Human Remains.
[Pjsb Prbss Association.] INVERCABGILL, Feb. 5. In effecting repairs to a house at Gladstone to-day, it waa necessary to lift the floor. Mr T. Quinn, son of the proprietor of the house, proceeded to trim the soil below and throw disinfectants about, as the odour was bad. Ia doing so he uncovered the greater portion of a human skull and other bones, bosidea thoße of animals. There was no trace of olotLing about except one boot and a portion of another, of very antiquated make. The hou|e is ! one of the oldest in Southland, having been built by Mr T. J. White, an Invercargill merchant, in the fifties. It has always been in the possession and occupation of reputable people. The house was not raised above the ground level, so tbat it is not probable that anyone would crawl under and die there. The skull is believed to be that of a European.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4868, 6 February 1894, Page 1
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