The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-29

from the scene of the wreck of the
Princess Sophia, which went over the
Vanderbilt Reef on the morning of
Saturday, October 26th after two days
seige on the reef.
Over two hundred bodies had been
rescued this morning, but very few
of those brought in are those of wo.
men and children. Most of the bodies
are frozen, owing to the many hours
of exposure to the driving snow storm
and the icy waters of the canal, dashed
to fury by northerly Taku wind
blowing down tn, canal.
1t was found that most of the vic.
tins had been suffocated by the oil
from the tanks of the steamer which
had evidently burst when the ship
slid over the reef, letting loose hun
dreds of gallons of oil on the top of
the water, in which the victims strug-
gled, being finally oversome when the
oil reached their lungs. One woman
victim had on three overcoats and
heavy socks ON her hands All were
found with their arms free, as tho
they had made every effort to swim,
and many were found on the beach
bleeding, showing that they were ex-
hausted when they landed, and life
was eXtinguished when they were
dashed against TIE rocks on the shore.
Men were literally covered with oil,
and others were unacceptable from
expo sure and bruises
Governor Assists in Search
Tw 4nty-fve boats under the direc-
ton OF Governor Riggs, who is on
board the U. S. Lighthouse tender
Cedar, have been searching for the
Princess Sophia dead since the break
of day Sunday. Lynn Canal and ad-
jacent waters have been apportioned
among the boats and the search is
progressing Systematically. One
hundred and eighty-two bodies are
known tc have been recovered. Of
these one hundred and fifty have been
brought here and thirty two are on
the way. Many more have probably
been found by boats on the shores,
which have not been reported as yet.
To Bring Relatives
The Princess May has left for Skag-
way t. get the relatives of the victims
and viii 1navn Thursday for Juneau.
One life raft containing the dead bod
les OF five children dashed on the tim
bers, vas found this morning.
Passenger List of Sophia.
The passenger list of 26S passengers
leaving Skagway on the Sophia con-
tains the names OF many we'll known
persons from Interior and the Yukon
districts, who are known all over the
territory. John 7. Pugh, Collector of
Customs for the territory, heads the
list of prominent men, who were vic
tins of the worst marine disaster.
known in Alaska.
sIHS lNfNth'SV ISSUE
Wa:1Gr Gosse, of Victoria, B. c.,
brother of Frank Gosse, first officer
on the Princess Sophia, arrived from
the south yesterday on the salvor ship
Tees Oh his way to the scene of the
wreck, but received a message on his
arrival here to return Immediately to
home in Victoria, that his mother
needed him.
Walter Gosse, who is guest at. the
Eevilla awaiting southbound steam
er, reported this morning while in
the ProgressiveMiner office, that his
nome was on the list of dead received
IRON Juneau today. This was due to
the fact that up till two trips ago, he
had been member of the crew of the
Princess Sophia. At that time, how
ever, ne left the ship. fortunately for
him. His brother is listed among the
dead.
Passenger List Follows
]. =. Pugh; Mrs. j. A. Segbers; A.
S. Bourne; H. A. Somerset; G. A. Niels
Thos. Hennessey; H. E. Pardin; c.
CastleLiann; r. NJ. Hall; F. E. Soule;
Mrs. f. Baaton and two children; D.
A. Mcdonald; J. NJ. Colver; r. H.
Dayie and wife; Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Henry, Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Pinska
VIM. Strouse; Mrs. c. J. Perkins; w.
c. Sharon; Fl. B. Parkin; T. M. Turn
err; w. S. Amalong and wife; Geo. L.
Sholpeth w. Harper and wife; F. w.
Elliott Mrs. Al WincheH; T. E. San
ford; w. H. Grove; l. Labrie; Geo. r.
Hendrix; A. w. Mcqueen; S. j. Bag
gerly, and wife, E. M. Bell, wife and
two children; John Zaccareli; T. E.
Thorsan;; o. ilckman; j. laird;
Peter Gurkovici, J. P. Anderson and
wife; Mrs. Gee Markus and baby
w. Murphy; ]. J. Nichols; w. T. Nc
Arthur: U. G. Myers; James Dubois; J
F. Kelly; S. A. Nelson; T. Poppert;;
G. F. Msyhood; w. H. Smith; J. w.
HeElwinkle; M. S. Fades and wife; S.
M. Daily; M. Davis; F. L. Gibbs; H.
NJ. SwGrtz; c. Knutson; John Eyre; R.
Young. T. d. Dolbert; Geo. Milton;
l.. A. Hansen; w. l.. Liber; John
Schenaolx. Mario Cailomidia. Chas