Only Removal of Mud from Interior Remains After four months of work under adverse weather conditions, Mr. Tubin and his assistant," Mr. Mislitsky, have beached the s. ervar on the Pootung side of the ver, and tuis can be written to the Uulvaging operations on her that bogan carly last year, but did not begin to make progress until Mr. Rubin took over last autumn, What will be done with the Hervar now that she 1s raised is a question that remains yet to be settled The Hervar was sunk in a collision with the s, Tung Tuck on December 17, 1034, and for months specuilaton was rife as to" whether oF not she would ever be raised off the bottom. The tugboat St. Aubin sank fu March and was raised in Septem= ber, but various attempts to bring the Inrger Hervar off the bottom were unsuccessful until Inst autumn, when for the frst time she showed her bow above the water, Little by little she was brought closer to Pootung, and gradually Ufted off her port side, To-day she almost on an even keel and the Hole "in her port side has been patched up, and the water inside of her has been pumped out.
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