DIVER FINDS WRECK
SPANISH _GALLEON REPUTED GOLD HOARD SUNKEN AZTEC TREASURE (11 a.m.) NEW YORK, April 14. Divers yesterday again located off Key West the sunken Spanish galleon, Santa Rosa which, according to legend, sailed from Mexico in 1520 with 30,000,000 dollars’ worth of stolen Aztec gold. Divers first found the wreck in 1940 but the war caused a discontinuation of salvage operations. The chief diver. Mr. Irwin Williamson, who re-located the wreck in 146 ft. of water, said he and other divers searched the hull for 43 minutes, but because they feared the timbers might collapse they did not reach the section where the treasure was likely to be found. He added that the search would be continued when the.seas became quieter. Legend says that the Aztec king. Montezuma, because of Cortez's betrayal of his friendship. placed a terrible curse on the treasure.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21997, 15 April 1946, Page 3
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