More bones found in abandoned St Thomas lodge

For the second consecutive day, workmen assigned to the St Thomas Municipal Corporation found skeletal remains, believed to be of humans, at the Loyal James Lodge premises in Morant Bay, St Thomas.

The first set of remains was discovered on Sunday as the workmen were carrying out demolition activities on the derelict building. One set of remains was found in a coffin, while two other skulls were found elsewhere in the dilapidated structure, which is located across from the Morant Bay Police Station. Yesterday, workmen stumbled upon another box containing a skull and a few bones after they gained entry to another enclosed room. One of the workmen, who gave his name as Ian Peters, admitted that the experience has been unlike anything he has ever seen.

"I have demolished a lot of places over the years but mi never buck up on anything like this. The man dem a dig and is like the more we go through is the more we find. Yesterday [Sunday] we find coffin with bone and two other skull and today we find another box with more bones," he said. Peters said that in addition to the skeletal remains, workmen have found various other items during the demolition exercise.

"We find three-foot pot, a board horse on wheels, all kind of thing weh look like weapon with different shapes and points like sword and a Dulcimina grip... and some metal sheeting with a whole heap of symbols like moon, half-moon and so forth," he said. Despite the alarm surrounding the grisly unearthing, Peters said that he remains unperturbed.

"Mi is a God-fearing man. Them something here nuh frighten mi. Mi nuh scared," he said.