THE LAURENTIC.
RECOVERING THE GOLD
BY CABLE—PBESS ASSOCIATION— COPYEIGHT LONDON, Aug. 25. Nearly the whole of £5,000,000 worth of bullion sunk with the Laurentic, which was torpedoed in January, 1917, off Lough Swilly, has been recovered.' Tli© -ship- lies nearly a hundred and twenty feet below the surface. Admiralty clivers have been three years recovering bars of gold; silver and specie. In 1921 treasure worth £600,000 was recovered and the bullion raised this year is worth nearly £2,000,000 It is expected that by the end of September the last bar of gold will be- raised. The Admiralty will then issue a report of this amazing diving feat. The bullion was consigned to American i hankers. . I
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 27 August 1923, Page 5
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116THE LAURENTIC. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 27 August 1923, Page 5
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