Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-10
GHOST
Still HAlJNTs
The SEA

Much OF the mystery that surrounds
the sinking OF the White Star liner
Titanic with 1000 or her passengers,
lon April is. 1912. may be dispelled BY
the discovery Of wreck. believed TO
be part Of the hulk OF the illstarred
vessel. standing on end In the At
jlantic ocean on the Grand Banks Of
Newfoundland, practically in the spot
where the disaster occurred. Capt.
Remnant Of the British steamship
Luciiine, which recently arrived at
Philadelphia from Bordeaux reported
sighting the derelict and the United
States photographic once has begun
an Investigation to learn more about
the wreck
Should the vessel sighted By the
Lucilfne prove to be the remains Of
the Titanic, the story Of the memora-
BILE wreck should be rewritten. The
fact that, after more than q year, the
hulk stands vertically In the water,
prctruding eight feet or more above
the surface, would indicate that Q
submerged ledge Of rock had pre-
vented the wreck from going to the
bottom Of the sea. II such ledge
exists and evidences Of one we're re-
ported as long ago as 1923 then Il Is
probable that the laundering of the
Titanic was caused BY the hidden OBJ
sttruction ripping open her hull. as
much as BY her collision with the
iceberg. It may be that the frozen
mountain was anchored In the path
or the big steamer by grounding on the
sunken rocks. Should these theories
prove to be facts. Captain Smith, who
was in command Of the Titanic and
persisted when his vessel went down.
would be absolVed of the charge OF
lack Of vigilance. Damage suits
against the international Mercantile
Marine, based on the disaster. would
fall, leading admiralty lawyers say.
for the same reason.
Captain Remnant Of the Luciline is
inclined to believe that what he saw
was the skeleton Of the Titanic, or q
part Of 1t. He reported that in lati-
tude 39.40, longitude 1919, he sighted
q comparatively old wreck, standing
vertically in the water, with about
eight feet of its length extending
above the waves The Titanic went
down in latitude 4l40, longitude 50.14.
The wreck was covered with q marine
growth Of comparatively recent for
nation, tending to show that It had
been In the water little more than q
year.
The derelict had the appearance.
Captain Remnant said, of being held
down by anchors In shoal water and
Of being buoyed up by water-tight
compartments He is Of the opinion
that II Is the forward part Of the
Titanic, which, II, was said, split In
two Just before It sank.
Mariners say there Is every reason
to credit the existence Of submerged
ledge Of rock at or near the spot
Titanic was destrOed. On
various occasions three different OBJ
structions OF such character have
been reported The position occupied
BY the wreck reported By the master
Of the Luciline Is remarkably close to
the point where breakers were seen:
by Hervagault In 1923, in latitude
41.02, longitude 1923. Breakers were
again reported in the same spot In
1927 and In 1856 an obstruction, con-
sisting Of three sunked rocks, with
q long ledge, was reported In latitude
1927, longitude 1906. The calcula-
ton or the position Of the grave Of
the Titanic, latitude 41.40, longitude
50.14, as well as those of the sunken
rocks, are all approximate. and prob
ably are the same spot
Lieutenant Commander Landenber-
ger, United States photographer, said
the matter is one of she utmost Inn
portance. He asserted that the gov
eminent should dispatch a surveying
vessel to the scene Of the disaster to
establish or disprove at once the ex-
Istance Of the sunken ledge The
fact that an old wreck was seen there.
he said, is an evidence that some
such menace to navigation exists In
hat part OF the ocean.
It Is thought that the sunken rocks
may be the pinnacles OF mountains
whose base is In the bed of the ocean
assert that such peaks
exist in both the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans Many of the Southern Pa
life islands, It Is said, were formed
BY coral insects and In other ways,
with the summit Of submarine
mountain as the nucleus.
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