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TAE MaRINE. REVIEW 15 THE CONCRETE WELD UNDER THE BREAK FORWARD, THE BROKEN PLATES IN THE STEAMER'S SIDE ABOVE THE BREAK WERE CAUSED BY SUBSEQUENT STRAINS IN DRY DOCK. the only way that this could be done -was by capping the rock with concrete. Canvas was used to separate the con- crete from the rock itself. The water was like mud and the divers were unable to see a'thing. The cement was sent down a chute in burlap sacks and the stone in a box. A diver at the foot of the chute received the ma- terial and 'carried it to another diver who mixed it on the spot and applied it instantly. Naturally he could not stir from his location because, having no sense of direc- tion in the total darkness, he would have been unable to know where he left off. After twenty-two days of contin- uous labor everything around the rock was made perfect- ly tight. It had taken 325 barrels of cement and-7oo lbs. of broken rock to form the concrete stop inthe great break. A box 4 ft. wide., 18 in. deep'and 33 ft. long, filled with cement, was then laid athwartships across the concrete structure to act as a strong back, The concrete -really formed a solid wall to ft. high around the rock with a great beam of the same material athwartships. Eight or ten other holes were then patched up, including a vicious break at the bow. The steamer had struck her fore foot first and had jammed her keel considerably to starboard for a distance of 12 ft. This break was also filled with concrete. -- - The location of the steamer was a most dangerous one. The river, which has an average depth of over 100 ft. at this point, has a current running about six miles an hour. The great ledge of rock, rising to within 15 or 18 ft. of the surface, causes a local increase of speed, so that the current adjacent to the steamer is practically 15 miles an hour. The steamer also had a list of 12 ft. to star- board. In order to hold her securely in her place while she was being wrecked, Capt. Baker ran two 8-in. hawsers with heavy cables attached from her foremast and main- mast head to:the rocks on the shore. These were used to help in uprighting her when pumping was started. Two heavy 9-in. hawsers with a severe strain upon them ran from the port side of the steamer to large rocks sticking out of water. Four anchors were also out, two from each quarter and two fromthe stern, with 8-in. hawsers under heavy strain. By these means she was held rigid on the rocks until she should lift clear. As all vessels have-a tendency to rise aft first, and as Capt. Baker of all things, did not want her to plunge by any displacement of weight into deep water, he arranged his pumps so that the discharge from the forward hold could be emptied into the after hold or over- board at will. It was found neces- sary, in order to'keep her even, to transfer a considerable amount of water from the forward hold to the after hold. Before pumping began lines had been made fast to the tow boats Harvest Queen, Oklahoma and Henderson and the tug Mc- Cracken. After the pumps had been working about an hour she rose so easily and so evenly that a number of men on her upper deck were not aware that she was. afloat until cheers from the thousands that' were lining the shores made them aware of that fact. The whole mar- itime community. of the Pacific coast was deeply interested in the progress of Capt. Baker's work and some had come even from San Francisco to see her raised. The steamer was released from the rock at dusk and * THE ELDER SAFELY ON THE BLOCKS, Capt. Baker beached her on a sand island about a half mile away for the night. The divers then made a further examination of her hull to see that everything was tight