Show J p. p 0 v r T J Q J. i J 10 J fJ t- t 11 V i r I oll H L' L J a iX 7 s J. J i i h hf f 1 1 C y Is W- W I 0 j y iI n Saving from the sea has become almost aV al- I most niost science a It includes not only i J t the e saving of lives but the saving of property The ship that goes down and Is heard of no more must sink i where it wUI b be be beyond all human endeavor endeavor endeavor en en- deavor or els else the grappling hooks ofa salvage company will be reaching down for or it Ultimately the chances are the ship will come to the top again and will be put iii dry dock where repairs will r I make it seaworthy and it will set lo forth th to try the perils of the ocean anew iAn An An account of these property sav- sav 1 is a relation of all that thatis thatis t is heroic in sea life A shipwreck is I. I th the preliminary Then come cOple the salvage sal- sal 1 wage vage companies with their specially constructed boats laden with all net necessities ne ne- t from divers to derricks ti w What the salvage companies are able to do for apparently ruined ships is marvelous Usually it is the salvage sal- sal wage vage company which undertakes the work work for the underwriters The latter latter lat- lat t. t ter have paid the insurance on their boat and It is to their interest tore j c cover ver what they can from the wreck f Ships cannot be raised from great depths depths' One hundred d and eighty feet re is js considered the utmost death death to f which a 3 diver can descend on account of the pressure At less distances the work can be done without difficulty For that reason the reclaimed wrecks usually are ships which have struck r on r rocks near the coast coast ii A typical case of raising a vessel was afforded by the Tina which 7 struck a rock off the Scotch Scotch coast The boat settled in thirty feet of water i. i When the attempt to raise it was made four large pontoons were placed r Y of r at the corners of the the ship Each pair pairl l of pontoons was then connected by 1 t- t Huge log pines Flexible steel hawsers hawsers haw- haw t sers sers tested to bear a strain of tons to the square inch were passed under the wreck and fastened to the logs All necessary then w was was s to wait walt forthe for forthe forthe the tide to rise and the wreck was floated the work having been at atlow atlow t low tide The ship then was towed r to to a shallow part part of th the coast repaired repaired repaired re re- paired and sent t out to sea again At times a vessel seems too seriously serious serious- ly damaged to be repaired after it has been rais raised d or taken from the rocks but this is Seldom the the- case The entire keel was torn away on the rocks but the vessel was repaired repaired repaired re re- paired thoroughly In dry dock The Ab Aberfoyle had an enormous h hole le in its bow but was patched up and is now at work again When Admiral Nelsons Nelson's flagship the stranded near Blackpool pier in 1897 efforts were made to save it but it was found that the ship had been damaged beyond beyond be be- yond yond repair and there was was was' nothing t to do but break breal it up tip The Walter Bibby a powerful dredger er presented a problem to the salvage companies when it sank in Leith har har- bor The boat settled down on a arock a arock arock rock when the tide went out and broke its back For six months it lay there an immovable mass on account of the hundreds of tons of dredging gear Finally the keel was broken by a discharge discharge discharge dis dis- charge of dynamite as the first step towards reclaiming the vessel Then the boat was broken into two sections and the open ends were closed with bulkheads The water was pumped out and the sections came to the sur sur- face The bein being the more heavily heavily ily laden was the hardest with which to deal Six times the water was let letin letin letin in and the section before a balance sufficiently even ven could be maintained to insure it it against turnIng turning turn turn- ing over The boat had been insured for and it cost to get the wreck up Sometimes a vessel will be grounded ground ground- ed in such a manner that although the hull may be comparatively uninjured uninjured uninjured it will be necessary to break it up to recover anything Such a vessel vessel vessel ves ves- I sel the Hesketh was sold for 2000 It lay to all seeming undamaged to I any serious extent by the disaster but so 80 beached that it could not bo be got off ort There was nothing to do but sell the ship for scrap iron old copper copper copper cop cop- per and timber The story of the Danmark is thrill thrill- 1 1 ing illustration of the saving raving of at sea In th this s cise case the pr property perty loss was total tota The accident which dIsabled dIs- dIs disabled the Danmark took place miles from land The vessel from Copenhagen carrying emigrants from Denmark to the United States had broken on one of the main shafts which in whirling around before the power could be shut off had torn a ire great at hole hoie in the bottom The boat boat was leaking and rapidly Signals of distress were flown and finall finally assistance was was sighted The Missouri carrying a cargo of cat tl c m mJ rags skins a etc s t WIL wad sighted Capt Capt Murrill of the latter vessel was making preparations preparation to aid the emigrant ship by taking the liner in tow but when he was informed informed in in- formed as to the seriousness ol of the situation he understood that the only thing which could be done would be beto to get tl Hie a passengers off as as' as rapidly as po possible sible It was a serious problem em The Danmark Danmark Danmark Dan- Dan mark was was- carrying persons Tl Tile The e l Missouri uri had fiad accommodations for for- 20 It had provisions lor for only forty men for three weeks There was was- was nothing nothing much which could be done aside from that which the Missouri's captain did He gave gave orders to throw the cargo cargo of the overboard All the cargo carried between decks was lifted into the sea sea ea On od board the Danmark were ty-one ty babies Capt Murrill-gave Murrill ordel's orders or or- ders dels that these should be brought aboard board first firsts The two boats lay a quarter of a amile amne apart but the babies ba ba- bies In charge of sev several ral women came cam safely to the side of the Mis sours Then there was the problem of pf getting them safely on board ThiS Thi was vas accomplished by swinging coal baskets over the side and thus bringing bringing bringing bring bring- ing the children and babies up The next next- boat loads were of women and all were safely brought over th the side of the 1 Then came the themen themen themen men and the crew and officers Shortly Short Short- ly after after the last b- b hat boat at load had been transferred d the Dan Danmark mar I gave a lurch and went to the bottom |