Chapel by a trap-door ; the rafters supporting the floor are not even covered with the usual defence — lath and plaster. Vast numbers of bodies* have been placed here in pits dug for the purpose, the uppermost of which were covered only by a few inches... The Chemist - Seite 2331846Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1840 - 664 Seiten
...floor. From ten to twelve thousand bodies have been placed here, since its establishment, in pits, the uppermost of which were covered only by a few inches of earth. " Soon after interments were made, a peculiar long narrow black fly was observed to crawl out of many... | |
| 1839
...even to :be top of the ceiling, with dead. It is entered from the inside of the chapel by a trap door; the rafters supporting the floor are not even covered...inches of earth ; a sewer runs angularly across this ' burying place.' * • Soon after interments were made, a peculiarly long narrow black fly was observed... | |
| George Collison (solicitor.) - 1840 - 462 Seiten
...about 1823 ; it is separated from the lower part by a boarded floor ; this is used as a burying-place, and is crowded at one end, even to the top of the...disturbed and mutilated. Soon after interments were made, a peculiarly long, narrow, black fly was observed to crawl out of many of the coffins ; this... | |
| 1840 - 660 Seiten
...floor. From ten to twelve thousand bodies have been placed here, since its establishment, in pits, the uppermost of which were covered only by a few inches of earth. " Soon after interments were made, a peculiarly long narrow black fly was observed to crawl out of... | |
| 1840 - 474 Seiten
...floor. From ten to twelve thousand bodies have been placed here, since its establishment, in pits, the uppermost of which were covered only by a few inches of earth. " Soon after interments were made, a peculiarly long narrow black fly was observed to crawl out of... | |
| Edmund Ruffin - 1840 - 790 Seiten
...floor. From ten to twelve thousand bodies have been placed here, since its establishment, in pits, the uppermost of which were covered only by a few inches of earth. "Soon alter interments were made, a peculiar long narrow black fly was observed to crawl out of many... | |
| John Bell - 1840 - 482 Seiten
...floor. From ten to twelve thousand bodies have been placed here, since its establishment, in pits, the uppermost of which were covered only by a few inches of earlh. " Soon after interments were made, a peculiarly long narrow black fly was observed to crawl... | |
| 1842 - 324 Seiten
...with the usual defence — lath and plaster. Vast numbers of bodies have been placed here '" I»'8 dug for the purpose, the uppermost of which were covered...inches of earth ; a sewer runs angularly across this "bury ing- place." From the most authentic information, I have reason to believe, that since the establishment... | |
| George Alfred Walker - 1846 - 60 Seiten
...supporting the floor are not even covered with the usual defence, lath and plaster. Vast numbers of bodics have been placed here in pits, dug for the purpose,...uppermost of which were covered only by a few inches of eavth ; a sewer runs angularly across this ' burying-place.' A few years ago, the Commissioners of... | |
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