Re: Bahamas2
June 02, 1998 at 19:45:30
In Reply to: Re: Bahamas2
posted by Kenneth J. Kinkor on June 02, 1998 at 19:37:08
(cont.)
The crew anchored in a small cove on Eleuthera, then jumped ship just before the storm peaked.The Baltic sank like a sealed shipping crate.
''It was a one-in-a-million wreck,totally locked tight,''recalls Nick Maillis of Eleuthera, who held the salvage permit and had hired Rob McClung to oversee the work. ''I would watch in shame as straw came billowing up because I knew we had just cracked open another crate. But
they just kept blasting. They wanted gold.''
Maillis said the pace of the job was ultimately set by George Moscow, a Bahamian financier who refused to dawdle over salvage artifacts. In a telephone interview, Moscow said he did not remember specifics about the salvage.
''I can't even remember what I had for breakfast today,'' he said.
McClung could not be reached for comment.
Grace Turner, curator of archives and archeology for the Bahamian government, said the salvors made no effort to conserve any artifacts
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