Skeletons dating back to the Civil War are washing away into the waters around New York City

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Skeletons dating back to the Civil War are washing away into the waters around New York City
Peter Dockrill, ScienceAlert


    Skeletons are washing away from a Civil War graveyard known as "Island of the Dead" on New York City's Hart Island.

    The island's beach has been deteriorating for decades due to storms, severe weather and years of mismanagement by NYC's Department of Correction — but city officials have only recently taken action.

    Archaeologists and workers inspected the crumbling cemetery last week and recovered 174 exposed bones, which will now be reburied.

http://www.businessinsider.com/skeletons-are-washing-away-from-new-york-citys-shores-2018-5

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http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/04/24/hart-island-skeletons/

...“Entire skeletons are sort of falling out of the hill onto the beach, and then they’re washed away with the tide,” Hunt said.

Hunt has been monitoring the situation since the 1990s, demanding the Department of Corrections, which runs the island, do something.

“They know that it’s happening, because I learned about it from the correction officers, who referred to this area as bones beach,” she said.

Hart Island is only open to visitors by appointment months in advance. So last week, Hunt and a photographer captured pictures from a boat, showing skeletons scattered among the rocks....