New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-01-22

providing new bills and other probable
commercial disasters, resolved to send
cash across to cover their drafts as they
came to maturity. So grave was the
| crisis, SO great the sum to be embarked,
that kings ship was asked, and near
~ every banking firm in Lombard street
dispatched member in charge of it's
own cash contribution.
Moreover, as many legal questions
might arise, an experienced notary-his
name is preserved, Mr.. Schabrach-was
secured to accompany the party and ad-
wise in any difficulty. The precious car
go was insured principally at Lloyds'.
various ideas, and nothing quite
authoritative, prevail as to the exact
amount on board the Lutine Some say
the specie, which was in coins of all
sorts, gold and silver, guineas, golden
piasters, double louis dor, Sicilian
goldpieces, silver piasters and. dollars,
also in gold and silver bars, reached a
total value of upward Of a million !
I'm October Of that year the Lutine
was ordered round to Yarmouth to take
treasure on board and proceed to the
Elbe. Her captain was one Lancelot
Skynner, r. N an officer of distinction,
and no doubt his mission was much to
his taste. The short voyage was likely
to bring him considerable profit, for it
was the rule to pay naval captains a
commission of 1 ~: cent on the total
value embarked.
ION the evening Of the 9Th Of October
the Lutine lay in Yarmouth roads with
a merry party on board. The captain,
no doubt in. excellent spirits, had given
a grand ball to the leading people in and
about Yarmouth. The last of the guests
had hardly gone ashore when peremp-
tory orders came from the admiralty
that the Lutine should forthwith go to
sea. She sailed in the early morning of
the 9Th, and from that time very little
was heard of her.
1T is, however, known that she steer
ed straight course for Cuxhaven, at
the mouth Of the Elbe, wind strong
from north northwest, and greatly in
favor. After landing passengers and
treasure the Lutine was to convoy affect
of merchantmen to the Baltic
Soon after midnight, going free and
under full press Of sail, she struck on the
outer bank Of the island of Vlieland
(Flyland),,s the next to the Texel and
one Of the ring Of islands that hem the
mouth of tie Zuyder:: Zee. She must
have been slightly out of the course, and
it is said that there was strong lee tide
running. During the night she went
down with all on board. Another kings
ship, the Arrow, Captain Portlook, was
in company, butsshe could givesno help,
nor the 'scoots' or fishing boats Of the
coast, and when day broke there was no
Lutine. Onlytwo survivors were picked
up bya Dutch lugger at daylight cling
ing to the wreckage, one of whom died
almost immediately, and the other, Mr..
Schabrach, the notary, very soon after
ward died, but not until he had told the
little he knew. x.'t'> y
Repeated efforts have been made to
recover the money. In the year imme-
diately following, when the whole thing
was fresh and before thesand had silted
or drifted over the wreck, the Dutchmen
tished up some e55, 900. Then more sys-
tematic and some really costly efforts
were made, and by 1879 another ESQ.,
900 was recovered
1.-The present operations were begun
in 1892 by an English engineer, Mr..
Fletcher, who had been engaged on the
Dutch coast in raising sunken dredger.
he became interested in the Lutine, and
associating himself with another emf
nent engineer, Mr.. Rinipple, they have
approached the business in novel way.
Their idea is to clear the ship of sand,
but to inclose her in a central area or
dock faced BY sandbags, which will pre-
vent further sitting, while they ransack
the interiorof the wreck BY divers. This
area ia 200feet in diameter, from which
the sand will be removed BY powerful
suction dredgers. . - New Orleans
Times-D Democrat. t5..t5*ass II
E-.-:- 80 80. s.,s
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