20.000 THRILLS UNDER SEA

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 178, 14 August 1937, Page 15

20.000 THRILLS UNDER SEA

Neptune'? Realm Invadecl

4* Modern invention is fast invading •the privacy of Neptune 's eerie realm. Th© tecfinological genius of sub-sea treasure ©eekers has jugt produced a device which now promises to give the public a shark 'e-eyc view oi mea^s eft'qrts to wresfc Ihe fabulous rlches stowod mthin the hulks pf sunken shflps. v This weird contraption . prdjects, through the nether caverns of th© sea, a flood of light suffieient to pbotograph scenes on motion picture films. Word that the gadget will be used during attempts to retrieve the gold and jewcl -j in the wreck of th© British liner L.usitania conjures up a picture of fautastic adventure. Movie-goers will have the thrill of dropping over thc side of tho salvage ship anchorcd ov©r th© wreck of th© Lusitania oiT the cmerald slopes of Old Head of Einsalc. Grinding film will anwind their elow descent dotvn creepy corridors of bubbllng briu©. They will t'oUow thc slow-motiou niovements of leadeu-shod monsters, half-reeliug, halftloatiflg through dauk dungeous in

phaytom casiles of twistod bteeL And as though that of itseli were npt enough to tax the credulity of the most speeulative imagination, there ds the maguetic appeal' of nll thc wealth the ruythieal monareh of th© raging niain has hoarded up within th© baraaeled bnlkheads of what was once theparser 'a quarters these two and twenty years. Nobody knows how many miHions 4n specie and precious stones wont down • to Davy Jones's the day the giant four-stacker steamed wnth fatai prqcision aeross the intereecting lines on the lens of that lurking periseope. Conservative estimates stop at £800,000. Enthusiasti© guesses range up to £3,000,000. Romantie conjecture paye a fancy rat© pf interest on thc atufib Salvagers say the Lusitania is the tough est job they've ever tackled. wrecked Cunarder may never yueld up her rcputed riches. But if Capt. John B» Craig's dcep-sea camera aerves Wp purpose, th© nalvagera may brifcjj back the makings of aa oyon grjea|§r iortune ih thrilllng ...