Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-06-20
THE PIRACY OF NEPTUNE.

Tid-Bts.
There ia q popular belief that vast
wealth lies buried deep between the |
sand and rocks OF our coasts. Ship |
after ship, laden with ingots and coin
age, has struckon the British beaches
and gone to pieces during the last five
hundred years. From time to time hun
dreds OF pounds worth Of gold has been
showered upon the seashore and picked
up and usad; yet there still remains
some thing like $4,000, 900 sterling In
gold and silver under the sea,
| When the Joukheer Meester Van de
Wall. Dutch East IndiaInan, struck
the ironbound sea front OF the Lizard
many years ago, shs vent to pieces
before anything could be done 10 save
her. Sons fishermen from Penberth
| Cove, while engaged in fishing up
blocks Of tin which formed part Of the
VESSEL cargo, found tin box lying 10
| six-fatbom water. Being opened, It'll
was found TO contain coins to the value
of 913.010. 1t ia said that there are
other boxes OF gold, silver and bank
notes lying among tho rocks and sands
where the ship aank.
| In 1874 q Spanish galleon went
ashore near the Lizard. having on board
many thousands OF pounds worth Of Enr
| gold and money, which were being
carried to London for safety during the
unsettled state Of affairs III Spain. The
greater part Of this vast wealth still
lies awaiting recovery between the
rocks, which have, even ut low water,
six feet Of water over them.
/ some years ago a company sank
shaft through the rock below high
water mark 10 try to recover the richos
| the sea holds so tight. IL was imagined
that the wares after q storm would
drive some portion Of tho buried specie
into tho hole nc the bottom OF the
shaft. Before the WORK was completed,
however. the sen broke In and the shaft
had to be abandoned. Another syndi.
cate soon afterward dragged tho bottom
of The sea in the Lizard district, but
nothing of Importance was found. The
treasure is undoubtedly there, for coins
and ingots are Being constantly washed
ashore on the beach.
Treasure 10 the value of a million
and half sterling, which went to the
bUttom of the sea with O Dutch gnl-
leon, lies awaiting recovery somewhere
on this Chesli Beach, a long, narrow
tongue of shining land near the great
convict station OF Portland. This Dutch
treasure ship was returning from the
West Indies, laden with precious metal,
and when going up the channel was
caught 10 gallo aud driven into Port
lund Race, where tremendous broken
seas rage when there Ia any wiud.
Gradually she was carried down Chesli
Beach, and 1t did not take her long to
dissolve into mntchwocd. The entire
freight OF gold and silver went to the
bottom. Occasionally the fishermen are
reminded of its existence by finding a
silver or gold bar or two on the beach.
The Abergavenny, which was lost in
storm Off Weymouth, about the year
1860, had on beard several thousand
pounds worth Of speclen md Jewels Ip
1900 a syndicate was formed, and by
means OF diyine.bell, 60 chests OF
dollars, to the value Of $4,000, were
fished up. ts0s>. a
Treasure OF vast amount is supposed
to lie under the sea 10 the Ssrn Badrig,
suniten canaswRy running miles out
to sea from the Welsh coast. The story
runs that O French trensure.saip, the
Bretagne, struck on this desth,tgap OF
ships. and caught by one huge wave,
hurled completely over, to sink with all
hands in deep water.
Another case of Total loss, involving
! four and half millions in gold coins,
was the striking Of the lnfanta, q noble
Spanish galeon, ON the rocks of M isen
,, Head, near Bantry Bay, 10 November,
! 1913. The nature Of the ooast renders
investigation difficult, aud not single
coin has been brought to the surface.
, In Ill probability the treasure vii. ra'
main IN the sea for oenturies,
Tho Czarina, hayipg CD, ZOO, 600 in
; gold on beard, foundersd in Filey
Briggs, on the Yorkshire coast, and
another gallepp was lost q few miles
: farther south, near Bridlington Quay.
: Thirty thousand pounds have besr
2 drawn from the seas clutches Mt Bird
! lington Quay, and the remainder lies
! awaiting the persons who 10 able tc
! rescue it. y }ss a4
y The GunHeet Bank, of the Easa,
coast, is thickly strewn with gold anc
!, silver, In coin and iugots, for tbs
vrouve Folder, a Dutch vessel which
: emptied Its cargo Of halt million
= sterling in gold and silver there.
Z About a century ago Spanish trens
J nre ship, carrying freight of mil
! lion sterling. was rhugbt in storm
!. near Beachy Head, and sank with al
! on board. The treasure lies in q doeI
: hole over which . strong current rune
: making it impossible for divers to dc
] seend.
= Much treasure troya lies off the eoas
. of ireland. Many Spanish galleon
+ have shed their riches There, sns
several ships of the Great Armada
= with all their wealth OBJ board cam,
y to grief in the distriot, Three millions
I, are scattered off q point near TraIes, O
!, rather it's equivalent in doubloons
= Numerous attempts have been made u
e receiver the treasure, and one syndioat
= actually rescued $40, 600 from the sea
y but the bulk Of the wealth remain
Y untouched to this day, md at low It'd,
y there is only n foot Of water over th
scons of the wreck. The ship. how
ever, is buried 10 the sand but on
day mighty gale might gcoop tn
= sand away and reveal the lost treasure
% and then some person sill find himsel
70 rich beyond dreams of avarice.
In T'oR TIE SUMMER MAID.
W A Hammock in which One Looks us wei
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