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123 Year Old Bodies Found By City Hall Steps! Workmen exhume former Citizens. Bodies remarkably

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Unique IDA-00257721SeriesNewsclippings BooksDate4th July 1929FormatNewscuttingDescription123 Year Old Bodies Found By City Hall Steps! Workmen exhume former Citizens. Bodies remarkably preserved after century: No Headstones. Early Contractor may have skimped job, is opinion. Dead Giant's Bones Unearthed. Under the feet of hurrying thousands who pass Sydney City Hall, clay spattered workmen, between six and eight feet down, are exhuming former citizens of Sydney town. They have lain undisturbed for 123 years. Tremendous Man. "Big Bob" the men call the late "Rob". as the coffin was of tremendous proportions. (Photo The Old Inscription) (Guardian)LanguageEnglish (eng)

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123 Year Old Bodies Found By City Hall Steps! Workmen exhume former Citizens. Bodies remarkably