The bottom of the big white liner is badly scraped, battered and holed in places by the rocks on which she lies, All the cargo in No. 3 hold was jettisoned by the inflow of water and had to be thrown overboard. The cargo in the other holds has been discharged, much of it in good condition.
One of the more interesting aids in the effort to refloat the ship to-night will be the use of box-like vessels filled with air which will be attached to the sides of the ship at the surface of the water. As the tide rises, the air-filled vessels will tend to rise too, ahd will thereby serve to buoy up the Conte Verde while salvage tugs pull for all they are worth.
If this supreme effort fails, the job will be considered hopeless. Surveyors of Lloyds' of London are on the scene with various salvage experts, but so far the Conte Verde has easily resisted their most expert manœuvres.
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