Show SUNKEN SHIPS BEING RAISED war brings day of resurrection for many vessels for years listed as discarded wreck certainly tile day of resurrection has come for i hips hulks long lone since sunk all but forgotten rise in their very bones bone 8 take on renewed bodies and with the rhythmic heartbeat heart beat of new engines feel the blood coursing in their veins once more observes the boston transcript abandoned coal barges hulls of whale ships of little cargo carriers that have lain at dismantled wharves for half a century struggle from their graves in the ooze feel again the measured clink of caulking iron lift proud topmasts top masts lasts and shout with joy from the very dia diaphragms of their swelling sails as ti the ic forefoot thrills to the blare of blue water wrecks of the he ancient side wheelers rise as well and with a vigor of engine life such as did not exist in their day go down to the sea tho the sea shore is probed for these and the very lakes send their quota at ashland wis for instance install on lake superior the side checler emerald sunk it at the slip 24 years ago is on her way up the ore carrier sevona which broke in two on a shoal six years since is to be raised and put together again and so the reports come from slip and shoil shoal the world over if the war with all its menace and its heartache cin can gine gic up once more ft a mighty merchant marine and revive the proud traditions of american seamanship as it bids fair to it will have done one great thing for the country |