Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-27 | Page 3 | Steamer Founders during the Night with all on Board

received from Juneau and Skagway, Alaska, towns close to the scene of the wreck. Canadian Pacific officials said they were doing their utmost to get word through to the north and to learn if the report of the sinking is true. The Sophia was a steel screw steamer of 2320 tons gross and 1466 tons net. She was built in 1912 and ever since has been plying up and down the inside passage between Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan, Prince Rupert, Vancouver and Victoria. Neither Juneau nor Skagway, located near the scene of the wreck, has. sent anything regarding the reported sinking. Tfte Sophia left Skagway Wednesday night for Vancouver and Victoria with about 300 outbound Alaskans who had been waiting at the northern port several days for an outbound steamer. STEAMER FOUNDERS DURING THE NIGHT WITH ALL ON BOARD VAUCOUVER, B. C, Oct. 26. Private advices received here today stated the Canadian Pacific Railway company's passenger pas-senger steamer Princess Sophia, which grounded near Skagway, Alaska, Thursday, Thurs-day, with 300 passengers abroad, foundered foun-dered during the night with all the passengers pas-sengers and crew. Local Canadian Pacific Pa-cific offices could not confirm the reports. re-ports. The private advices were sent here from Ketchikan, Alaska, a town located about 300 miles south of the Lynn- canal, where the Sophia grounded. Nothing has been