STAK OF CANADA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12879, 27 September 1912, Page 4

STAK OF CANADA.

ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO REFLOAT ... ■■„.,, Ito TESSEL. „ . . ; Arrangements having beeji completed, Me^STiS ju^hgl^nds. aiia.Co., Ltd., have taken over uieStar of Canada, as she; now liflsoa the K&iti beach. The flrhi have, gone, into the matter of floating th^ves^, and, .consider .thjtt thej, have reasonable hopes of .success.- .- - > Mr kanjoflanids, m. -conversation v/ith a' reporter .ip-day, said that tiiiey intend 6u to- start operations by. testing if it wah< ixjssipi'e. to ! pump _piit -the engine-f oom r and, , stokehold,,., so' 1 , as, to recover the. machinery,;; and bx>iler,s> which axe valued at about £60,000. -If they* fottnd that with, the pumps 'it was possible .to lqeep the «nginerroQm ,ai>d fl.tokejbQld dry,.4ifce', water would be allowed to rise a^adn while ten achors were being placed out : from the .vessel,, aboutf, 7oo ifieet . fromj the stern. The anchors used iiwill be constiTjUcted on the principle 1 of those used iii ,tlie consjtruction pi suspension: bridges; they, 'will be sunk lOtt deep] m the papa rook at low, tide, ond wilij be; oonnected to the ship w^th stout wire, oables.. .The ... engine-rooni a*id ; stokehold will ■ . then be - pumpfed dry , which iheang flota,t.ion of tw-o-thii'ds of the length- $1 the sh\p. A strain of .50 tons will be , taken on. each cable, which will make the pull on the ship^stand-at 500 toils. ;

[ As.theisjiip now lies the grade of the deck is I; in. 14, and the object of the^ wire cables Js to dt^v the vessel up the inclined, bed .. that ,she, , has , mado until, the deckfe are above water. -Divers will then . be put on, and all the lower hatches w.fll, be sealed-, The water will be,,puriiped out of the upper and lower: holdsj which will give an- increased flotation to, the ,ship. Another strain will, ; t>hen be .taken, on the cables to bring the ship further back until, the main or lower hold is. .brought to low'tidejeyeh' The hatolies , wifi be xinsealed,, and there are.. several w^-bkuown methods forelosing put water that. the firm have inutev consideration; but before /th&t^ stage is reached, it.Js. hoped , to. : ascertain which will best serve- the acquired purposes. (^ntinuirigj^Mv-Lan^lan^S'ski^ thai it might be liectejiskry to' put 'bttt an additional ten anchors, Wsic&-, with the same strain on £h£m, ,;^vquld mafce thfc pulj on the ship X($Q tons, .'.; .Thje nji-m hope to start operations. flegk Week,,- j> „