MORE COFFINS DUG UP
• TREATED AS REFUSE.
(Australian Press Association.) (Received 12.30. pan,)
SYDNEY, Thi Day.
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 has been dumped and the other half is still .buried.
Some workmen stood on the" coffins as they delved in the surrounding clay. . . V -.
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Northern Advocate, 14 August 1929, Page 4
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