SA LVAGE BY SUCTION PUMPS.
'.^ie removing .«£ ;the -wreck of - the steamer JBaiqn;.Version from the -chajuiel .of tKe Clyde, -_neae :Dumbarton, "-is a, ,mpre- difficlilt task than was fir*t:anticipateiij saye the "Shipping Warl*^: 1\ will-be. remembeved ; that the ■-r.yekse] stranded as, a result-.of .a ; collision the Canadian -pacific-liner Metagamai' .The - hull lie.3-sunk in a sandbank, ■:■th« shifting natuie of which has presentee unforeseen difficulties to the salvors. It is understood that a- special plant is-no><: being. pr^>ared by tho contractors, cane when this; is ready it *is antichHtec: they, will be able to float the vessel/ If is interesting : to note- that the-cargo" which consisted- of iron ore, and "whicr has therefore: rendered the raising.ot thi .hull more arduous, is .being removed bj suction pumps. ..-. ■ . ■- •
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 108, 3 November 1923, Page 16
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125SALVAGE BY SUCTION PUMPS. Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 108, 3 November 1923, Page 16
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