THE UNKNOWN BEAD.
UNIDENTIFIED IN SYDNEY. [from OUR OWN correspondent.] ; ■', : SYDNEY, Not. 1. Tho polico records tell a strange story of the people who die and are buried unknown in' a city like Sydney. Every year between 30 and 40 people in Sydney slip suddenly out of life with no one to identify them—the flotsam who float about until death claims them. In a small community identification becomes easy, but in a city of nearly 1,000,000 people, and with a large floating population in addition, the problem of identification becomes difficult. Th'i police consider themselves fortunate in being able to identify as many as they do, seeine that for the las- 12 r-onths, for example, 600 deaths were dealt with bv the city coroner alonn. Finder prints serve to identify quit© a number of hitherto unknown people who have passed out of life. > These records are known among the police as the Book of the Dead. In chapters in the various stations are the stories of life's failures and tragedies.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18551, 8 November 1923, Page 11
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