Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1919 — German Shells Reveal First Reims Cathedral [ARTICLE]

German Shells Reveal First Reims Cathedral

Paris—Students of history are greedily digging for every scrap and shred to piece together another chapter of bygone days as a result of the report of the archaeloglcal mission planning the reconstruction of the Reims cathedral. It states that German shells which ripped open the floor of that twelfth century church have disclosed another cathedral built by the Franks which has contained the tomb of King Clovis for 1,419 years. It Is expected that further excavation will reveal the whole foundation of the older cathedral built by early Frankish architects.