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COCOS ISLAND EXPEDITION NO TREASURE FOUND (United Press Assn —Elec. Tel. Copyright) SAN FRANCISCO, April 6 It is announced that Mr Fred Lewis has docked his yacht Stranger at San Pedro after searching for the Cocos Island treasure. He says he is convinced that the loot remained at Lima. It was announced in a message from Los Angeles on February 22 that Mr Lewis would sail shortly with 25 tons of machinery for dredging and digging to join Mr James A. Forbes, organiser of the expedition which claimed to have located the loot of Lima on Cocos Island. Mr Forbes and his party of Costa Rican soldiers were to join the Stranger at Punta Arenas, Costa Rica.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21082, 8 April 1940, Page 2
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