A young Mortlach family was aboard the
Empress when it sank: William Hart, 29, cattle buyer
butcher and farmer; his wife, the former Emma Roach 23, of
Limerick, Sask., and their two children Edith 4 and William 18
months.
The Hart family from Mortlach as well as
another man John Scott from Mortlach were lost when the
Empress sank. Only the body of four year old Edith was
recovered, washed up on shore some 18 miles downstream from
the site of the sinking. For days the identity of the
body was in question but her grandfather Roach, who had
traveled from Quebec to try to find his family, was able to
make a positive identification. Little Edith is buried
in Mortlach Cemetery.
Photos
courtesy of Don Gosling
Cabin: Second Class
Name: Mr. Wm.
Hart
From: Mortlach
Saskatchewan
Status: Lost
Note: |
Cabin: Second Class
Name: Mrs.
Hart
From: Mortlach
Saskatchewan
Status:
Lost
Note: |
Cabin: Second Class
Name: Master
William Hart
From: Mortlach
Saskatchewan
Status: Lost
Note: |
Cabin: Second
Class
Name: Miss Edith
Hart
From: Mortlach
Saskatchewan
Status: Lost
Note: Body
Identified |
