Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-01
FIND SUNKEN SHIP
WITH S5,OlO,O())
Divers Locate Treasure Yes
sci After Long Search
Off French Cape.
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Alberto Gisnni, chief diver, put on the
headpiece to talk with him.
How far can you sse?" asked Gianni
'About two yards" was the answer
from the ocean floor.
"Can you see anything"
'No, not yet
At that moment Signor Bargellin
could see nothing but dim green light
all around him. Five minutes before
it had been blackness, but now his eyes
were getting accustomed to the under
water light
Lower a little" said Signor Gianni
to the winchman on deck. Let him
touch the bottom"
Touched bottoml" exclaimed the
Can you see the bottom?" asked
Eignor Gianni.
mo replied Signor Bargellini, ex-
planning he could not see downward as
far as his own feet.
Treasure Ship Is Sighted.
He was hoisted a little and the Artig
what can you see?" asked signor
II can see the end of a ships hull, !"
the diver replied from below. i can
see the taffrail."
How many rails has il?
Three; it's big ship.
ON deck there was pandemonlum.
So this was no rusty green tramp or
Spanish orange boat. TINS was tne
treasure ship which had been sougn.
for eight years and which experts NAG
said could not be found. Inc ArIsio
was moved slowly.
Now I can see three portfolios" said
Sirnor Bargellini over the thin wire
which connected him to his mates.
'sThey are big ones. I think am along
side the forecastle."
"You can tell the forecastle by the
anchors" Sicnor Gianni explained. Inc
Erypt carried them on deck"
IT can't see the deck" the diver re-
piled. rs the sun coming out9 Astern
4 little. Now 1 can see something. IL
looks like crane.
Long Discussion Follows.
A long discussion on the crane iol-
lowed. How tall was II?
Signor Bargellini could not ten. Feer-
ing from a yard away he could see onIy
a few feet of It's base. But IL was large
and made of steel plate. at.
A hydraulic crane is easily oisIIii-
ruished by a vertical piston. with pun
leys on top, over which steel capies
pass. The difhculty was TO get tne
diver even for a moment opposite the
,,ixton He was raised and lowered ana
raised again while the crane FIRST pre-
sented an enigmatic butt end to MS
window and then faded away altogether
in the green half light.
For half an hour the game of hide
and seek went on. The voice OF the
diver In his steel shell at the bottom
of the sea came bgiskly over the teie-
phone and could be heard across the
desk.
Once he failed to answer promptly
IN a question from above and in hash
the careless gayety of his mates became
tense silence and the man at the tele-
phone called his name urgently again
and again with fear IN his voice. steer
cables are known to break and even
inch-tFick glass may sometimes crack.
Water Sc fathoms deep exerts a pres
sure equal to that in locomotive, poiier
and; can crush the life from man In
no time. If joint fails or the glass
bursts you may dig what Is left OF
your diver out Of his shell with mar
lin spike.
Finds the Crane.
At last Signor Bargellinf found what
he wanted and came up to report that
he had seen a hydraulic crane OF the
type carried by the Egypt. AS he moved
aft he saw a deckhouse-probaply the
chart house--then a ladder Leading
down from the boat deck to the hurri-
cane deck on the starboard side, ana,
finally, starboard midshtp, the hydraunc
crane,
The crane was vitality important, and
Sionor Franceschi, second diver,
promptly went down to confirm Signor
Rargellini's report The tide was turn
ing and for a time he saw nothing put
three congereels and few rocks. Tnen
he saw something looming through the
green twilight and found himself pump
ing against q life boats dayit SO large
that it could only belong TO a good
sized shin. In q second attempt he
found himself on the boat deeK, dropped
over the side and found rows OF 10
inch portholes--a liners ports, beyond
To realize the dificulty Of divers
tasks one must remember he is near
Iy blind. He cannot locate an object
in the distance and ask to be removed
toward it. He sees it only by chance
as it passes within six feet oil MS lace.
Gianni Goes Down.
Signor Gianni finally settled the ques-
ton OF cranes by going down himself.
He landed between the Egypt's tunnels
and close TO one of them. Moving for
ward, he saw water tanks and insula-
tors, which he eagerly picked out on
the ships plan when he came up. He
was so determined to know exactly
where he was that he began rushing
tip and down between the Egypt and
the Artiglio at 10-minute intervals,
dropping down to the bottom of the
Atlantic and bobbing UP. with no more
trouble than a man might have in using
an elevator and without much more loss
Of time.
1t was very different from the endless
Sdecompressing" of the rubber-shirted
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