Ter construction was evidently so good that the tremendous shock was borne by the structure of the ship abaft the collision bulkhead with comparative eas+, so that masts and funnel remained upright, and even the passengers in their bunks did not. appreciate the magnitude of the disaster that had befallen them. From the first the situation of the ship was desperate sinza, it hay been very much more endangore! by her bumping and working on the yoks, which have no doubt made for th-selves fresh entries into the hull through the inner skin. The determination to abandon further efforts to save the ship bat salve only Gittings, etc., is a wise one. The Sobraon is fit only fur the operations of the wreckers, and is worth but little more than old ivan. The great consolation in the whole tragedy is that there has been no accident: to life or limb, the wonder is tht she did not disa; peac with. out a vestige to tell her fate.
The officers and men of the Daphne and Humber did geod servic? in removing heavy gear and in placing heavy salvage machinery, the later Wark insterial'y assisting Mr. Mackenzie, of Messrs, Farnham, Boyd & Ca, who undertook x most dificult task full of resourceful interest find hope until the situation' became abso: lutely hopeless.
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