Submarine Appliances And Their Uses
Deep Sea Diving, &c., &c.

of the estimated value of two millions sterling. On board were also a number of priests, and amongst the treasure was a considerable quantity of valuable church orna- ments, etc. Photo 104 shows encrusted bottles, two scabbards, etc. Photo 104A shows pieces op oak, stone shot in basket, human bones including portion op a skull, small gun, deeply encrusted, etc. Amongst other relics recovered are a number of silver plates, coins, etc., etc. In the year 1874 Mr. Gush, a well-known Scottish diver, was engaged by the then Duke of Argyll to look for this wreck, and found, amongst other articles, a small cannon, pistol, coins, etc. ; and during the past couple of years Mr. James Gush, of Greenock, has followed in his father’s footsteps, working from his own salvage ves- sel, the Pearner. TREASURE RECOVERY FROM THE DEEP. £90,000 recovered f rom the ' Alphonso XII.” The treasure seeker’s operations, whether on land or under the sea, are usually surrounded with a halo of romance, and without doubt the branch of submarine work which appeals most to the popular imagin- ation is that which is concerned with the recovery of treasure from the deep. Great was the excitement when the chief of the expedition sent out to recover the treasure which went down in the Alphonso XII., in 160ft. of water off Point Gando, Grand Canary, cabled home : Copyright. Diver Alexander Lambert forcing his way to the treasure room of the s.s. Alphonso XII, from which he recovered seven chests containing £70,000 in gold coin. Another diver recovered £20,000. ^90,000 in coin of the Spanish realm, which, before the appliances would have been irrecoverably lost ! “ Lambert has got both scuttles open, and got into the magazines. The boxes of gold are there. ” advent of modern diving It was Lambert, too, who saved the situation when the Severn Tunnel was flooded some years ago. A certain door in the drainage tunnel (8ft. by 8ft.) had been inadvertently left open. The door was situated about a quarter of a mile from the 176