As a result it was necessary to drag her down the river and closer Inshore to a point where the water wag shallow enough to permit engineers to patch up the hole in her side, and install pumps to pump the out of her hull. When this was done it was believed, rightly, that the ship would almost be able to float of her own accord, and with only a tittle help from the huge der ricks that were brought down to Assist in the raising.
The work of towing her down the river was a Ucklish one. She was pulled a few inches off the bottom of the river, but not so far as to strain her eel, 'Then, with two tugs of the Shanghai Tug and Lighter Ca. pulling her, she started on'her trip down the river, bumping alons on the bottom but progressing steadily, She was towed more than an eighth of a mile, and closed irisher from the' main line of th traffic where she had remained for 150 long a menace to navigation, The St, Aubin then had the hole in her side repaired, and the pumps installed, The pumping out of the water resulted in an accident that almost ruined chances of. salvaging her completely. She tipped over on tone side, and it was necessary to build a platform on the opposite side of the boat and weigh it down with sacks of sand to balance her.
'This being done, the rest was cor paratively easy. 'With three pumps working at full speed, the St. Aubin gradually came to the surface, and yesterday, with a tug at her' side, moved further down the river to where the final repairs will take place. She will be taken into drydock, where she will be completely overhauled, repainted, and made ready again for river service,
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