After being more thin eight months under the water, the-dredger Canton River has at last been raised. Tt. will be remembered she sank in the typhoon of the 10th of November lust year, An attempt to raise her was made some months ago under the direction Captain Perey Scott, of H.MLS. Terrible, in which attempt several lives were lost, and in the end it wis not successful. She is now. up and, in spite of her long stay under the water, looks in good condition, She has been towed over to the Docks at Kowloon and will there be put in thorough repair. She is now the joint property of the Commercial Union Assurance Co,, who have a lien of £23,000 on her, and' the underwriters in London, with whom she is insured for £12,000.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.