The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-14
sUNKEN TREASURE.
sGOld Coin Worth $3OO,OOO Lies at the
Bottom of Lake Huron.
New York Sun.

In Lake Huron, opposite the entrance to
Thunder bay, is a large buoy which would
AXE tourists passing in sight of it knew
that it is there to mark the spot, where
twenty-1ye fathams deep, lies the wreck of
while sixty of her passengers We're still
in their. berths, not one of whom evermore
made sign. That their bones are still held
in the sunken steamer there is no doubt,
although thirty years have passed since the
vessel went down. for there is no .commo-
ton in the waters of the great lakes at
such a depth, and 1t is no thing
motionless on their keels at the bottom. as
II they were sailing on the surface, even
many any years after fpa they had gone down;
score victims of that disaster are in the
wreck or not, the buoy was not placed
pose of finding and bringing them to the
surface. According to all accepted knowl-
her when she sunk not only that precious
human freight, but $500. 600 in gold coin and
the Pewabic. She was bound down the
lakes from Copper Island. in Lake Superior,
then the richest known deposit of pure
with the steamer Meteor, bound up the
lakes, and sank almost Immediately. Diving
apparatus was then somewhat crude on the
lakes, and the great depth of water in which
the Pewabic Went down made it out of the
cover any of her valuable cargo. Twenty
five years after the wreck the sunken yes
sci was located by means of graphing irons.
and a Toledo diver ventured to go down
and and inspect it. He was hauled up dead.
t tn sRese b 81 t h,s p dsse, o 5W9 9th @rn dig gewn at 7
different times Neither survived the ven
ture.
Nothing was done further toward recov-
ering the wealth lying in the wrecked Pc
apparatus of his own devising done safe
work in deeper water than any other diver
on the a laKes had ever S's been able to with,
down to the Pewabic wreck. He was taken
to the spot, the wreck was located by
down twenty minutes. and then signaled TO
be drawn up, When he reached the sur
inconvenience, had gone into the wreck
and was enthusiastic In the belief that he
could do the work that was necessary to
and answered every signal for a quarter of
an hour. Then he did not respond. The
men on the vessel pulled the life line. 1t
had plainly caught on some obstruction.
The crew. believing that Pelky was dead.
backed the steamer; The Jerk loosened the
life line; They hauled the diver to the sur
face His armor was open, having been
burst by some great force, The diver, OF
course. was dead. In the sole of one of his
lead shoes a piece of copper was found en-
bedded.
The fate of Pelky did not discourage those
who were intent on recovering the treasure
from the Pewabics wreck. The finding OF
the copper on the divers leaden shoe, in
fact, increased their desire for further eff
fort. A syndicate of Detroit, Duluth and
Chicago capitalists was formed. and an Of
Ter was Iudut 10 VI r. 1fdFh, OF Dututn, a
famous diver and government inspector of
hulls for the district of Duluth. The SYM
dictate offered to insure his life for 500, 600.
pay him 81. 500 in cash before he put on his
armor. and to give him one-half of the net
returns from the wreck If he would make
an effort to recover the cargo of the sunk
en- Pewabic. Diver Clark is a widower and
has one child. He refused the offer of the
syndicate.
But the matter was not dropped. TIL
spot, where the Pewabic went down was
marked by the buoy. and the syndicate
awaited events. Now comes George w.