, of Fredericton, N. B., a sister of Mrs Adams of this town. After arriving at Suez, he intends to proceed to Alexandria.”