1894
Advice has been received at Plymouth of the arrival at Galveston (Texas) of the Norwegian barque Elsa Anderson, having in tow the hull of an English-built brig which is supposed to have been burned at sea more than 50 years ago, and which appeared on the surface of the ocean after a submarine disturbance off the Faroe Islands.
The hull of this strange derelict was covered with sea shells, but the hold and underdecks contained very little water. In the captain's berth were found several iron-bound chest, the contents of which had been reduced to pulp, excepting a leather bag, which required an axe to open it. In it were guineas bearing date 1809 and worth over £1,000. There were also several watches and a stomacher of pearls blackened and rendered valueless by the action of the water. Three skeletons were also found, one of a man nearly 7ft. high.
strange about the 7 ft. man skeleton. ok now i have to look up the phrase "stomacher of pearls". never heard of it.
ReplyDeletehey i looked up stomacher - so now i know! thank you.
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