The sun., 1908-11-29
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DIVERS BRING UP s1Oo. 600 WITH
JEWEHRYt AND NAIL.

CEN Gees Immediately Aboard the Ad.
vaacs end Starts SsF CasaS'Zsse--.
TaslsTs and eeetastnesees ne 0ut the
Finances Passengers asa Taey ssii'
The Msrritt- Chapman wreckers went
to work early yesterday morning on the
wreck Of the Panama Railroad steamship
Finance. sunk on the west side Of the main
ship channel on Thursday by collision
with the White Star ffeightsr Georgia.
Cept. Mowbray was aboard the wreck and
superihtSnded the task Of recovering
the eioo, 900 In ooin,. mainly gold, which
with valuable mali and the tswelry' Of
some psAsehgers was looked In the steel
strong room. The diver had little trouble
locating the room, which opened with
several keys fitting suoceeding doors.
He brought up the coin at 1880 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon and II was put
aboard o tug and taken Immediately to
the pier of the Panama Railroad line at
the foot OF West Twenty seventh street.
arriving In time to be transferred to the
steamship, Advance. which sailed some
what behind schedule because Of having
TO wait for the outfit Of some Of the pas
sengers who had been left without olotning
when the Finance was overwhelmed py
the sea. g.,
The Merritt Chapman folks say. that
salving the gold. and silver was simple
operation. although IL might have been
regarded az wonderful years ago before
the work Of divers had been reduced to
science. 1t was almost like going into
a vault on land and. opening the doors
and taking things out. Nine boxes in
all were taken from the vault and two ba Rs
containing special mail. e"
: The Royal Mail steamship Orinooo, on
which fifty OF the EnRnoe's passengers,
including Judge Blackburn and his wife
and child, sailed for Colon was forty
minutes late in getting OF.
The Government had sent word from
Washington to. the managers of the
to provide the passengers of the Finance
with 'necessities,' and In the opinion Of
somebody in authority these did not iu-
olude hats for the " omen.' The result was
that many women passengers sailed with
out hats and, didn't likerit. They came
pretty near also sailing without other
ordered to equip the passsnSers, and i
sent a man and a woman over to the
Alliance, on which the, delayed pas
sengers were, to measure thep for cloth
ing, 80 f .
The Orinoco of the Royal Mail Line.
on which most Of the passengers. were
to, sail at 3P. NJ, was held while the store
got together the material required, in
cluding stockings.. petticoats, dresses,
muslin and other underwear; SCISSORS
pins, needles. thread and other things
needed TO mend and alter things with
Some Of the women. did not need dresses,
but all the men needed suits. The store
had no way Of sending the goods to the
0rinoco in bulk as the wagons had gone
to stable. 80 il hired lot Of tazicabs and
sent 3eS packages flying to the steamship
pier Meanwhile the Royal Mail superin-
tendent had been requested by telephone
TO no. ID the ship. and he did 30. The women
were much distressed for time. fearing
that they would have to 90 all the way to
Colon in the makeshift apparel they had
gathered on the G6orgic.. The taxicabs
were greeted with enthusiasm.
Responsibility for the wreck will not be
axed until after the Board OF Steamboat
Inspectors has a chance to examine both
the reports OF Capt. Clark OF the Georgia,
Capt. Mowbray OF the Finance and the
two pilots, Nothing will be done by the
steamboat inspectors until tomorrow or
Tuesday