The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-10-27
THE SALVAGE OF
THE CLENMORAC
Will BE Commenced This Morning
Under Direction Of Mr..
km. Burns.
THE SHIP TO BE DIsMANTLED
And Ballast and Cargo Removed
Large Gangs OF Men win Endeavor
10 Complete Preparations Be
fore Next High Tide.

After lying In the sands on Norti
Beach for seven months. the three
masted British ship Glenmorag Is 4
be fioated. Captain william Burns. o.
the Glasgow Salvage Company. yester
day afternoon received cablegran
from Mr. Allen. the owner Of the ship
60 proceed with his salvage scheme
This Is good news TO Captain Turnbull
who has stald by tis vessel with tbs
exception ~ the time he took 10 mak'
trip TO Scotland and confer with tn,
owners,
The nne ship Glenmorag went ashore
above Ocean Park. about twenty miles
north Of Iiwaco. and seven miles north
OF where the Point Iona went ashore
Just two weeks previous. az $3.50 O'Clock
on the afternoon Of March 18th. 1896. 4
dense fog prevailed al the time. and
In their Efforts 10 reach shore, with the
assistance of the life saving crew from
Fort Candy. two men OF the Inflated
vessel lost their lives In the surf.
In speaking Of his plans last evening
TO an Astorian representative. Captain
Burns said: II received instructions
today from Mr. Allen. the owner OF
the Glenmorag. TO begin salvage OPP
erations at once. A gang OF twenty-five
men have been engaged and viii tomor-
row morning proceed to the vessel with
provisions and an outfit, ready 10 begin
work. They viii remain on board the
ship under the immediate command OF
Captain Turnbull. and viii at once com
mence 20 dismantle the vessel, sending
down all tho yard arms. rigging and
everything viii be stripped down to the
lower masts Captain Ingram. OF Cath
lamet. will also be here in the morning
with another large gang OF men and he
will supcrlntend the laying out OF the
anchors and hawsers. which outfit will
be taken down TO the wrack at the first
opportunity. As soon as this part OF
the work is accomplished. the two
gangs OF men will begin to discharge
the cargo and ballast. II is my expec-
tatlon 10 be able TO float the vessel at
the next high tides early In November.
We will have about eight days in which
70 make our preparations. and every
EFFORT win be used to take advantage OF
the tide. l have secured a steam winch
and boiler from Foard & Stokes with
which TO handle the cargo and ballast, |
and this machinery viii be put in place
Both gangs Of men will |
i've upon the ship. and viii be made
there. SO that no time will |
be lost In going to and from work. |
When everything is ready we will have
.wo or three large tugs hitch on TO the
iawsers, and make long, strong pull,
which we confidently expect will bring
he Glnmorag once more into deep wa
er. The vessel is not so badly situated
or handling, but Of course she is pretty
ligh on the beach We have handled
hips in much worse condition than
his one and have no fears as to ul-
lmately floating her,
II regret that business calls me 10
san Francisco, for which city viii
cave tomorrow evening, via Portland,
,ut | expect TO return in time TO see
he Glenmorag pulled of the beach
do or not. however, will
make no difference, as Captain Turn
'un. Captain Ingram. and Mr.. Clark,
Who will be associated with them, thor
,ughly understand the work and will
lot need me, want to see the feat ac-
however, and will be here
[ possible"