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| Corporal Harry Oliver Morphy
Northwest Mounted Police
Federal
End of Watch: Monday, September 8, 1890 Biographical Info
Age: 30
Tour of Duty: 2 years
Badge Number: 2162 Incident Details
Cause of Death: Drowned
Date of Incident: Monday, September 8, 1890
Incident Location: Northwest Territories
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available Corporal Morphy was stationed aboard a NWMP Vessel called the Keewatin. The vessel encountered severe weather in Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba. The vessel had anchored to wait out the conditions but the anchor chain broke setting the vessel adrift. The vessel eventually hit a reef and overturned.
Corporal Morphy was able to hold on for 1 day before he was swept to his death. Fellow Officer Constable George De Beaujeu was swept from the vessel the day before. The Captain, Matthew Watts, a civilian, was found clinging to the wreckage 13 days after the vessel sank. He was alive but later died in hospital.
Constable De Beaujeu's body was found 2 months later. Corporal Morphy's body was never recovered. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
