Transport: Sunken Treasure

When the Lutine bell, hung at the entrance to Lloyd's underwriting room in Leadenhall Street, London, rings once, it signifies bad news for ship brokers.

When the bell rings twice, it means that a ship listed as lost or overdue has been at last reported. One day last week the Lutine bell gave two solemnly joyful clangs. The ship reported was the H. M. S.

Lutine herself, 32-gun pride of the British Navy, which sailed Oct. 9, 1799, from Yarmouth Roads, laden with gold ingots worth $10,000,000. Some of the gold was to pay...

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