Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-06-23
Sunkeu Gold.

Fngate Hussar, with 81, 600, 900 in coin il
her cabin. intended to be used in payin!
the English Army in New York. struck oil
reef in the Sound and sank, the officer
| and crew having barely time to make thei
| escape. Twelve American prisoners, wht
were on the hold of the vessel were drowned
Efforts are now being made to recover III,
money, and a wrecking schooner is held IL
her place over the wreck of the Hussar by
means of cables which are stretched from
| the schooner to the shore. 1t is necessary
| to use shore cables, because the water is 81
| deep that regular anchors cannot be used.
The schooner is of los tons burden, and SHE
is supplied with new and improved ma.
chinery for submarine work. The machin-
cry is said to have cost upward of $50, 900.
Two thirty y-five-horse power steam engines
furnish the power. Instead of diving
bell there is great improvement in the
shape of a diTing-car. The car is large
enough for two workmen, and is provided
with glass windows in the sides so that the
men inside can look out. On the exterior
of the car are arranged q number of levers,
grippers and pullies, that can be worked by
the men inside, and with which all the
movements of the human arm aad hand
can be initiated. The apparatus is suf-
iciently strong to move bOwlders three or
four tons in weight. 4 tube, extending
from the box to the surface of the water,
furnishes fresh air for the operators. The
box arrangement enables the men to breathe
air at regular atmospheric pressure, which
cannot be done when diving bells or armor
are used. There is also less liability to ac-
cident than when the old methods are
adopted. A diver named Ramsay of Port
Morris nearly lost his eye-sight by a ssdden
rush of air into his diving-bell few years
ago. The box with the glass windows is
furnished with an electric light, so that the
surrounding wafer can be Illuminated. and
by this means objects seventy or eighty
feet beneath the surface of the water can
be easily examined. A telephone Is used
to enable the men IN the box to communI-
cate with the workmen in the schooner on
the surface of the water. The old method
was to raise the mud and debris from the
bottom of the sea to the surface by means
of pumps and dippers and then have it car
ried away by lighter. By the new method
a powerful stream is sent down against the
debris and it is swept away. So powerful
is the jet thrown that an operator said that
he could 90 into a ten-fOot ordinary earth
bank in a minute. Ii is another case of
placer mining. The gentlemanly captain
who has charge of the work stated that the
treasure was there, and if any one could
get it, they would. The original party
might search the bow, but he thought he
would confine himself to the stern. They
had already made two descensions He
stated that 1t would have been much better
if the previous explorers had confined them
selves to searching, and not to removing.
By their blasting they had scattered every
thing helter skelter and made a litter of it.
They did not have the removing machinery
then that they do now. When asked about
the summary manner in which he had
taken his position, the Captain said that he
had as good right as his rival, or any one
else. to search for the treasure The trea-
sure was abandoned property open to all
finders. He had possession and knew OF
no legal method by which he could be
ousted. The original company, under
Capt. Thomas, it is said, has sent its anita
gonist note ordering him off. So what
ma, y after all, be a wild goose chase bids
fair to enter the courts of law, and there
have money sunk in another way. The
Hussar is wrecker, truly
One of the residents of Port Morris said
that he was confident that a large amount
of treasure was hidden under the water be-
cause ghosts had been seen ON the shore
and in phantom boats guarding the gold
When asked if ne could vouch for the truth
of the assertion that ghosts had appeared,
he replied: ''Well, a neighbor of mine
who was never known to tell lie told me
that he was sitting up with sick child one
night and about II o'clock he heard noise
out of doors that sounded something like
the splash of oars and the peculiar ''chuck-
ing" of the row-lOcks. He looked out of
the window and saw ''shadowyn boat
with still more shadowy men in it near the
spot where the wreck of the Hussar was
sunk. Ore of the phantom men had Ian
ern that gave forth peculiar BLUSH light.
the boat, men and light vanished
into thin air.