Jack (aka James) Murphy, assistant steward and crew-member, perished in the sinking of "RMS The Empress of Ireland" when the steamship carrying 1,477 passengers and crew on a trans-Atlantic voyage departing from Quebec City to Liverpool, was struck amidships by the Norwegian collier "SS Storstad" in heavy fog conditions on the St Lawrence River near Pointe-au-Père (Father Point, Rimouski), in the early hours of May 29, 1914
A funeral was held for Mr Murphy, "aged 30 years", on June 4th, 1914 at Saint Patrick's Church, Quebec. His body was interred in the English catholic parish cemetery, Sillery, Quebec City
Commemorated in Mount Hermon Cemetery on the Monument erected by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in memory of the 1,012 women, children and men who lost their lives in what was, at the time, the greatest maritime disaster in Canadian history
For further stories of the event, visit the 2014 Empress of Ireland Commemoration site, http://www.empress2014.ca∼Murphy, John. He was a third class steward on the Empress of Ireland. He was born around 1890 at Liverpool. He was the son of James and Elizabeth Murphy. It may turn out that the Murphy family lived at Mason Street in West Derby in 1891 and that John in that case had six brothers and sisters. His balance of wages due on discharge was listed as £3.1.4 and the Canadian Pacific Railway noted he had been supposed drowned at Father Point 29 May 1914. According to the Canadian Pacific Railway, his body was recovered and identified.
Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.
A funeral was held for Mr Murphy, "aged 30 years", on June 4th, 1914 at Saint Patrick's Church, Quebec. His body was interred in the English catholic parish cemetery, Sillery, Quebec City
Commemorated in Mount Hermon Cemetery on the Monument erected by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in memory of the 1,012 women, children and men who lost their lives in what was, at the time, the greatest maritime disaster in Canadian history
For further stories of the event, visit the 2014 Empress of Ireland Commemoration site, http://www.empress2014.ca∼Murphy, John. He was a third class steward on the Empress of Ireland. He was born around 1890 at Liverpool. He was the son of James and Elizabeth Murphy. It may turn out that the Murphy family lived at Mason Street in West Derby in 1891 and that John in that case had six brothers and sisters. His balance of wages due on discharge was listed as £3.1.4 and the Canadian Pacific Railway noted he had been supposed drowned at Father Point 29 May 1914. According to the Canadian Pacific Railway, his body was recovered and identified.
Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.
Jack (aka James) Murphy, assistant steward and crew-member, perished in the sinking of "RMS The Empress of Ireland" when the steamship carrying 1,477 passengers and crew on a trans-Atlantic voyage departing from Quebec City to Liverpool, was struck amidships by the Norwegian collier "SS Storstad" in heavy fog conditions on the St Lawrence River near Pointe-au-Père (Father Point, Rimouski), in the early hours of May 29, 1914
A funeral was held for Mr Murphy, "aged 30 years", on June 4th, 1914 at Saint Patrick's Church, Quebec. His body was interred in the English catholic parish cemetery, Sillery, Quebec City
Commemorated in Mount Hermon Cemetery on the Monument erected by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in memory of the 1,012 women, children and men who lost their lives in what was, at the time, the greatest maritime disaster in Canadian history
For further stories of the event, visit the 2014 Empress of Ireland Commemoration site, http://www.empress2014.ca∼Murphy, John. He was a third class steward on the Empress of Ireland. He was born around 1890 at Liverpool. He was the son of James and Elizabeth Murphy. It may turn out that the Murphy family lived at Mason Street in West Derby in 1891 and that John in that case had six brothers and sisters. His balance of wages due on discharge was listed as £3.1.4 and the Canadian Pacific Railway noted he had been supposed drowned at Father Point 29 May 1914. According to the Canadian Pacific Railway, his body was recovered and identified.
Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.
A funeral was held for Mr Murphy, "aged 30 years", on June 4th, 1914 at Saint Patrick's Church, Quebec. His body was interred in the English catholic parish cemetery, Sillery, Quebec City
Commemorated in Mount Hermon Cemetery on the Monument erected by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in memory of the 1,012 women, children and men who lost their lives in what was, at the time, the greatest maritime disaster in Canadian history
For further stories of the event, visit the 2014 Empress of Ireland Commemoration site, http://www.empress2014.ca∼Murphy, John. He was a third class steward on the Empress of Ireland. He was born around 1890 at Liverpool. He was the son of James and Elizabeth Murphy. It may turn out that the Murphy family lived at Mason Street in West Derby in 1891 and that John in that case had six brothers and sisters. His balance of wages due on discharge was listed as £3.1.4 and the Canadian Pacific Railway noted he had been supposed drowned at Father Point 29 May 1914. According to the Canadian Pacific Railway, his body was recovered and identified.
Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.
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