The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-04-20

~ Wa Aanh sfsNxTa aAs Nsu
sheald be set up ou the isIsnd, and q
dos. vilt tbs ilrss ansn sna three osh
mao. shonl ~ seeuls Ihsis opersttol
hon lssd. This you'd leave the seto1
ar tree 10 pui 10 sea 10 ease Of bad wes'
er, and ais, slios tbs disios opsrsticas
be commenced al onee, by the 81 OF
boat on the inner ,iie of tbs coral rect
Ner, day We we're busy setlns Il
things ashore, aud !, look as tiil well d
10 tom before this was completed. tibet
shile some OF The men commenced rig
g,ng up conris Of tents, The beat W
made ready. and Harris the head dive,
wl,h bis spit and accessories. wsui Of
wiih Captain Thomas and the don 10 max
his drsi descent on the margin OF the reel
| oppoate the remains Of the wreck ol
shore.
vent Ia the bot With them, snd cal
sssurs yon did not envy Harris; when b,
got rigaed mp 10 bis swksrd snit of clothe,
with his unwieldly looking metal helmet
With its great big stsriag elsss eyes. b.
appeared like some uncanny sntedilayip
N oastsr
For some time We bad no iniimaiioa
from i'm. beyond bis various calls foi
more on lass iir. After be had been dow
ten minutes, or perhaps qusrter OF an
hour, We received the call to pull up the
rope, aad when we got it to the sufsce We
found the end made fast to 9 small, iron,
clamped chest.
The iion was all rasted and rotten, but
the OK itself WAS fairly preserved. We
bad it open aud had It's contents out.
They consisted chiefly o! papers and
books, bnt from their long immersion in
the sea we could make netbing OF them;
they fell to ieces as we handled them -
the ink disappeared into lines OF undeci.
pherable st,ins.
The bo ,ks were little better, sodden as
they were, cried. something mi sht be
learned from them.
VII l. We were examining these we re.
ceiyed the call from Harris that he was
coming up, so we started bsu'iog 10 the
slack OF the air lines and 10 few minutes
bis n astioas head gear rose up along
side, as he climbed up the rope laddr.
We had chosen our spot SO fortunately
that we Ii I'd anchored hight ov,r the sunk,
ship. The wreck had settled almost up,
rlghs, but was much covered with sand |
and broken coral; she had evidently laid |
here for years
He had found the lox jammed 10 the
'abin gangway, he gave 1t as his opinion
hat, with time, We could get at every
biag 10 The wreck. The difficulty would
,e 10 clearing out the sand and rubbi'b,
which had drifted into the cabins and bel
ow the decks in every direction.
Don Astigara was much elsted with this
eport, and it certsialy looked ss il the
Information he had obtained had more
han problsma' ical basis OF truth in il.
Ve took the exaot bearings of our anchot.
q aud then went ashore to make prepare.
ions for commencing bard work on the
borrow.
Next morning we started at day light to
ct our boats loaded for our first days
and, after good break ast,
10 put off with the three divers The
oats were anchored, one o, either beam
I the wreck. 20 that the two divers could
fork at oace.
Everthing b,ing in readiness, down
hey went, and We all waited sniiously
,r their first intimstinn OF their search.
We could get some idea Of their move
tents from the working OF the air lines,
nd presently we gothic call to haul up,
Lich we did, aud found another iron,
ound box. Z
On breaking this open out rolled mass ,
| gold doublcons and silver dollars, /
hen we set up shout OF triumph, 4
hich the men o1 shore and on the !
,boouer took up and repeated again and J
yri i.
We were eli 10 the midst oil cur ex, (
tement when we notis sed the other bolt Z
,uling in, and up came at other similar c
nest; this was, ss far NJ we could see, exi 1
lily identical with our own and we waits t
| ID breatLless suspense while il was ten b
g pried open.
Then al other Lnrrah from them betok O
led the 60 tslts an Capt. Thomas, 4
ho ives iu tie boz held up his hat,
ON which be show err d a stream OF gold
i'd silver.
The dou could wait 10 longer for the i
vtrs below wiih lut hesrins where the
easure WIS ionad, so we gave them the q
gna TO come up, aud ss fo)n rs they h
ere released their b. lmets be commenced
ply them With gu .stloas [
Tney had so, INTO the main cabin, IN d
hich they found nothing Of imporssnce; =
d n, eareiu ly examining The sides OF the !
bin, they bad come on door differing
ON the other doors opening out OF the a
oip. BIZ the lid OF their crowbars they
90 broke open the half rotten door. and '
und the place cot tanned some dozen or !,
ore cases. large aud small. Osins 10 The !
,ailness Of the entrance they had made,
d the weight Of the cases, they bad
uch, difficulty 10 getting ont the two
icy sent up.
After sshor. spell Of idleness, duiing
bich We refre, b sd the inn,r mac, Bob o
resn aud Harris sgain went down 10 o
,fk. aud we sat aIIious aud expectsni, 81
.iting for ,heir s,snsl. 10 naul 10. q
TIE mieut = seemed hours ss the time u
ssed sio~iy by. aud when tesrly bali Il
.s,. bsi eta xt.a tss tHdiouH lnnpth "