San Francisco, May 16.
Mr. Charles Haikell, the head of a San Francisco salvaging com-any, to-day filed notice that he has located the wreckage of the steamship Rio de. Jazeiro.
The Rio de Janeiro was sunk on February 22, 1901, just outside the Golden Gate, the entrance to San Francisco Bay. In the tragedy 128 persons lost their lives.
At the time of the disaster the Rio de Janeiro was inbound from Shanghai and Yokohama. It is believed here, but has not been es-{tablished definitely, that the vessel carried a large quantity of gold bullion from Shanghai.
Many persons prominent in the Far East were abroad the Ri Janeiro and several lost their live The vessel was a Pacific Mfr. Haikell pla salvage operations in the sunken wreckage of the ill-fated Rio de Janeiro. In hope of finding gold he has made, arrangements to pro-coed with the salvage operatic speedily as possible—United Pre London, May 16.
A puzzled group of relatives today bade farewell at Sunderland docks to the crew of a mystery] ship, Reclaimer, a salvage—shu which left for an unknown destin tion.
No one connected with the owners of the Reclaimer would give any clue to her destination and nct, even the crew have been told where they are going. The cap-Sa has sealed orders which he will not open till the Reclaimer well under way in the North So The belief in Sunderland is that she is going out to salvage the Dutch liner Tubantia, which was sunk in the North Sea with a cargo of a million sterling geld bullion intended to bolster up Germacy's credit in South America. The money was concealed in Dutch submarine that sank the treasure ship.—Through Reuter.
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