SALVAGE OF EGYPT’S GOLD
FIRST VALUABLES RECOVERED. SILVER PLATE AND RIFLES. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Rec. 10.5 p.m. London, June 7. Brest divers have raised the Jim valuables from the Egypt wrecks strongroom, states the special correspondent of the Daily Mail. The articles recovered consist of a quantity of silver plate broken out of the cases owing to the shock of the blasting charges, and badly damaged by water, also a case. of two magnificent sporting rifles on which are gold plates. engraved with a crown and initials. They have been identified as part of a large shipment for the Maharajah of Patiala. The salvage ship Artiglio’s chief diver, Raffaelli, inspected the strongroom and reported that other valuables besides bullion were stored there.
The salvage should not be long delay-
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 June 1932, Page 4
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