Grave may contain bodies of 19th Century Irish immigrants

US researchers may have discovered a mass grave for nearly five dozen 19th Century Irish immigrants who died of cholera weeks after travelling to Pennsylvania to build a railroad.

Grave may contain bodies of 19th Century Irish immigrants

US researchers may have discovered a mass grave for nearly five dozen 19th Century Irish immigrants who died of cholera weeks after travelling to Pennsylvania to build a railroad.

Historians at Immaculata University have known for years about the 57 immigrants who died in August 1832, but could not find the actual grave.

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