TREASURE HUNT.
SEARCH FOR SUNKEN SHIP THIRD EXPEDITION SAILS. (»T ASSOCIATION—COrrRJQUT) (HEUTM'S TBUGEAUS.) (Beccived October 2nd, 11.15 p.m.") VANCOUVER, October 1. After two previous abortive attempts, a third treasure-hunting expedition starts to-day in an effort to locate the Ward Line steamer Merida, which was rammed and sunk at son by tho United States battleship lowa, 18 years ago. The vessel carried 3,000,000 dollars' yvorth oi' gold and silver, and an enormous amount of copper, consigned by the Mexican Government to New York, in an effort to save it from tho Madero revolution. It is also believed that the ship's safe contained tho famous Maximilian rubies, belonging to the Empress Marie Charlotte, the mad widow of the illfated ruler. Many prominent American society men are backing the expedition, whioh includes three of the most espert divers in the country. As the esaet position of the wreck ifi unknown, the adventurers have a difficult task ahead. All they have to go by is the record of an officer on the battleship, that the vessel was sunk 45 wiles oast and half a mile north of Cape Charles.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18194, 3 October 1924, Page 9
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TREASURE HUNT.
Press, Volume LX, Issue 18194, 3 October 1924, Page 9
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