Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-07-04
BIG FIND OF RELICS,
Three Gun Carriages Secured From
Wreck of Royal Savage.
j. G.. Falcons Successful Search at
Valcour Island-Burlington Gets
One OF Them and the Smithson-
ian Institute the Other Two.


on Lake Champlain was made Wednos-
day afternoon 10y J. @. Falcon of Evans
ton, Ill. and a force of men who have
been employed for some time by the city
water works. Mr. Falcon is a diver of
much experience and has devoted some
time to searching for relics and doing all
torts Of work under water He completed
his work for the city severnl days ago
but upon being informed of the location
Sf the schooner Royal Savage, which was
3unk south of Nalcour Island in 1916, he
determined to Investigate the wreck and
1 possible secure some relics.
With force of men, a barge with der
hicks and all equipments for the work he
vent to the island Wednesday afternoon
When he reached the bottom of the lake
N about 20 feet of water ne discovered the
sell-defned outlines of the schooner. lie
lCund three gun carriages, quantity OF
cannon balls and some smaller articles.
With the aid of the derrick the relics
we're h0istcd TO the barge and brought
70 this city. The three gun carriages are
Me most interesting parts of the nnd.
Although much eaten by rust and dam
iged by action of the water they stil re-
,ain their original form and appearance,
They are constructed Of wood and iron
md In many places the wood is eaten
iway until there is hardly enough left to
hold the structure together. The wood Is
now partially petriiied and is almost as
tulid us rock. The iron bars and bolts
Of the carriage are corrodcd and covered
NTH large punches of rust, some of them
being nearly as large as a mans fst The
carriages are two feet high, three feet
wide and four feet long They weigh In
the vicinity of 200 pounds each. one Of
the carriages has been CIV eli to the city
OF burlington by Mr. Falcon but the 9th
er two were boxed yesterday and shipped
to the Smithsonian institution at Wash
ington, d. c.
MIR. Falcon spent about two hours In
search of the relies and aside from the
carriages secured about 80 cannon balls
and shot. Among them were chain shot,
bar shot, grape shot and solid shot. He
also secured Il RIB of the boat and some
rigging. 1t is his intention to make an
other visit to the spot where the boat
was sunk and find, if possible some more
Interesting relics
\ large number Of people gathered al
the dock Thursday to see the relics. AL
though several previous attempts have
been made to get portions of the wreck
they have been unsuccessful with one or
two exceptions, when small articles, such
as a few shot and small pieces of wood
from the boat were taken From a histor-
teal standpoint the find is most valua-
bic one, and further Developments may
lead to the discovery of the papers of
Gen. Arnold. which were lost at the time
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