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The clumsy diving bell method was the only one known at that time, but when, twenty years later, the Spaniards had to swallow their chagrin and send again for the same wrecking party to assist them on the same task, modern diving suits were in use and more money was recovered  no mean triumph for the crew of the Eliza Ann! THE CLUMSY DIVING BELL METHOD WAS THE ONLY ONE KNOWN AT THE TIME BUT WHEN TWENTY YEARS LATER THE SPANIARDS HAD TO SWALLOW THEIR CHAGRIN AND SEND AGAIN FOR THE SAME WRECKING PARTY TO ASSIST THEM ON THE SAME TASK MODERN DIVING SUITS WERE IN USE AND MORE MONEY WAS RECOVERED NO MEAN TRIUMPH FOR THE CREW OF THE ELIZA ANN
nd has been lowered by alien hands into a forever unmarked grave. Quite naturally the business of "wrecking"--that is, saving the pieces--came to be the trade of a number of Cohasset citizens, and so expert did Cohasset divers and seamen become that they were in demand all over the world. One of the most interesting salvage enterprises concerned a Spanish frigate, sunk off the coast of Venezuela. Many thousand dollars in silver coin were covered by fifty feet of water, and it was Captain Tower, of Cohasset, with a crew of Cohasset divers and seamen, who set sail for the spot in a schooner bearing the substantial name of Eliza Ann. The Spanish Government, having no faith in the enterprise, agreed to claim only two and one half per cent of what was removed. The first year the wreckers got fourteen thousand dollars, and the second they had reached seven thousand, when the Spaniards became so jealous of their skill that they had to flee for their lives (taking the seven thousand, however). D OF SEAWEED UPON THE SAND AND HAS BEEN LOWERED BY ALIEN HANDS INTO A FOREVER UNMARKED GRAVE QUITE NATURALLY THE BUSINESS OF WRECKING THAT IS SAVING THE PIECES CAME TO BE THE TRADE OF A NUMBER OF COHASIC CITIZENS AND SO EXPERT DID COHASIC DIVERS AND SEAMEN BECOME THAT THEY WERE IN DEMAND ALL OVER THE WORLD ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING SAVAGE ENTERPRISES CONCERNED A SPANISH FRIGATE SUNK OFF THE COAST OF VENEZUELA MANY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SILVER COIN WERE COVERED BY FIFTY FEET OF WATER AND IT WAS CAPTAIN TOWER OF COHAASAT WITH A CREW OF COHASIT DIVERS AND SEAMEN WHO SET SAIL FOR THE SPOT IN A SCHOONER BEARING THE SUBSTANTIAL NAME OF ELIZA ANN THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT HAVING NO FAITH IN THE ENTERPRISE AGREED TO CLAIM ONLY TWO AND ONE HALF PER CENT OF WHAT WAS REMOVED THE FIRST YEAR THE WRECKERS GOT FOURTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THE SECOND THEY HAD REACHED SEVEN THOUSAND WHEN THE SPANIARDS BECAME SO JEALOUS OF THEIR SKILL THAT THEY HAD TO FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES TAKING THE SEVEN THOUSAND HOWEVER
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