THE STEAMER RIO DE JANEIRO.
"The steamer Rio de Janeiro," says a late San Francisco paper, "may soon yield up the treasures which she carried underthe waves when she was wrecked in the Golden Gate on the Morning of Feburary 22nd. Captain John Ross, %. veteran mariner, who mailed out of 'Frisco for thirty years, and who has been in the wrecking business for ten years, declares that he has located th© Rio, and that he has known for six weeks where she is lying, but for important reasons did not make his find known. These reasons, he says, were three in number:—Other persons were seeking the wreck; he did not care to show his hand until he had authority from the owners of the Rio to go to work on her, and Ihe -weather conditions were such, that diving was impossible.
1 Ross has now obtained authority from a majority of the owners. He filed a report with the Rio Wrecking Company, by which he is employed, reciting that the ■preck has been located, and touching on his plans for the future. He did not give the location of the sunken vessel, nor the depth of water she is in, but merely announced that he had found her."
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Wanganui Chronicle, 25 July 1901, Page 1
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208THE STEAMER RIO DE JANEIRO. Wanganui Chronicle, 25 July 1901, Page 1
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