The evening world., 1894-07-09
NO BODIES FOUND.
Tug Nicol Raised and the Water
Pumped Out.
She Is Nov Afloat and WIN d
Repaired.
Located Exactly Where Z" The Even.
Located Exactly Where 8. The Even.
Ing World" Found Her.

Inc wreck OF the tug James -. M.
| col which foundered of Seubrigbt June
a. when go many lives were lost. wa.
raised to the surface of the sea thi.
AFTERNOON by wreckers from the Chan.
man Derrick ana wrecking Comnanv
OF 40 South street.
The wreck was found at the same snot
| where The Evening World' se.rcbts1
party located her few ,lsys after ~
iisastcr, The r0isinR was nccomn,ished
psrn qurk'y, owing to the smcothness
sIowly Ike funeral procession the
SS W. nest was lowed along the
iS ,uay look nook beach and up through the
over nay towards New York
First came the Wallace X. Flint u,btch
hai long hawser fastened TO the der.
'iS Sks. The tug Hustler was on the port
on ont the et ous f ,a sEsb derre which kent
ne weight os the NIcol or what is EFF
OF her. She hung In q sling OF iron
o ona from the, large boom OF the
face. ZIG sur
Ine bun of the wrecked tug wa.
pIteached about half a mile north Of Fort
shortly before 3 O'Clock this afternoon.
AFTER she was beachcd the pumps were
kut 70 work. and In few minutes the
NiCcl was atoat once more
Inere were no bodies found in the
An Evening World" reporter was put
onoaru the derrick float Reliance as the
me Nicoi and permitted to examine
all that could be seen OF the Nicoi
which Jay alongside, her deck nearly
even Win the surface of the water.
Oniy small portion Of the wrecked
lug LIGHTHOUSE remained In place, and
that Is the forward part, which sup
vWSr.sd the pil9t-house. The Evening
WORLDS expedition had dragged the
other parts of her deck house to the
surface.
The Nlcors boiler and engine were ex-
posed, ana tangled among the machinery
lines. ''e''"e
The tugs awning stanchions are nearly
al IN place. and attached To those at the
Itself. u ''' AWNING
The boilers and engine are covered
with rust, but the tugs hull Is intact.
ana II Ia more than probable that she
wiz be doing business In the harbor
inside OF two months.
The work Of raising the Nicol was ac-
complishe'i in thirty minutes alter the
SSnaihs had been put in place under her
Capt. ,kivlin, of the Chapman Der.
rick and Wrecking Company, with two
~ tGgs ana st steam derrick float, capable
OF ncisting lJ5 tons, went down the bay
wreck.
me tug was found lust where THE
evening Worlds" tug Assistance located
her, three miles east, one-half south OF
the Highland Lights. three days after
the disaster and before any other effort
had been made in that direction.
Inc Evening Worlds" diver, John
rice examined the Nicol, but found
no bodies. though the bottom for miles
was dragged for two days and a half
ny The Evening Worlds" expedition.
Every EFFORT was made to recover some
OF the bodies for the bereaved famIlies
none OF them possessing the means to
institute search on their own account.
Enough no bodies were found. the
Nicol was located. and a portion Of the
wreck dragged to the surface WAS Iden-
tiled by her owners
Last SATURDAY tugs OF the Chapman
Nrecking Company went down the bay.
ana the Nicol was again found.
Divers went down and made fast two
ropes to the wreck and fioated as many
ouOys, to mark the spot.
Then the tugs returned to the city and
preparations were begun for the trip
this morning
The tugs Hustler. Capt. Cochran, and
Walter T. Flint. Capt. BRANDON. with
the great derrick scow loaded with Its
ponderous machinery and twenty-five
men and two divers comprise the out