My dad's grandpa, my great grandfather Charles Swan was on this ship.  I have all of the papers from my local library that carried all the people who were local.  Many of them were on a tour from Barron County where I still live today.  I have the first paper where he was listed for dead. I have all of his stories recorded as my dad told them to me.  This was so fascinating,  I will never foget the day I cam across the articles on the microfilm at the library.  I have much information from the local papers and also from a magazine.  My great grandfather amazingly did live he floated on wreckages from the ship and managed to hang on for days.  He unfortunantely landed on shore and was severely beat by a group of men.  This beating occured because he had one years worth of gold around his waste in a money belt.  He did get back here to where we all live and have since the first boat trip over.  (You see his voyage on the Empress of Ireland was to visit the "Old Country" and to spend time with family).  He died several years later after he came back home.  He mostly died according to my dad and mom because after the beating he was never physically o.k.  I have been fascinated with him and his stories as told to me as a child.  I am 36 and my son is 13 and we are always looking for more information concerning my family.