I had recently posted about how a shipwreck due to a hurricane added to the Panic of 1857 in the United States. Now comes word
of another such wreck- with an even bigger haul! Here is a link to the story:

SS Republic (http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?oldflok=FF-APO-1110&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20030816%2F182006806.htm&sc=1110&floc=NW_1-T)