HOPE DIAMOND.
DID NOT GO DOWN IN A WRECK. By Tek*r«pb.— Preii AMociation.— Copyright. IReceived April 2, 10 a.m.) PARIS, Ist April. A aiver recovered many of Habib's diamonds from the wreck of the La Seyne. It is now discovered that Habib, before he was drowned, sold the Hope diamond for £16,000 to a Parisian merchant. The New York" Herald's Singapore correspondent states that a diver explored the wreck of the French liner La Seyne, expecting to find the Hopo diamond, which it is believed Habib, a diamond merchant, who was drowned, had aboard the vessel. The diver leoovercd the ship's safe, but it did not contain the diamond. In May, 1908, the diamond was bought by the then Sid tan of Turkey for £80,000. In June last it wan sold for £16,000. The La Seyne belonged to the Messagertes-Maritunes. In November last, in the Rhio Straits, near Singapore, ihe collided with the British India Steam Navigation Company's steamer Onda.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 77, 2 April 1910, Page 5
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