Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-14
British Schooner UucNines
Sights OerellctS Standing on
End Ia Atlantic
Seen IN The Path Where The
IlI.faied Steamer flouDd-
cred Over a YearAg0
Much Of the Mystery May be
Dlspelled by the DlscOv-
cry Of ihe Wreck

Philadelphia, Aug. 13.-Much o
the mystery that surrounded the sink
ing of the White Star liner Titanic
with 1000 of her passengers, on Apri
Is, 1912, may be dispelled by the dis
covery of a wreck, believed to be par
of the hulk Of the ill-starred vessel
standing on end In the Atlantic oceal
off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland
practically in the spot where the dis
aster occurred. Cantain Remnant o
the British steamship Luciline, which
arrived at Philadelphia from BOrdeau,
reported sighting the derelict and the
United States photographic office has
begun an investigation to learn nor
about the wreck. Lieutenant Com
mander Landenberger, United States
photographer stationed in this city
attaches much importance to the re
port.
Should the vessel sighted by the
Luciline prove to be the remains OF
the Titanic, the story of the memor'
able wreck would be rewritten. The
fact that, after than a year, the
hulk stands vertically in the waves.
prOtruding eight feet or more above
the surface, would indicate that a
submerged ledge Of rock had pre-.
vented the wreck from going to tbs
bottom Of the sea. If such a ledge
e%xists-and evidences of one were re
ported as long ago as 1S2S-then il
is probable that the laundering of the
Titanic was caused by the hidden OBJ
structi0n ripping open her hull, as
much as by her collision with the
iceberg. 1t may be that the frozen
mountain was anchored in the patti
Of the big steamer by grounding 81
the snnken rocks, Should these the
cries prove to be facts, Captain
Smith, who was in command Of The
Titanic and persisted when his vesse
went down. would be absolved of thu
charge OF lack. Of viligance. Damage
suits against the International Mer
camille Marine, based Of the disas
ter. would fall, leading admiralit,
lawyers say. for the same eason
Captain Remnant Of the Luciline i
inclined to believe that what ne saw
"a the skeleton Of the Titanic. OF
part of it. He reported that on July
in latitude 39.40, longitude 48.19, HI
sighted a comparatively old wreck
standing vertically in the water, will
about eight feet of its length extend
, ing above the waves. The Titani,
went down in latitude 41.40. Longitude
5O.14. The wreck was covered with
marine growth of comparatively re
cent formation, tending to show tina
It had been in the water a little NOR
than year.
The derelict had the appearance
Captain Remnant said. of being he'll
down by anchors in shoal water. ant
of being buoyed up by water-tigh
compartments. He is of the opinion
that it is the forward part, of he II
tanic, which, 1t was said, split in tw'
! iust before it sank
Mariners say there is every reasol
to credit the existence Of a submerge.
ledge OF rock at or near the sp0
where the Titanic was destroyed. o.
various occasions three, different OF
structions OF. such a character hav'
been reported. The position %occuDie'
by the wreck reported by, the maste
Of the Incline is remarkably clos
to the point. where breakers were see,
by H%eryagault in 1923, in latitnd'
&l.02, longitude 1923. Breakers wart
again reported in the same spot II
1897 and in 1855 an obstruction, con
sisting of three sunken rocks, with ];
long ledge, was reported in latitnd,
1927, longitude 40 .O6. The calcnla
ton of the position Of the grave o
the Titanic, latitude 41.4O, longitud,
f60.14. as we'll as those Of the sunkel
Jocks. are all Approximate, and prob
ably are the same, spot.
Lieutenant Commander Landenber
ger, United States photographer, SAT-
the matter is one Of the utmost i'm
Dortance. He asserted that the gov
ernment should dispatch a surveying
vessel to the scene OF the disaster
to establish or disprove at once tn,
existence of the sunken ledge. Thu
fact that an old wreck was seen there
he said, is an evidence that some sucl
menace to navigation exists in thai
part Of the ocean.
It is thought that the sunken rocks
may be the pinnacles Of mountains
whose base is the bed of the ocean
G%eographers assert that such peaks
exist in both the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans. Many Of the southern Pacif,
Islands, it is said, We're formed by cor
al insects and in other ways, with thu
summit Of a submarine mountain a!
the nucleus.
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