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Divers recover ivory from 1881 sunken ship Benin
In Dartmouth England officials of a salvage firm report divers raised 96 elephant tusks from the 1430 ton steamer Benin which sank off Start Point after a collision on March 12 1881. The tusks are being valued and sold on the London market with prime pieces fetching over 100 pounds sterling per tusk.
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Dartmouth
England
New 19
English Channel
Benin
Liverpool
Ana Nan
London