A GROSS SACRILEGE.
DISHONORING THE DEAD. A TASMANIAN HoKROII. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Holiart. January 14. A revolting state of affairs has I n revealed in OiieenJmi-ougli cemetery. A grave digger, who was dismissed, has made a statement !<> the Health Department and the pre--, in which he alleged that it ha- been the practice for a year past to remove coffin- from giaves in order to permit fre-ii burial-. There was no room to replace Cue disinterred -hell- nor their giuc-ome contents, the re-nlt being that they were piled on one another on rubbish heap" and in some instance- burnt. On one occasion, in trying to find room for another coffin, a pick pierced the lid of a shell and was embedded in a skull. which it brought from the ci-kct. Dr. Sprot. reporting to the Hoard of Health, says lie has verified many of the grave digger's statement-, more particularly regarding the inability to replace coffins after a fresh burial, ann has no hesitation in saying that the method of disposing of the dead filled him with horror and amazement. It was a real danger to public health.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 202, 15 January 1913, Page 5
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188A GROSS SACRILEGE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 202, 15 January 1913, Page 5
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