The sea was relatively flat and within several hours the Norwegian freighter SS Knute Nelson arrived to help pick up survivors. Unfortunately, a tragic episode occurred at 0250 hrs 4 September when, with increasingly choppy seas, one of the lifeboats was drawn into the propeller of the Knute Nelson, killing many of those on board. Next to arrive was the Swedish yacht “The Southern Cross”, followed shortly by Royal Navy ships HMS Electra and HMS Escort. The SSAthenia slipped beneath the waves at 1000 hrs that morning. Muriel Nutting Fraser has no grave but the sea; she is commemorated on her parents’ grave marker in the Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax. Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 103 The 1st Nova Scotia casualty of WW II continued ... The other Canadians who died in that sinking were: Hannah Baird of Quebec City, age 66, stewardess Harriet Barrington of Toronto, age 52, passenger Nancy Bishop of Toronto, age 36, passenger Frederick Blair of Chatham NB, age 65, passenger Helen Henderson Flower of Toronto, age 45, passenger Martha Goddard of Verdun QC, age 52, passenger Margaret Janet Hayworth of Hamilton ON, age 10, passenger John Hogg of Brantford ON, age 51, assistant steward Mary Hodge of Toronto, age 49, passenger Emily Hilda Burbridge James of Montreal, age 38, passenger Artur Lourie of Vancouver, age 35, passenger Thornton Mustard of Toronto, age 54, passenger Jessie Helen Sharp of Vancouver, age 45, passenger Allan Edward Elliott Vincent of Verdun QC, age 7, passenger Fred Weir, J.P., of Goderich ON, age 61, passenger Lest We Forget Reference material from: Glasgow Punter, Encyclopedia Canada, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Uboat.net, Valour Canada, Wartime Heritage Association (NS)
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