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muou i*u c uujiujirThe Cristobal Colon cemetery is about as interesting as Havana itself. Besides the beautiful entrance, the cata-bombs and monuments attract one's attention. The monument erected to the Spanish soldiers, sailors and firemen is said to have cost one million dollars and is certainly is the sculptor’s masterpiece. About the first question one asks of an acquaintance is “Have you seen the bone pile?” The bone pile is in an enclosure about fifty feet square, walled about seven feet above the ground and excavated about fifteen feet. This excavation is filled to the level of the ground with human bones.Those poor unfortunates whose relatives cannot afford to pay burial rent are taken to a building where their bodies are deposited in quick-lime until the llesh is eaten off the bones, then the bones are thrown into this enclosure. If the burial ground r^nt is not paid for those who have been buried, their remains, coltin and all are placed with the rest of the bones. The enclosure presents a ghastly sight.
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Massillon Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Tue, Feb 28, 1899
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