Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-28
No SIGN Of LIFE
FOUND At SCENE:
OF SOPHIA WRECK
Ten Unidentified Bodies Re-
covered, Mostly Wornen'S S.,
and Some LifeboatS of H.
fated Ship Are Located,
tey MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED Wire

Seattle, Wash. Oct. 27.--Rescue
boats today swarmed Lynn canal, near
Skagway, Alaska, seeking trace of the
343 Alaskans and Youkon territory
residents believed drowned when the
Canadian Pacific Railway companys
steamer Princess Sophia was sent to
the bottom of the canal by storm
Friday night. Wireless reports said
ten unidentified bodies had been
found up to late today.
"No sign of life. No hope for any
survivors," read wireless message
received today at the Canadian Pa
cifc's Vancouver, b. c., office from the
United States lighthouse tender Co.
dar. which tried unsuccessfully to aid
the Sophia before she went down and
which has been leading search for
survivors and bodies.
The Cedar's message said nine
bodies, eight of them women. were
found today A wireless from the
Cedar last night told of the finding of
another body, that of a woman. SO
far no bodies have been identified, ac-
cording to the message
Four of the bodies found today were
on one of the Sophias collapsible life
boats. Yesterday four empty Hfe-
boats from the Sophia wer found on
beach,
Tried to Save Passengers.
Marine men here interpreted tho
finding of the women's bodies and
the collapsible lifeboats to mean that
the Sophia's officers and crew en-
deavored to get the passengers off,
probably just before the ship went
down.
A few hours before the sinking,
Captain f. l.. Locke master of the
Sophia, wirelessed that the passen-
gers were calm. He said nothing of
intending to take to the boats
More than fifteen boats, small and
large. were at the scene Of the wreck
today, according to Juneau, Alaska.
cable dispatches TO the Associated
Press
In addition to the Cedar. the United
States steamer Peterson. the gasoline
schooner King and Wing. and doz
en- or so small gas boats were securing
the waters.
Prominent Persons Lost.
Governor Thomas Riggs Jr., of
Alaska probably arrived today at the
scene of the wreck. A Juneau dispatch
filed at midnight last night said the
governor expected to board the Cana
dian Pacific steamer Princess Alice.
when she touched Juneau today on
her way to the canal.
Loss of the Sophia it was said here,
was the worst marine disaster in the
history of the Pacific coast In the
sinking of the boat with all abroad,
the two northern territories lost many
of their familiar faces. among them
men who were Identified with the pio-
neer davs of the northland and with
some of the great gold discoveries
Among these were William Scouse of
Seattle and Dawson who hoisted the
first bucket of gold gravel on the fab
ulously rich Klondike creek: Mrs K.
Beaton. said to have been the first
white woman IN the Iditarod country
of Alaska, and Walter Barnes one of
the wealthiest Klondike hydraulic OPP
orators.
Whole families were wiped out in
the disaster and officers of several
steamboats, plying on the Yukon riv-
er for wears were also lost These men.
with the majority of the other pas
sengers were making their customary
winter journey to the outside.
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