Notable Passengers

The EMPRESS OF ASIA under the command of Samuel Robinson began her maiden voyage upon sailing from Liverpool on June 14^th, destined for Vancouver British Columbia. Victoria was reached on August 30^th, 1913 and Vancouver the following day.

The EMPRESS OF ASIA sailed to Vancouver via South Africa and the Cape of Good Hope. About 70 passengers boarded at Liverpool and others joined at Capetown, Hong Kong and Yokohama. When Victoria was reached passengers numbered 140 in Saloon Class, 80 in Second Class and 629 in Steerage.

The EMPRESS OF ASIA carried 4223 tons of cargo. Three thousand bales of silk that filled 17 railcars were transferred to a waiting silk train for an expeditious trip across the continent to New York. The silk shipment was valued at $3,000,000.

The ship also carried 262 cases of silk goods, 81 cases of linen goods, 60 cases of cotton goods, 80 cases of curios and 18,000 pieces of sawn oak from Yokohama.

H. Maitland-Kersey, Managing Superintendent of Canadian Pacific Steamships, traveled to British Columbia to greet the ship and boarded at Victoria to make the trip to Vancouver.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Victoria and Vancouver on August 30^th / 31^st 1913.

Henry Agnew	Belfast, Ireland
J. Allen	Montreal
E. W. Burnie	Liverpool
R. H. Clark	Grand Rapids, Michigan
E. F. Clipson	Chicago
J. M. Coombs	Winnipeg
L. Moore Cosgrove	Toronto
L. C. Dood	Bloomfield, New Jersey
Rev. F. C. H. Dreyer	London, England
Mrs. Dreyer	London, England
J. F. Dreyer	London, England
E. G. Dreyer	London, England
Harriet A. Eckhardt	Chicago
Dr. H. B. Faissell	Hampton, Virginia
Mrs. Faissell	Hampton, Virginia
V. Frey	London, England
J. A. Graham	Bradentown, Florida
Mrs. Graham	Bradentown, Florida
James Gray	Liverpool
Francis Gregory	Bolton, Lancashire
A. Hawley	Kansas City, Missouri
M. Hutter	London, England
William Johnston	Winnipeg
B. Kelly	Peoria, Illinois
E. A. Floyd	London, England
H. B. Montgomery	Moose Jaw
J. R. Paradise	London, England
Mrs. Paradise	London, England
Robert J. Parkes	Liverpool
Charles Parsons	Vancouver
Hon. N. Perodeau	Montreal
Horace Perodeau	Montreal
T. A. Pitman	Dallas, Texas
Henri Rainville	Montreal
Mrs. E. M. Roby	Chicago
Stephen Roby	Chicago
F. Salisbury	Liverpool, Member of the Imperial Service Order and Postmaster of Liverpool
Baroness Schilling	London
Albert J. Spinks	Harrogate, Yorkshire
M. C. Spinks	Harrogate, Yorkshire
J. Stark	Vancouver
Mrs. Stark	Vancouver
Mrs. St. John	London
E. W. Templeton	Vancouver
J. W. Treat	Hannibal, Missouri
Mrs. Treat	Hannibal, Missouri
Barlow Treat	Hannibal, Missouri
Frank Tutschek	New York
Rev. E. B. Vincent	London, England
Boyd Wallis	Victoria
Mrs. Wallis	Victoria
W. J. Watson	Vancouver
Mrs. Watson	Vancouver
L. S. Wilson	Kansas City, Missouri
Mrs. Jeannie Wilson	Rothesay, Scotland
Dorothy Wilson	Rothesay, Scotland
John B. Woodcock	Toronto
Mrs. Woodcock	Toronto
H. W. Woodcock	Toronto
A. H. Woodcock	Toronto
Dr. F. Albertyn	Cape Town
P. Albertyn	Cape Town
Mrs. Albertyn	Cape Town
Professor C. S. Edgar	Cape Town
Mrs. Edgar	Cape Town
Mrs. L. Gilder & child	Cape Town
Mr. Levey	Cape Town
Mrs. Levey	Cape Town
Gother Mann	Cape Town
A. Perry	Cape Town
Hon. William Ross	Cape Town, Member of Provincial Council of Cape Colony.
Hon. A. Wilmot	Cape Town
Mrs. Wilmot	Cape Town
Miss Wilmot	Cape Town
R. M. Elwin	Durban, South Africa
Miss Sinclair	Durban, South Africa
H. A. Oliver	Mayor of Johannesburg
Major Bawden	South African farmer
William T. Payne	Manager of the CPR steamers in the Orient, boarded at Yokohama.

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