Hi Dawn Try asking Murray Lundberg. He writes a weekly newsletter about the Yukon and has a web page which includes alot of history about the events of the gold rush. arcticculture.guide@about.com Joanne in Seattle -----Original Message----- From: Dawn Samson <dawnpaul@hotmail.com> To: AKYUKONK-L@rootsweb.com <AKYUKONK-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, March 16, 2001 2:55 PM Subject: S.S. Princess Sophia 1918 >Posted on: Yukon Koyukuk Area Ak Queries >Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ak/YukonKoyukuk/10012 > >Surname: Vint >------------------------- > >I am looking for information regarding RECOVERY of the bodies of passengers >aboard the CPR S.S. Princess Sophia that sank with abt 300 people. All >perished. > >My grandfather, Peter Vint, was aboard. He was a marine engineer employed >with the White Pass Yukon Route. > >There were two recovery stages: > >1. Oct. - Nov. 1918 >Abt. 180 bodies were recovered, identified and shipped to relatives. My >grandfather's body was not among them > >2. Spring - August 1919 >Abt. 105 bodies were recovered. Is there a list of these bodies recovered? >If they were unrecognizeable was there a mass burial? > >I am familiar with the two books written about this tragedy. I have contacted >both authors. They do not have lists of bodies recovered. > >Would appreciate any suggestions / information > >Thanks > >Dawn Samson >British Columbia > > >============================== >Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >