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August, 1909 "TAE Marine ReEvIEw J Fic. 5--Stret Trirpops Erecrep oN THE STARBOARD SIDE OF Barce No. 91 to Assist IN PLAcING HER oN AN Even KEEL. of the marine department, placed Capt. George Bunting in charge of the wreck- ing, with Robt. L. Hague as engineer. Capt. J. Metcalfe, of San Francisco, was consulted from time to time. Barge No. 91 was bottled up to pre- vent the oil escaping on the water. The main object was to avoid injury to the salmon industry; saving the barge was given secondary considera- tion. Powerful oil pumps were ordered from the Standard Oil refinery at San Francisco and installed on a barge to- gether with an air compressor and miscellaneous tools. In the meantime, and while arrangements were being made to pump, the flood tide swung the barge around out of the bed she had made for herself and broadside to the swift ebb current which, with the aid of the freshets, finally capsized ine Warge as shown in Fig. 3. ~All arrangements had been made for pump- ing the oil out through the deck hatches but the capsizing made it necessary to begin all over again. 209 in. pipe inserted down to the fore and aft bulkhead, about 20 ft. The pipes were properly provided with valves and stuffing boxes. Tanks Nos, 1, 2 and 3 were under water but the holes were cut through and the pipes in- stalled with the aid of cofferdams. Two-in. holes were drilled alongside the 6-in. openings and 2-in. vent pipes were installed. These pipes were also used to lead exhaust steam from the pumps into the tanks for heating the heavy fuel oil and to make pumping easier. A %-in, air hole was also drilled into each of the oil tanks and air hose connected. When all this work was finally com- pleted the barge suddenly sank out of sight and bedded herself about 9 ft. in the sand, There was now 12 i of water over her at high tide and the wrecking barge floated over No, 91 with the current and broke all the con- nections. A pile driver was immedi- ately secured and 15 piles were driven Fic. 4--Barcre FLoatep on Her Beam Enps AFTER PuMPING Out Part Op HER CARGO OF Oft. Six-in. holes were cut through the sides into the six oil compartments and 6- Fic. 6--Barcr No. 91 PartLty RIGHTED BY TACKLE FASTENED TO TRIPODS Erectep on Her STARBOARD SIDE, S, S. ATLAS STANDING By. alongside No. 91 to hold the wrecking plant in position, A diver was sent down to put slings around the broken connections, which were then hoisted to the surface and re-connected to four large oil pumps. The steamer Asun- cion, capacity 22,000 barrels of oil, one of the fleet of the Standard Oil Co., was placed alongside to receive the oil from No. 91 and to furnish steam for the pumping. Pumps were started and with the assistance of compressed air the oil came out of the barge at the rate of 3,000 barrels per hour. The barge immediately came to the surface again as shown in Fig. 4, and floated. After pumping for some time longer the barge was pulled in close to the beach against a sharp rising embank- ment, her masts resting on the embank- ment, which prevented her from turning turtle. No. 91 was then moored firmly to prevent shifting and steel tripods were erected on her side, as shown in Fig. 5. With the assistance of the tank