The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-29

shIca il 80 be divided In equal
shares among the s8tsserissvfs after
rcr rNnt bonus hAs heen divided
among the crew. sho hNYe aigani
for fige Tears No fewrg ihsa sta
annkeu sbips have tseea accurately
iucated. sud .tli hs wurkea upon
the moment the Aiffed Sobts arris-
ea 10 the Indian esesn
First comes The trpapshlp More
stein. lost tn sajdhaaa bat of tHl
ton island Gardiner has located the
Merwsseiu sn eighteen and one haif
sathnuas of water on . kS bottom
She carried $500 .ooa worth of gold
ingots and 81 600. GOO of aitser bars
II IL certain that the treasure has nos
so far been disturbed
Next comes the famous Uorothea
lost off the Zulu coast. Two miles
east of Cape Vidal, tn very shallow
water between four and seven Ia
thoms, This little steamer had on
board s3.225. 600 worth OF gold.
which the late President Kruger is
said TO have stolen from the mines
and consigned to South Africa
against the evil day hia shrswd tudg~
ment foreSaw In the near future
And thirdly comes the Thermopy
lac. which lies under six or seven
fathoms off Green Point faashlight
4 little work has already been done
on this ship. and "A great number Of
bars OF copper. pure tin and some
tons OF silver ore taken out OF her.
But this was before the vessel broke
up, and the rest OF her silver treasure
amounting TO about 100000 worth.
still remains.
The fourth wreck is the Wilhelm
Der Secunda, ashore at Martha's
Point. For two whole seasons she
was sought, and ultimately discover
ed by the Dutch diver, Steyn. She is
known to have carried over 5000
900 worth of gold and diamonds.
much of 1t captured from three pir-
ates in the waters around about ia
va and the Dutch Indies generally.
Diver Steyn recovered several bars
with his own hands, but no regular
work has so far been undertaken, as
the necessary appliances were lack
ing
The Crayenstein, also sought by
the new expedition, was an armed
merchantmen belonging to the gov
ernment of the Netherlands. and was
wrecked so long ago as 1893. 1t was
| in January OF last year that Capt.
Gardiner located the remains OF this
! ship in six fathoms Oft Oudekraat
and he took cross bearings In orde
the more accurately to localize he
in future
/! The sixth ship is also a Dutch yes
sci, the Middleburg, with cargo OF
bullion bars, tin, lead and silver
Gardiner has already located and ex-
amined this treasure ship, which lies
in only three fathoms in Hoetjes bay.
Work was begun upon her, but the
small pumps which Captain Gardln-
er had with him were insufficient TO
keep down the sand in which the
wreck lies.
The master of the little Alfred NO
bel is surely the champion wrecker
tion of fifteen other vessels; and to
make the story complete-how Ste
venson would have reveled in it
he has supplied the company flnan-
cling him with a complete set OF
charts, on which the positions of the
various treasure ships are accurately
marked.
Thus for the next few months all
ewes will be turned to the south Atri-
can coasts, for it is expected that the
South African Salvage company
shareholders are about to get re-
turn on their money such rs was new
er dreamed of even by stockholders
during the famous South Sea Bubble.
New York Tribune.