Who says history is old?
BERLIN WW II RUIN-- The August 17th DW-World reports that the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church tower, all 230 feet of it, is indanger of collapse from the original damage done by A British bomb, age, and traffic vibration from the busy street it is located on. Cost to repair it will be over $5.1 million.
1837 BRITIH WHALING SHIP FOUND-- off Kure Atoll in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands. Four big anchors, cannons and cannonballs found. It could be the Gledstanes which was lost in rough seas in the area around that year.
It is the fourth whaling ship discovered there whih points out to the large amount of whaling done in the area in the 19th century. Not much is known of the ship.
The expedition will also look for artifacts from the USS Saginaw which was also lost by the Kure Atoll in 1870 as well as the whaling ship Parker which was lost in 1842.
From August 16th Honolulu Advertiser.
New Stuff About Old Stuff. --Old Coot
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