Centuries-old mass grave of Irish labourers probed in Pennsylvania


  • World
  • Sunday, 09 Mar 2014

A historical sign on Sugartown Road is shown in Malvern, Pennsylvania March 8, 2014 near the site of Duffy's Cut. REUTERS/Mark Makela

MALVERN, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - On a cold winter's day, historian Bill Watson found himself standing in the snow, picking through the roots of an upturned stump near railroad tracks in a place now known as Duffy's Cut.

The exposed roots once held in their grip buttons, human bones and old coffin nails - vital clues in a centuries-old unsolved mystery.

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