PIRATES’ GOLD.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9007, 21 November 1907, Page 4

PIRATES’ GOLD.

TWO SEARCHERS GROSS THE ATLANTIC IN A SMALL BOAT. Two adventurous Liverpool men. have crossed the Atlantic alone in a '4Mt. boat in quest of £240,000 in Spanish gold, said to have been hidden by pirates long ago on a little island in the Spanish Slain. Captain Small, who is the navigator, lias a crew of one with him in his 45ft. yawl, the Catherine, of Liverpool, which arrived a few days ago at St. George’s, Bermuda. He is still very enthusiastic about the prospects of his expedition, which is in search of treasure said to have been planted more than 100 years ago by the famous pirate Latrobe. The whereabouts of the gold is said to have been fixed almost to a certainty. ■ The Catherine sailed from Liverpool on June 7th last, and, after spending throe or four weeks along the Irish coasts, finally sailed from Tuskar, Ireland. After being at sea; about 20 days, during which time she encountered very severe weather, tire Catherine reached Ponta del Garda, in the Azores, on July 21st. Repairs were effected there, and on August Ist the voyage was resumed. All went well until the ISth when a tremendous cyclone struck the frail craft, the velocity of the wind being 00 miles an hour, while the sea was running 35ft. high. Captain Small decided to run south out of the track of the cyclone, and so shaped a course for Bermuda. When in latitude 20 the Catherine was becalmed for 24 days, during which long time the provisions and water ran short, aud the two men wore practically in a state of starvation. The Catherine proceeds to New York from Bermuda, aud thence to the Spanish Main.