The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-01-19

And now and then, embedded
in otherwise prosaic facts, she
records romances and acts of
heroism worthy of great novels. Such
a reversal of history and act of hero.
Ism was found the other day anent
the Treasure Ship of Tobermory."
A word regarding the parallel. Amer
lean newspapers have been telling
lately of plans for raising the battle
ship Maine, sunk by an explosion in
Havana harbor. Much has been writ
ten of the way she was destroyed, and
the part that possible Spanish treach-
cry played in it. The Treasure Ship
of Tobermory," n of the Spanish Ar
mada, was blown up in a Scotch loch
more than two centuries ago.. Span
lsh treachery caused the disaster. The
ancient galleon, the hull of which is
being uncovered, was I'M of the feet
sent by Spain to humble England and
change the destiny of the Anglo-Saxon
peoples. In the modern parallel, the
destruction of the Maine ended Span
lsh rule in America, and forced the
United States into the far east by way
of the Philippines. The parallel and
reversal may go still further-but let
the facts shape the romance.
Details have recently reached Amer
lea as to how the treasure seekers in
Scotland are recovering the loot of the
Spanish galleon. The picture and the
synopsis that goes with it explain
themselves. They disclose three meth
DDS for bringing to. light the beams of
African oak, annon shot, swords,
arquebuses and lead shot, the silver
plate and Spanish "pieces-of-eight' bu-
ried in the sea mud that has been
piling up on the sea bed for genera
lions. . ,
First the diver probes the sea bed
with along steel rod. When he finds
Indications of wreckage the well-boring
apparatus is moved up. 1t is like
those used here in making artesian
shafts, only attached to a boat. The
pipe and auger are driven downward
through the sea bed until sp%linters Of
ancient oak or metal in the bore indi-
cate the presence of wreckage from
the galleon. Then the other boat of
the treasure hunters is moored over
the spot. 1t is provided with an iron
pipe reaching to the bottom of the
loch. On the deck this is connected
with a powerful centrifugal sand
pump. The pump sucks up sand, mud
and water from the sea bed. The out
let curves over the side of the boat
and under it are wire screens which
have retained shot, some sword hits,
and stilettos from the Spanish wreck
that we're buried in the mud.
This is not a search for treasure at
haphazard, either. Enough is known
of the Spanish galleon, how she
came to be in a Scotch loch, and of
her destruction to warrant all this ex-
pense and trouble.
That you know about the Spanish
Armada goes without saying. This
story begins after the English navy
met the Spaniards in a running sea
fight in the British channel, and the
Armada drew out of the battle lines
and came to anchor off the coast of
Flanders. The truce was a short one.
brakes fireships appeared, threaten
ing destruction of the Spanish gal
Icons. The Armada, still numbering
120 battleships, troopships and con-
voys, slipped their cables and fed up
the North sea. There than half
of them were wrecked in a great storm
or were driven, crippled, ashore. Only
ffty-three shattered hulks Of the 12O
limped back to Spain.
Some of the Spanish ships went to
pieces on the coast of Scotland, others
to the west Of Ireland, and some as
far north as the Scotland islands. 1.-THE
Treasure Ship of Tobermory" escaped