Front matter
Reading edition
THE ROMANCE OF EXCAVATION
THE BODLEY HEAD
HOPELESS AS THE S.S. DEVONA’S POSITION SEEMED ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1917, THE SALVORS MANAGED TO RAISE HER IN FOUR DAYS. VERY CLEVERLY THEY RIGGED UP SOME WIRE MATTRESSES INTO WHICH THEY PUMPED HER CARGO OF WHEAT, THUS DRAINING OFF THE WATER AND SAVING THE GRAIN
THE WONDERS OF SALVAGE
BY DAVID MASTERS
WITH FORTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
LONDON JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LIMITED
First Published in 1924
MADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY MORRISON AND GIBB LTD., EDINBURGH
TO MY WIFE