HOLSWORTHY residents have recalled emotional events which saw a number of family members from the area perish in the Titanic disaster.

The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic will be commemorated on April 15. The passenger ship, the largest one at the time, collided with an iceberg en route to New York and caused the death of 1,514 people.

Among them was John Henry Perkin, who was on his way to join a farming relative in Saskatoon in Canada. He was the 21-year-old son of local butchers William and Elizabeth Perkin, the great grandparents of Crispin King from Holsworthy. William was known as the 'sausage king' and founded Perkins' Butchers whose shop in the Square still bears his name.

Charles Cornish told the 'Post' that his father, Thomas Cornish, in light of the unforeseen events, was fortunate not to take up a place on the ship.

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