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Gr At Wrecking Operations

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Parent Issue
Day
18
Month
July
Year
1862
Copyright
Public Domain
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T.F. WclH, Esq., of this cily, haa jast ciüriploted 1 coniract "ith ihe government, by whiuh lie aerees to raise the veeftela stirik at Gkwport Ntivy-Yurc} trd in IJumpton lloada. The vnlue of property sunk npon wbiüh hc propos.- to opérate un.ouDto to over a mülion of duüiirs, und cunsista of the following vessela : Gua-. Pennsylvtyiia, 190 DoJawiire, fc4 Cohinibus, i:ü Efiritan, &0 C(i!,;ii.bia, ■■) id States, bij Congres, o Plymoulb, 2-2 Gennantuwn, ''1 Cua.bei l.uid, -4 Dolphin, 4 Mun ia;pc, 1'' ïw(' lluw i';bo! stoainci's - water bout, povvdor bo:;t. The Iwü noiv rubul steamerri it wil! bc roöOilüttitU wujö.uU loady for sü..( -.Kid wero ;ciitt!cd ind sunk at the navyvaid, in tr'.'uítt liaste; tliey nuw liu in ul:out tiiirty iet uf water, and it is thought c;in L-r.sily bc r;tiwl. Tlio Cumberkwid liss iu elevan tutlioins i.f Water,ancJ t is ti.o nloiitiua ui ihe uuntractor to riliaa her i y rüttóus at' fou;whi-.le ishipn of 400 tons oach, whicji wiii be parliully subiiitjrgi-d by bei Dit partly fi.ljil wiih water, nul thuii iiitbr ultaobiug to ihu dunken hip wil!, by Mieans i' the rUe ol' lbo t i ■ i e ftcd iímj of stüurn pumps, briug her ii;x. itwül ba rememberud lh-j MeïtliiUKJ was pllltod Witll 8U0 to'IS ui' iliJN, !l]l of uhLh, itis oxpected, yill ba reooveréd. Tho CuSgreiS and Cumbfi'laiui oac!i had iron safes on boaid, coiituinin ,' respeclively $35,000 and $18,000 in specie, wbich uill, without doubt, ba i'ooovered by meuns of diving upparatue. The undertakiny involvos nn outlay by the oontractor oí eomo sixty thousmid dollars before oommonuing the work; he will cmploy soir.ething lika two huudred men, among whom wül bu twenty divers, who will descend to the sunkan sinps in the WelU & Gov9n submarino annor. Such of the vessels as are oot raised wiH bo blasted with gnnpowder, and al! the raatorjal that U of veil ue recovei'ed. The conlraotor is the aa;ne party who raised the steruner Erie from Laku Eno in 1854, and has be-on engaged in. other submar;ue operationa. Vra i',aunderstand ho is to commence operalions at Ótice, and is to receive fortyfivo por uent. salvage from the goverument on the value of all propurty rer covered.

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Old News
Michigan Argus