The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-15
AFTER LOST TREASURE.
the Gold Wont Down With Wreolst
Ship

the Gold Wont Down with wrecked
ship.
There is being made at this moment
says the Revue Scientifique," Februa-
ry 18th, a very interesting-and inter-
ested-attempt on the coast of Holland
The object sought is the recovery Of
the remains of the Lutine, vessel
wrecked between the islands of Vile
land and Terschelling. 1t is not from
pious wish to give Christian burial to
the remains of the ship or those that
persisted with her; there is q treasure
that plays a part in the matter The
Lutlne, a French ship, was, according
to Carlyle, sent to England by the roy
alists in 1898 to keep her out of the
hands of the republicans. In 1899 this
frigate, which carried thirty-two guns,
was sent to CuXhaven with large sums
OF money to the credit of firms that
had large payments to make on the
Continent. She set sail on October 9TH
1893, loaded, says the Times" of that
date with more than ten tons of gold
etiit oiiNCl. Ioll SIG IlSNGI lGdClleu llGI
destination and was shipwrecked.
Just what amount of specie she car
ried is not known, for another boat
that sailed about the same time seems
to have taken a part of the sum, and
besides, the destruction by fire of
Lloyds registers in 1887 prevents us
from fixing this point with precision.
Very various figures have been given,
running from three to five hundred
thousand pounds. 1T goes without say
ing that the attempts referred to are
made to recover this treasure, for the
Lutine sank in comparatively shallow
water and up to this time one hundred
thousand pounds have been found.
There remains at least two hundred
thousand pounds. The specie already
| recovered was found partly about 1915
or 1920. under William l., of Holland.
But drifting sand has made matters
very difficult
About 1880 the hull was claimed by
the Dutch government and granted to
the Lloyds. Between 1856 and 1860
some attempts were made, not without
certain degree of success; gold was
found, and the rudder of the vessel. In
| 1894 a company was formed to co-ope-
rate with the Lloyds, and the work is
| now in progress The exact location
| of the hull is known, and part of it has
| been freed from sand. This work was
| stopped in October, but will now soon
| be begun again. 1t has brought to
| light five cannon, hundreds of balls
and some human skeletons but no gold
as yet
The method employed consisted of
first freeing the ship from the sand
bank that had formed over it, which
| had already received a name, that Of
| Goudplat; afterward continuous bar
rier of oaken piles was formed around
the hull, placed vertically and sunk
into the adjacent clay, this barrier
having for it's object the prevention Of
any further sand-drift To clear out
the interior of the hull, the divers are
furnished with tubes that are connect
ed with an exhaust pump, so that
whenever they place the ends Of these
| tubes the pump sucks UP the sand and
| mud and discharges it in a compare
! lively easy manner. What will come
| of this enterprise The future alone
| can tell. There is in any case at least
| two hundred thousand pounds to re-
cover and, if we are to believe certain
| old accounts, there may be as much as
| one million pounds; at any rate that is
/ what the estimates Of former agent
/ of the Amsterdam Lloyds makes it out
| to be.