The only tie-in I remember between the Devine's and the Vanport flood was their private home was flooded along with a lot of other people's. The water was not deep enough for the 'Chief' to come anywhere inland and participate in any way in the actual flood relief. In fact, if I remember correctly, it was out to sea at the time, on a job. Doneva Beth Perry Johnston <bjohnsto@oregonvos.net> wrote: There's quite a bit about the company, started in 1913, at its web site: http://www.freddevinedivingandsalvage.com/ At 05:35 PM 3/20/02, Jean Rotter wrote: >There was a Fred Devine Salvage Company around that time. I can look that up >in the Portland phone book if you don't have a way to check it with that >name. >Jean Rotter > >jasmels@juno.com wrote: > > > If anyone out there has information about living relatives or new, or > > biographical material about Frtiz Devine or the Devine Tug and Barge > > Company, I would surely appreciate hearing from you. He apparently grew > > up along the Columbia, lived in St. Johns area so wonder if something > > about him would show up in Vanport history. I checked the site > > out--great site and interesting, but nothing about Devine. Thanks for any > > suggestion or help. > > Jackie my entire genealogy database, 45,000+ names http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=donevanell (be sure entire URL fits in your Address bar) --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards�