SYDNEY’S PIONEERS.
MORE COFFINS DUG UR. THROWN ON DUMP HEAP. (United Pros* Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) Received 11.26 a.m. to-day. SYDNEY, Aug. 14. Seven more coffins containing the remains of some of Sydney’s pioneers were dug up by workmen at the town hall. They were thrown into lorries and dumped with other refuse at several tips. One coffin was cut in halves, one portion being dumped and the other half is still buried. Some workmen stood in the coffins as tliey delved in llie surrounding clay.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 14 August 1929, Page 5
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