Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-19
BELIEVES ICEBERG
THAT SUNK TITANIC
LIES ON MOUNTAIN
English Explorer and Deep
Sea Navigator Has Theory
and Will Seek Position Of
WreckedL Liner

That the iceberg which sunk the liner
t"ahic was Itself aground on the sub
merEed summit OF terranean mountain
the theory of Captain j. Foster Stack
mouse Bnglishman, explorer and deep sea
navigator.
70 prove his theory Captain stackhouse
ih'ends to investigate thoroughly the
scene OF the disaster and determine. n
possible. the exact present position of the
il-fated ship. The investigation is TO be
part OF the schedule Of the International
oeeanographlc Expedition, which. IT is
planned. will set out from London In
May Of the coming year for a seven-ycar
cruise. The expedition will have as its
chlef end the definite locating of some
$500 reported unchartered dangers of the
deep, which, according to the United
states Government, exist In the Pacific
Ocean.
1T has ben reported he said. that
the Titanic sank In 1000 fathoms Of water.
That is at best a guess. At the nearest
point, Il miles distant where the depth Is
actually known. there are 1880 fathoms OF
water.
1T could definitely ascertain that the
Titanic sank in GOO fathoms of water in
quite possible to raise her should think.
] have no intention of doing so myself,
hut for you Americans, with your en-
glneering ingenuity, SO aptly illustrated
in the building OF the Panama Canal, 1t
should be an easy job"
SHIP SANK TO BOTTOM.
you are sure the ship sank to the bot
tom and is not suspended at some mid
way depth where II is held in position by
equal pressure all around?" he was asked
At this point.
quite sure" was the reply.
'The bottom of the Pacific in certain
places we know is covered with chalk.
Chalk Is tho decay OF n she'll about one
third the size of pin head, which in
erusts an infinltestimal sea animal. When
these animals are alive they float on the
surface II these chalk shells. SO tiny
you can hardly see them. can sink to the
bottom why should not massive liner
like the TitanicT'
Now II the iceberg which caused the
ships destruction rested on a submerged
mountain top 1t is quite possible that she
does not lie so deep as is generally sup
posed. That such a mountain exists We
have every reason to believe.
I'm 1877 Captain Maxwell. In 1916 Cap
tain Loup. and in 1855 Captain Marquard
reported a small island at points within
three miles of each other. The mean lati-
tude of these three points is 4s.5S west and
Ali north. That is approximately where
the Titantic went down.
40 FEET UNDER WATER.
"It is definitely stated that ice fell on
the deck Of the Titanic 55 feet above
the water. For that to have happened
the portion OF the Iceberg above water
must have been at least that high. BY
the proportion of icebergs there is eight
times as much below the surface as
above. That means that In all proba-
bility the bottom Of the berg was 40 feet
under water.
1T does not seem improbable, does it,
that the action OF the water could have
worn off during 60 years that much of
the soft ash summit OF g subterranean
yolcano?"
Captain Stackhouse has spent the major
portion OF his life on the sea. He is
Fellow of the Royal Geographical So
clety, OF the Scottish Geographic So
elety and a member OF the Explorers
Club OF America. He is a nephew OF Sli
Jonathan Hutchinson. surgeon in ordinary
10 Queen Victoria and King Edward VII
and one OF the eminent medical men OF
his day