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The Write Team Daily: "Ship Of Gold"
Today's episode of The Write Team Daily returns to September 12, 1857, when the SS Central America disappeared beneath the Atlantic Ocean carrying hundreds of passengers—and a fortune in California Gold Rush treasure.
Known as “The Ship of Gold,” the steamship was traveling toward New York when it encountered a powerful hurricane off the Carolina coast. Passengers and crew desperately fought to keep the vessel afloat, but on September 12 the Central America finally surrendered to the storm. Hundreds died, and tons of gold vanished beneath more than a mile of ocean.
The treasure remained lost…
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