New-York tribune., 1900-07-05
SLOW WORK ON THE WRECKS.
PUMPING OUT THE VESSELS MAY NOT
BEGIN UNTIL. NEXT WEEK

Gangs worked all night and all yesterday on the
wrecks OF the Bremen and the Main, lying the
Neehawken flats. No bodies were recovered from
either vessel Many additional bales of cotton
were unloaded from the Bremen The lower
side portholes OF the Bremen have almost all been
boarded up where necessary. In cases the
inner portfolios open and were not broken.
These were closed by the divers. Work the
second of portfolios on the Bremen al
most completed. The divers have also begun to
board up the portfolios the Main. Six divers
were at work the two vessels. The great heat
given out by the Main caused a delay in beginning
work that vessel The grain in the ship is now
pretty well cooled off. and the divers expect to
make good progress from The work of
taking out the cargo may begin to-day. On ac-
count of the holiday tremendous crowd Of sight
seers rowed out to the steamers in small boats.
while steam and naphtha launches filled with
curious people also swarmed around the two
sunken vessels
Captain Wolcott of the L J. Merritt said yester
day it not likely that the pumping out of the
vessels would begin before the first Of next week
Much of the cargo has still to be taken out of the
Bremen and also out of the Main The Bremen.
under the influence Of the pull which the big der
rick Monarch has her bow Is not sinking any
further into the mud. Two chains have been
passed around the bow of the Bremen. One OF
these is well forward and the other about twenty
feet aft OF the first one. To these the Monarch
has made fast her hoisting apparatus and main
tains steady strain. AS the cargo is taken out
this pull is calculated to raise the bow and bring
the ship more keel
No bodies were recovered from the Saale yester-
day. In the morning Chief officer Henry Schaef-
fer took charge of the vessel for the company.
neving Third officer Zanda, who has been on
board since the fire. In the afternoon Gustav H
SChwab the agent of the company, went out TO
the vessel the tug America. The tug E. "A.
Stevens brought visitors from the company piers
in Hoboken. Several Of them were members Of the
OF the Saale and came to get their trunks,
which had been hauled out Of the hold Aft After they
taken board the tug departed The trunks
were not even scorched by the FIRE The three
Tuesday were taken by the Har6or police S boat TO
towed, and one, that Of Chief Steward G Oelrieh
placed stretcher and put aboard the
launch Constderable property was found , on Gel,
5o-mark bills, ffty,sx 2omark gold pieces IWenty
franc pieces Of French money two Io-fTanS pieces les
yer money. He also had gold and @ diamond T., ring
his left hand and pocketbook found In one OF
his pockets contained some papers. The bodies were
taken from the float and put in cotlns whence
they were taken to the morgue The divers on the
Saale were busy yesterday taking out barrels or
oil and other cargo from the hold Preparations oE
were also being carried forward to pump out the
vessel as soon as the divers get the deadiightsS
pumps and pipe connections which were hoisted on
board. forward and another aft II is expected
that pumping operations will begin on Friday.