Sunken treasure worth £10,000,000 has >een raifed around the British Isles ;ince the war began. Tho Restorer and :no Reliant, two salving vessels that were •ought by a British concern from thte unorican Navy, have a new device nil ixv-acetyloiio flame, which is worked mder water for cutting holes in thei sidrfl if submerged vessels. Each ship has 55 Metric pumps, capable of pumping ,000,000 gallons of water an hour, and arrios two divers, searchlights, linobrowing guns, eleclrio wolding plants, ock drills, and other accessories. Each ivcr is equipped with a telephone. Tho teslorer last year recovered .£1.000,000, 11 in gold, from the Laurentic, off Lough iwilly. and both.' vessels are now opwatiff oS Newhaveii, on the Channel ©oast. I
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 249, 15 July 1920, Page 7
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