For twenty days a team of six Russian divers and one radio-operator worked on salvaging the safes of the U.S.S. Panay which had sunk near Nanking, Altogether eleven. large safes, each weighing several tons, were rescued from the deep and their valuable contents conveyed safely to Shanghai. The largest safe was the most difficult to extricate as the door of the main cabin was narrow and the ropes often snapped. The Panay, which is at present lying on her right side, is already partially covered by ooze and silt, and the working conditions were further aggravated by the icy water and the conflicting currents of the Yangtze.
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