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Show uu COULD HAVE RESCUED SOPHIA'S PASSENGERS iB International News Service) JUNEAU, Alaska. The passengers on board the ill-fated steamer Prin-CeSa Prin-CeSa Sophia could have been safely removed, according to the testimony given before the hearing of the claimants claim-ants here by E. A. McDoUgall, skipper skip-per of the gas boat Amy. The case has been in court for a eonsielerable period now The Sophia struck a reef in Lynn Canal on the Inside Passage, and some hours later wenl down with all hands on hoard 111 October. 1018. Three hundred and eighty persons were drowned. r Attorney Proctor Martin is attempting attempt-ing to prove that the Prncese Sophia was u iitlng f,,r ,he arrival of the Canadian boat Princess Alice instead of putting passengers on American boat 9 standing by Skipper McDougall corroborated the testimony of Captain Iavis, of the steamer Estebeth. that the sea v. as choppy hut not excessively rough and that passengers could have been transferred at any hour throughout the day. f . |