GRUESOME BALLAST.
(United Press Association Copyright.)
Received Juno 15, 1.10 a.m
NEWCASTLE, June 14
While the barque Canterbury, from Etensquall, a port on the Peruvian coast, was discharging her ballast, it was discovered that it contained human skulls, and many leg.and other bones; The captain states that he had great difficulty in" obtaining ballast. . He noticed that -it contained bones, but thought they were animal until dis-chargecT.-It is supposed the ballast was taken from a site of an ancient Peruvian town. . .
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12241, 15 June 1909, Page 5
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81GRUESOME BALLAST. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12241, 15 June 1909, Page 5
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