A GRIM FIND.

Shannon News, 11 December 1925, Page 3

A GRIM FIND.

Some City Council workmen are engaged just now in widening the rond at Houghton Bay, between Island. Buy and Lyall Bay. Yesterday afternoon, shortly before finishing for the afternoon, a workman drove Ms pick into the ground, and pulling it away found he had embedded it in a, skull. Fifteen teeth, of which three are double, fell from the skull, which was detached from the body. The teeth, which are a light brown, are in a goo I state of preservation, and appear to belong to a woman or young adult. The remainder of the skeleton still remains buried under about four feet of earth, and efforts will be made to recover it without further fractures. The road is beimg cut back about seven feet in order to carry on the uniform width of the marine drive round the bays. About ten men are engaged on the excavation work.