Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-10-20 | Page 35 | Dig Plague Relics in Heart of London

Dig Plague Relics V in fl Heart of London LOudon LOND LONDON N o Oct t 19 13 AP AP p skulls and tho the bones of animals sc several hundred d years cars old have been discovered by workmen engaged In excavations drainage In tho heart of oC London at the Ute Tower To toad road The Tue relics found about fifteen feet b below Jow the surface are aro believed to tobe tobo tobo bo be what hOft is left tt of ot a common burial burIn I ground that was used durin during th the hel height ht of or Alie Ithe plague in London in 1665 The Tho finds find include the bowl of ot a n. handmade clay pipe a a. Plant anet coin broken In two and arid several stray V bones both human and animal One of ot the workmen n made mado a a. collection col col- lection n of C the relics took them to an n archeologist and tind had their history and orf origin ln explained His collection includes the tusks of ot several animals animals ani mals that apparently were ero dumped with human c corpses In the tho absence of other burial b space during V the plague