Immediate chaos soon changed into frantic efforts to save the vessel which was rapidly shipping water.
Efforts to save the vessel failed and within two days the vessel was deemed un-salvageable.
Barbara saw that he alone of all the officers and men of the brigantine was making an attempt to save the vessel.
Chilean engineers then worked to save the captured vessel.
But within a minute, it became obvious that there was no hope of saving the vessel.
Save the official vessel coming from Perian, the seas were clear.
Therefore, any crew who returned to and saved the vessel were truly salvors.
Not wanting to lose the ship, the owner, accompanied with two people, tried to save the vessel.
Subsequent efforts to save the vessel failed, and it broke apart and sank on 10 August 1917.
"I meant, I'm unclear as to your role in saving the vessel."