Show ONE OF THE GALLEONS OF SPAIN mystery in dismantled hulk which has evidently lain for bener tons in the pacific ocean under the waters ol 01 san diego bay over by point loma cal in the vicin ity of the quarantine station lies the dismantled hulk of some ancient gal icon leon which has probably lain there for generations As to how it got there and as to whether it belonged to cabrillo or the fleet of some other explorer can be merely a matter of surmise but its construction indicates that it Is of very ancient date it is said that the portuguese have known of its whereabouts for or a long time past as they sail over the m water ater all about that section it remained however for two young men john and a companion one day recently to bring in the first tangible proof of its existence in some manner they learned of the whereabouts of the old vessel and there being an exceptionally low tide they started out to investigate it after some little difficulty they cocat ed a part of the bow of what seemed to have once been a large vessel of very ancient construction As tar far as they could get out in the water they found some ten feet of the bow and the rest probably lies be yond that in deep water vater to a consid erable extent the heavy planking has ha been torn off by the tides which have swept over the old hulk for many years leaving bare huge ribe ribs over a foot in diameter showing the vessel to have been a large one upon in vesti gatlon gation of the planking which remained they found that in the whole construction not a single piece of iron or nails in any form had been used by the bull builders ders most of the plank planks had been attached by means of wooden wooded pins and what was still more re they found in several spike spikes of copper with considerable difficulty they removed one or two of the spikes and brought them back to the city the spikes are about six inches long and plainly forged out by hand band the wreck Is a matter of much speculation among those who have known of its existence and there might be an interesting tale in connection with it the probabilities are that it is one of the deserted galleons of some old spanish adventurer of an dent clent days which was as sunk in the tha sands and had bad been gradually worn away by the action of a century a tides san francisco call |