Stil remaining inside the ship axe about 600 tons of mud. About 000 tons have already been taken out, recording to Mr. Mislitsky. It has Deen possible to pump most of the mild. of, but now the operation has Foached the stage where the mud must be pulled up from the hold in huge containers by coolies, dumped troughs, and shovelled over the 'A trip inside the isa revelation. "Most of it is not yet dry. "Mud encrusted in the ills "of the windows, the ports, and on the doors. Rust is everywhere, Windows are broken, doors jammed, and rails twisted, Mr. Mislitsky states that the engines' and the boiler of the vessel are still In good condition. The ship, he pointed out, was built as recently fas i021, she ig structurally in good condition, and he thinks that it is possible to refit her, A more per-Manent patch at the point where she was rammed and she would float, he continued.
About 30 Russians and 30 Chinese wore employed in the final raising of tha ship, he said, Most of these wre Ul at work repairing the dam= ge that the vessel naturally suffered during hor long. immersion. Ventila~ tors and other detachable parts of the superstructure are being removed.
Altogether the Hervar was raleed twenty feet from the bottom and dragged un estimated 200 feet from the "fairway. AN present she is in front of the City Government Ferry Jelly on Pootung, and it has been. necessary to move the Ferry station temporarily up the river
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