8/14/15
by News Department on 08/14/15Human remains found...
Human remains, believed to be from the 1918 Spanish influenza epidemic, were unearthed in the lot adjacent to the U.S. Army Reserve Center during state Department of Transportation construction Thursday on Route 61, North Manheim Township.
According to the Republican Herald, Corporal Michael Sadusky, of the state police at Schuylkill Haven, said it has been confirmed that there were human remains found in the lot, which was actually used as a burial ground for the plague in 1918.
The bones will be excavated and a DNA sample will be extracted today by a team of senior research associates from Mercyhurst University, in Erie.
Construction will not continue until the bones are removed.
