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The Toronto Star
Monday, 17 November, 1913

         Captain and fireman of the same ship were laid to rest
       in Toronto today in the funerals of WILLIAM H. WRIGHT,
       master of the freighter James Carruthers, finest of Cana-
       dian lake vessels lost in the storm on Lake Huron a week
       ago, and JOHN GEORGE EVANS, fireman of the same ship. They
       were the first two sons of Toronto who lost their lives
       with their ships to be buried in this city.
       
         A little party of twelve mourners attended the final
       ceremonies in connection with the death of JOHN GEORGE
       EVANS, the funeral taking place from his father's resi-
       dence at No. 45 Metcalfe street at nine o'clock this
       morning. The remains were carried out of the residence
       without a ceremony, and only the immediate members of
       the family were present. A pitiful contrast was formed
       as the members of the family grouped around the casket
       before it was finally closed, in the old father of the
       dead man, bent with age, and EVAN'S young son, fourteen
       years of age. Father and grandson were brought close
       together by the common grief. One had lost a sailor son,
       the other a sailor father.
       
         Aged Father Deeply Affected
         
         Aged MR. EVANS, father of the seaman, broke down to-
       wards the last and had to be helped to a seat. He bore
       up under the strain till the last minute and then the
       collapse came. He and a daughter, their frames shaking
       from grief, fell into each other's arms.
         "Poor GEORGE," they said, "we will never see him again."
         
         Then the journey to the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
       in Sherbourne street was commenced. There Rev. Father
       Canning conducted the first services. It was an impres-
       sive Catholic ceremony and no mention of the manner of
       EVANS' death was made. The mourners formed a little
       group at one side of the church, with the exception of
       the young son, who sat all alone on the other side of
       the church. Interment was in St. Michael's Cemetery.
       
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