Piece of coal from Titanic stolen

[Andrew Clarkson]

MILLVILLE -- A thief stole a piece of maritime history along with cash and other valuables Tuesday from a home on the 1000 block of Buck Street.

According to a police report Thursday, a piece of coal salvaged from the wreck of the R.M.S. Titantic was stolen during the burglary. The coal was authenticated and packaged in a box. No value was estimated.

The owner returned home at 3:38 p.m. to find one door open. A safe had been opened and $2,500 taken. About $100 in change in various spots was taken.

Other items missing were multiple pieces of gold jewelry valued at about $4,000, a Hewlitt Packard desktop computer, with its keyboard and monitor, and a Toshiba Satellite M305-S4910 laptop computer.

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