OVERCROWDED CEMETERY.
MOLD COFFINS DUG UP TO MAKE ' : : V' ;,BOOM FOR NEW.; /. ■.(■■• By Telegraph—Pres'.; AssoclaiUori-Oopyrlelit ■':''■ ■■■-Hobart,'January -'.14.- : A.'revolting, 6tato of affairs has been revealed by 'a dismissed graVe-digger at ■ the. Quoensborpugh Cemetery; • He made a statement to' the Health ; Department .and. tie press, )V in which,,he alleges .that 'it'.h'as been the. practice for a year, past \tb.remove'coffins from graves in order to ipermit of 'fresh '.burials.'; ; There .was no" ■'room to'replace itlie 'disinterred' shells-nor. their-cohtent's, the. result being ithat they were piled on' one another on rubbish .heaps.'.and,iri-some instances burnt: 1 ;;', '-.'.Dr.'.- Sprott, .reporting' to\the Board' of, , Healthy-says that ,he has -verified, rocny ' of the"-grave-digger's -. statements, 'more .particularly regarding inability, to re-.' place'coffins after . a ,fresh s burial. „.He ■had. no .hesitation in saying.'the,'method of-disposing of the dead lad with .'horror and amazement; ! - It' .was a reatda'nger to;the 1 ' public health, v •■■.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1648, 15 January 1913, Page 7
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142OVERCROWDED CEMETERY. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1648, 15 January 1913, Page 7
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