FORGOTTEN
A MUMMIFIED BODY.
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(Received this dav at noon:)--' BERLIN, August 18.
An nstonishing case of fo'rgetfulriess was revealed when a coffin containing the mummified body of a man was discovered in the corner -of -a cellar. vAyoung Turkish student )was‘ killed .in ‘.a street in Berlin in June, 1925.' The body was "einbalmed and ordered to be sent home for interment, but the, railway at Constantinople was momentarily monopolised for the transport of troops and when the facilities were restored the address was lost and the relations could not be traced. Finally the coffin was forgotten, until spring cleaning revealed it.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 August 1929, Page 5
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