Show HISTORIC SLOOP IS DUG FROM SANDS AT MONTEREY monteo auldy supposed to be the ship on which napoleon bonaparte escaped from elba monterey cal the historic french alood natall natalie said to have been the vessel on which napoleon escaped from exile on the island of elba in Q 1815 was dug from frore the surf sands bands of monterey bay here recently paz ts of the old craft were salvaged for or museum purposes for the third time in the last 25 years the tides had bad exposed the hulk bull at least what the waters of nearly i years had left of it and H J leppert a blacksmith took advantage of the opportunity wading out into the water he saw the sands bands slowly were covering the timbers and realized that by morning there probably would not be a of the vessel in eight he be returned to his shop got jack screw and a crowbar and enlisted the aid of three friends lenda fr the four men worked until nearly midnight with the high tide about their shoulders and necks before they succeeded in forcing loose the teakwood stumps of the natalie finally they amera assembled bled on tho beach eleven knees four large timbers thirteen copper bolts and smaller p parts arts of the vessel A remarkable feature was the perfect preservation of the copper bolts which showed chewed no signs of corrosion after the tides of a century had was washed bed them the men reported that other portions of the natalie were too deeply embedded to be removed the natalie was blown ashore here in IM 1833 when the crew a pug gang of smugglers smuggler from mexico abandoned her to attend a calcarone Casc Cas acone carone ball at monterey As the be crew danced at the old eld ti fiefia a storm arose and the vessel was beached S she he was subsequently dismantled and nd part palt of her timber was used to build the abrego house in hion monterey terey her bow Is in the M IEL EL de young memorial museum in golden gate park san francisco Franc laco |