Having received the neces
special crew. of workmen" unter pumps and other salvage gear, Captain C.D. Smith have. started work re-floating the Yangize' Rapid steamer T-ping, which was beached near Mopanshih on the upper river on December 28 last as the result of striking a rock in the channel, The greater part of the cargo of the I-ping already has been salvaged, the report states, and the vessel now is lying in about 15 feet of water, the river being level with her decks The particular spot near which the ping struck is of "a very rocky nature, which made it dificult for Captain Smith to find a proper place to beach his steamer after the accident, Tt is this factor that makes the salvage operations parti-Jcularly intricate, according to the information trem Hankow, which is 122 miles below the scene of the
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