GREAT SALVAGE FEAT
BY THE “ARTIGLIO.” NEARLY ALL “EGYPT’S” TREASURE. LONDON, August 21. Th e greatest piece of salvage work ever attempted in the open sea was concluded with the arrival of the Italian vessel “Artig’io,” nt Plymouth to-day, August 21st. She is carrying gold bars and sovereigns to the value of over £150,000 from the sunken line*’ “Egypt. Almost all of the “Egypt’s” million of treasure has now been recovered, including ninetythree pe r cent, of the bar gold, eigt'hythree per cent, of the sovereigns, and uinety-seven per 'cent, of the silver.
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Grey River Argus, 22 August 1934, Page 5
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