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Show DIVING I'OH LOSF GOLD. E DIVERS RECOVCH NEAflLY lULF A MILLION OF MONEY, , tli Tres"" ! "' AlpbeaaeMr, SonleOffllisCaiierjItlaiila, tlaaa.snrnl k,C.ptl Uetse Cl Woik-Mse aiaallia t Tell Hatow Wstsf Some lime igo we Riro an Interesting seroaiit of tlie lilting cahlblt at llio ural nUbltton and referred trltftyto tbo rpcorcrjr of R rut quantity of trcas-ire trcas-ire from tlie Allhonso XII Mr A. I) gterens A ton of Caitaln btevens who ts I charge of tlie eipedltlon, ncAv writes u f II' lo reoraary, 1PI, the tfpicl.h tnnll il imer Alp 'no XII belonging lo Ilia 1jkiIIiio boir-nlfr m Cadis to Havana, sins' off I'olnt Onnao, HrnnJ Canary, In teni'uto aul n half fathoms of water end about n mile from tho shoro She bad lxnriJ tlOOOOO worth of BiaaUh dollars tlicso bclni? tho only (liea lltr ilecce bearing tho yi.ir 181 L wbi bit to specially coined for tho trip. The Insurance h cllce. led on tho tprelo ,tl,IoyJ and was paldorer to the hi-surtrs hi-surtrs after tho ireuet foundered. More than a year bid elapsed bofora the on Krwrltert orifinlzM n ml vajo expedition ex-pedition anil In May, 1SSS Captain I T Stetcns, Lloyds surveyor of gnat eipetlcnco In stlvsgo operations mi Intrusted with tho cipedition, tallnj vi'b bint throe trell known dircro namely, ilrssrs. I.mnbrrl, Teeter anl Dsvis Hj clal ilh log apparatus ha 1 to be cmitrui.trd for the work by Messrs. Mtbo ik Oorniin, the subuiirliio ookI necra, an 1 In tho above inonth Captain Elevens an 1 his men hft Urcrjiool In the steamship Klgir for L-vt 1'almas, an I arrived at their dettluallou on tho Mill BcfJIsy lociTiia niit wnrnc On tho morning of tho SO 111 Captain El Tins preceded In tho steam lanni.li Allitnta In search of tho wreck, a strong trsJovln'l from the northeast, with it cnoipy soi Mowing at llio time. On arriving at her sit posed position h steamed abont, sonndlngat Intcrrals, en elravorln; to strlko tho wreck, but fulled toilo so. On tain Stevens then employed a t at screw of fishermen to ntaht him lo finding In r, and after sumo littlo tlmo then, herm n gnroa signal, nn 1 on steam-h steam-h s op he foun 1 that they lutd swept the foretopgallnlraast,andunlooklnjidon thronb II o water ho distinctly siw the ibjjow of tho iiust and the forctopgal. luttall loose and llontlngln the watir at a depth cf six fathoms. Ho then bad the topgallantraait bnoyrd, an 1 as soon as tho weflthor moderated ho Intended laying doim moorings, so as to place tho ressd In such n position that the dlTtng wis to bo dono from directly ot Ttlo wreck. Tl e money was In tho mall room, aline al-ine u at tho bottom of tho ycmqI, an 1 to obuin access to tint 1 art of tho aiilp It was found necauury to blow up tho ilocLt. Thedangenanddlfllcnltlesnblch were eiporionccd In these operations w ero of lhu most titraordlnnry nature. Kot only bra rcry, bnt great p-itieuco andper-scuraneo, andper-scuraneo, liad to bo exercised, as test! fed bylhe fact that Captain tittvens and kls plucky divers wore about nlno months ts tbo island before tbey bad completed Uxlrtask The wrick lay on a rldgo of rocks, anl roe of tbo fears r ntertaloed bofore Uio explosion ex-plosion was effected was that tho force mtfht proclpltato the vcshI to almost fuhoniless deaths. Hut fortunately, through Caitaln btevens great expcrl-toie expcrl-toie In tho mo of etploslvea, tho fear was not realised. all tier fiO 000 IXCOVTT.tD. When the ei loslon tooL place ono cf the masts shot right out of the water, and thousands of dsad flail camotothe surface. Another difficulty, and proba-Uy proba-Uy the greatest the dhers bad to in-counter, in-counter, was tho iitrcmo I reshuro of tho water at so great a depth, but the gallant gal-lant fellows were most cnthuolaitto in their work, and, although Captain bte-vcushad bte-vcushad bun alisud to aliandon all LopD of rr-covrry of the treaauro, he was Mogutno of succcrs dlnctly fine wtnther would set In. And his hopes wero soou realised, for on Nor IT, aftir waiting sntlotuly anl patiently, ho had tho leainro of w irlug to London as follow s Lambert lias got both scuttlos open, slid succeeded In sending up first box uf roll' This was glorious uews to nil concerned, anl especially to Captain btevens, who hnd cbargo of such a tedl otu undertaking llie saving of the remaining boxes of fol 1 was now merely n ijuesllou of op-tortnnity op-tortnnity Dip lifter dip was mado by ilesitrs. Lambert and Tutor with virl cassucevsa uud by Deo. 1J they had ro-(orervd ro-(orervd bvtween them six boxes, the I on share being obtained by Mr tain-Ltrt, tain-Ltrt, thus leaving a lulanco of four boxea to be ralsod liinwry short time, con-iJrrlnit con-iJrrlnit the unfavorable writlur, they nccietled In sen ling up three more bn . making In all uloo lioxcs, or I'M,-MO I'M,-MO out of 100 000 Dntortunately, tho last box coul 1 not U founl so Oaitaln Bteiens and bis (lucky dhers had to come away without it. opralstllstlo groat for the man I er In w hldi .Mcwrs. I jimbeit and TisU r forked nnder such nn abla coinmnnder 1 b ivo notel them fow facta down from luydoud fat her a log book. Aslhotrras-are Aslhotrras-are cheat an 1 the r-ol 1 dollars nt tho nival oxhlMtlon attract ao mu6h atlcn-lion atlcn-lion I sen 1 j on tluso aildltlon it facta. 1 all Mall liudgit ' , |