Sandy uproots Connecticut tree, 200-year-old human remains uncovered

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Sandy uproots Connecticut tree, 200-year-old human remains uncovered

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sandy-uproots-connecticut-tree-200-old-human-remains-122615550.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8VXsqczwuMfXVp1Gp5EI_A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-11-01T122615Z_2_CBRE8A000AP00_RTROPTP_2_STORM-SANDY-SKELETON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Skeletal remains of at least two individuals have been unearthed when a 100-year-old oak tree fell on the Green in New Haven, Connecticut after Hurricane Sandy hit the area" align="left" title="Skeletal remains of at least two individuals have been unearthed when a 100-year-old oak tree fell on the Green in New Haven, Connecticut after Hurricane Sandy hit the area" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - A Connecticut town got an unexpected history lesson after fierce winds from monster storm Sandy toppled a 103-year-old oak tree and exposed skeletal remains below it, officials said on Wednesday. The remains likely belonged to a victim of yellow fever or smallpox who might have been buried on the New Haven town green between 1799 and 1821, police spokesman David Hartman said. Headstones for those buried below the green were moved to a local cemetery in 1821, but the bodies of potentially thousands of residents were never relocated, he said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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