SEARCH FOR TREASURE.
SHIP BURIED FOR 112 YEARS. By TelcerapU-Prcss Assoclation-Copyrlchi London, March 3. Tho "Daily Telegraph" reports that Captain Gardiner, of the salvage steamer Lyons, discovered the treasure ship Lutine, which has been buried for 112 years in ' tho sand near Terschelling, in the North Sea. Tho search for treasure, estimated, at one million pounds sterling, is proceeding.
[La Lutine, which was wrecked in 179!), contained much bullion and money. The Dutch Government claimed tho wreck, and granted one-third of the salvage in 1801 to the bullion-fishers. After occasional recoveries, the King of the Netherlands ceded to Great Britain (for Lloyd's) half the remainder of the wreck. A Dutch salvage company began operations in August, 1857. At the end of 1859 Lloyd's had received .£22,162 6s. 7d. About =£99,893 in all has been recovered; it is estimated that over a million remains.] '
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1068, 6 March 1911, Page 5
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143SEARCH FOR TREASURE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1068, 6 March 1911, Page 5
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