More than ten years ago, a boat in Tanshui capsized, and many passengers drowned. Several graduates of Hsinchu High were on board and escaped with their lives because they could swim. The incident made the school famous.
十幾年前，淡水有艘渡輪翻覆，許多人不幸喪命，而當中有幾位新竹高中畢業的校友都因會游泳而逃過一劫，新竹中學曾因此聲名大噪。