GOODWIN SANDS TREASURE.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17112, 6 April 1921, Page 11

GOODWIN SANDS TREASURE.

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■Before long it is probable the .Goodwin Sands, £6 nruc'h. dreaded by. H«l<Jeilmxho sands and within tf few square;.miles,"« »«£' initiation of centuries of shipping disasters. The treasure thus conceded is worth many: milUpns of pounds. According to -a statement made reC eXby,Lrd,Headley, th o; Goodwin ' Sands is not-a "wild cat' tasHeme. Indeed it is far more sound than Vnrtmy-..» saining proposition, bet'cauee the treasure is really there. '.'The statement was made by Lord Headlev in his presidential address to jthe Society of Engineers, at Burlington ■ Varfou* scfaames to TeCover the_trea- : sure, he said, had Deep turned down, but he thought it possible to sink a big floating concrete tower in Trinity Uay, and to run tunnels from this base.ot operations in any direction. Boring •*Wd probably icvcal the presence of many-an. old craft, and the nest question wtrald'ibe to arrange ior; rapid tunAfwmber of other fascinating topics were dealt with by Lord Ilendlcy. Modern science; ho. said, had marched witlv deidly/effatrfc ill the matter, of the destruction of human life in time of war, and it niipht well be argued that-in the ftttttW, wheli the dogs of war, in the shape of harnessed electrons, .-were- let lotec, »bt a single human being would survive oft arrv battlefield. A .general 'office* Bittiiig at his comfortable desk in the. "War Office toudi a" button end release destructive, agencies capable «fs\reepihe hundreds of square miles, and depriving of existence, everj lmng creatuf a thereon. . 4 > Lord Headley is one of our greatest engineering authorities. He has been engaged fcr Borne, rears in foreshore pro"tection works in England and Ireland, and is the author of many .publications on engineering subjects.