AN OLD-WORLD SHIPWRECK

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14042, 28 October 1909, Page 3

AN OLD-WORLD SHIPWRECK

Operations wiucn wero beiiiy earner on uv i/una; Luvt, ui jiouuvs -May, to recover luo la-ujuic im «m,.i..ji*. niCvii H'fic SliSjJciiucu buiiiO \.ct_i>.-i It, la biaieu lnuu Uu " Ui.t<t.->ji x <>. •...« SilOl'Lly lie KbUuiuU, Uilii Vllil.. uers ur luo synuicui,e coiiixineu ki>, iiTiumuu not Co uuanuuu uiu until iliey Jiavo iounu uie u'caaure, or batlsUed tiicniseU'cs tliafc liicl'u la lionu to UnU.

ll was ia the year loi'O that the St. -Anurew, a treasure siiip belonging to the King of i'ortugai, was unt'eu out 01 Jior course lroin jiianuws lo Portugal and wrecked ac what is now Known as Dollar Cove. An ancient document written by oho Francis Porson, au .Englishman on board me doomed ship, wlio acted as the factor of the King of Portugal, states that "by the grace and mercy of Uod the greater part of the crew got salely to land," and that, assisted by sonic of the inhabitants, they saved a large portion of the cargo also. The list ol what they saved includes 8.000 cakes of copper, £(RK)O in cash, eighteen blocks of silver bullion, silver vessels and plate, precious stones, brooches and chains of gold, cloth of arras, ta]>estry, satins, velvets, and four sets of armour for the King of Portugal. This was carried up the dill's and laid on the grass at the top, and, according to the statement of Person, when the work was completed, thre# local squires, with about sixty armed retainers, assaulted the shipwrecked men and carried off all tho treasure.

Evidently the treasure seekers do not rely upon this document, but prefer tho statement of one of the squires concerned (a St. Aubyn) that they rode to tho place to give what help they could, but they saved tho best part of tho crew, bu that tho cargo of treasure they could not save. Three attempts have already been made to discover the treasure. This is the first time, however, that diving and sand pumping have been tried.

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