In Reply to: Re: Bahamas2
posted by Kenneth J. Kinkor on June 02, 1998 at 19:45:30

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Kiesling recalled salvors bringing up ''a big old stove that was kinda neat.'' But a day or two later, when it began to smell, he said, ''we threw it back.'' The excavation took a month; Kiesling returned home after the first three days with souvenirs from the wreck, which he was surprised to learn is against Bahamian law.

''No one asked,'' he said. On a lark, Kiesling said, he tried to microwave one of the mugs in Oregon. What happened?

''KA-BOOM!'' he said, chuckling.

This story ran on page C04 of the Boston Globe on 06/01/98.