HUMAN REMAINS
FOUND IN DEEP SHAFT Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, September 10. There is considerable excitement in the small northern country village of Bingara owing to the discovery of five human skulls, some human bones, and a baby’s perambulator at the bottom of a disused 80ft mine shaft. The human remains had apparently been there for a good many years. Detectives expressed the opinion that the bodies, may possibly have been thrown down the shaft instead of being buried in the usual way in the local cemetery, which is in close proximity; therefore they are not at present inclined to the theory of foul play. The remains are believed to be those of women and children. MYSTERY CLEARED UP. SYDNEY, September 11. (Received September 11, at 10 a.m.) The presence of human bones in a mine shaft at Bingara has been explained. They were put there by a gravedigger who once cared for the cemetery about a quarter of a mile from the mine and who is now dead.
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Evening Star, Issue 22441, 11 September 1936, Page 9
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169HUMAN REMAINS Evening Star, Issue 22441, 11 September 1936, Page 9
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