SHIP TO BE RAISED.
Preparations have been completed tor raising the sailing ship Telemaque which, while bound from Rouen on January 3. 1790, foundered at the mouth of the Seine:j She was. carrying aristocrats fleeing Horn the I rench Revolution, and treasure reported to have been worth at east £1,000,000. The treasure is 1«Jieved toMnclude the private fortune of Louis X\ I and the famous diamond ( necklace of Marie Antoinette, j Last December divers brought up 18th century sovereigns and gold louif.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 164, 11 June 1940, Page 2
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82SHIP TO BE RAISED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 164, 11 June 1940, Page 2
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