Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-04-19
sUNkEN TREASURE
The Enormous Fortunes That Hava d.
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me Enormous Fortunes That Have (,on
Davy Jones Locker. 70
/ A company, it was stated, latelv =.
out from Sydney to New Zealand Il :.
cover sunken treasure from Soma ~
wreck on the west coast of the NI,adiA
Island; but, so far, no returns have 49,
/ published. the operations probably ~.
being complete. The subject of sunLaa
4 treasure reminds one of the heans :.
/ gold carried in the galleons and III
packets years ago. In 1869 shin-os
war from Rio to Lisbon had on hoo
/ 5000. 900 of crusades in diamonds 49,
about 100, 600 crowns turnois'' in Mo.
tiers, making in the whole &c. O50 ooo
ivres tournois. So much for s;n,ls
ship. In 1774 two Spanish ships .ro.s
Vera Cruz and the Havana arrived wits
10000 600 of crowns, exclusive of mo.
chandise valued roundly at q, 900 Ooo
crowns. Such examples could be mnle
piled. OF the cargo of an English India
man in 177l, one item alone-a diamond
in the rough-was valued at e1OO Ooo
''going to be manufactured in EnolanS
on account of one of the Asiatic naboNa.s
and on the private freight of this vessel
the policies of insurance we're opened ~
Lloyd's at high premium, so costly
were her contents and so doubtful he,
safe arrival As costly shipwreck. la
Lutine deserves notice. She was ~
thirty-twO guns, commanded by Captain
SKINNER and went ashore on the bank
of the Fly Island Passage on the niobt
of October 9, 1899. At first she was re-.
puted to have had eG00, 600 sterling
in specie on board. This was
afterwards contradicted by a state.
ment that the whole amounted 10
about e14O, 600 sterling. In more mod.
ern times the costliness of shipwreck il
to be found in the destruction of the
fabric and her cargo rather than in the
treasure on board. Whatever may have
been the worth of a galleon as shin.
there need be no scruple in concluding
that when brand-new her value would
be but that of a toy in comparison with
such ocean mailboats as now convey
specie and valuables. The sinking Of
an Atlantic, Indian or Australian liner
even with a clean hOld-would repre-
sent an immense treasure if told in dol
lars, ducats or piasters; and when is
added the cargo of such craft along
with the passengers luggage, which
would include quantity of jewelry ex-
pressing many thousands of pounds
alone. some astonishing figures would
be the result. The Royal Charter is the
most notable modern instance of the
wreck of treasure" ship. She lef.
Australia with ESQ. 900 in her. OF this
sum, says Charles Dickens. in his chap
ter on this dreadful shipwreck in the
'Uncommercial Traveller" $500, 900
worth were recovered at the time of the
novelists visit to the spot where she had
driven ashore. Meanwh lie how much,
gold and silver minted and otherwise,
is annually afloat? How many millions
are yearly borne over the deep to and
from India, America, Australia. China
and South Africa by English steamers
alone? There should be no difficulty in
making the calculation, which, when
arr we'd at, must surely yield a fine idea
of the treasure over which the red flag
flies, and an excellent notion of the
trust that is reposed in the British ship
master. and of the high and sterling
qualities which go to the fulfllment of
it.--Sydney Herald.