All hands went to the side of the vessel to look at the lucky find.

It was short work to begin sending the cargo up.

Almost everything had been passed aboard when the sailors took up what seemed to be a heavy crate of vegetables.

The moment it was lifted clear of the deck, there was a terrific explosion-- a mighty upheaval of the sea.

A mountain of water shooting skyward, mingled with fragments of the steamer and bodies of men.