 The ship ran aground on a reef in a snowstorm, and was broken up in a gale, sinking on October 25.All 268 passengers and 75 crew were lost.The youngest of eight children, Walter Harper was born in 1893 as the son of Jennie "Seentahna" (née Bosco) Harper, of the Koyukon people from the Koyukuk region, and Arthur Harper, an immigrant from County Antrim, Ireland.