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Foreign News
September 6, 1817
Delaware Gazette And Peninsula Advertiser
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
What is this article about?
Laborers sinking foundations at St. Giles's Work-house discovered a mutilated coffin containing a crumbled skeleton and a corked quart bottle of good gin, buried for over a century under an old foundation from about 40 years ago on a former burial ground.
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On Monday last a singular discovery was made by some laborers who were sinking the foundation for a new ward to St. Giles's Work-house, where a new wing had been added to that establishment about 40 years ago on a part of the old burial ground; under the old foundation they found a coffin in a mutilated state, which, on breaking open to remove, discovered the skeleton crumbled to pieces, and near the head a quart glass bottle, closely corked, and filled with some kind of liquid, which on trial proved to be good gin, and must have lain there for above a century.
What sub-type of article is it?
Archaeological Discovery
Historical Find
What keywords are associated?
Coffin Discovery
Skeleton
Gin Bottle
St Giles Workhouse
Burial Ground
Where did it happen?
St. Giles's Work House
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
St. Giles's Work House
Event Date
On Monday Last
Outcome
discovery of a crumbled skeleton and a bottle of good gin preserved for over a century.
Event Details
Laborers sinking foundations for a new ward found a mutilated coffin under the old foundation on a former burial ground; inside was a crumbled skeleton and a corked quart glass bottle of good gin.