“ Demolition crew accidentally unearths possible Underground Railroad tunnel in Pennsylvania ”

1. “Demolition crew accidentally unearths possible Underground Railroad tunnel in Pennsylvania”

2. Crews knocking down a Pennsylvania home found a little bit of history in the rubble. Workers were demolishing a home in Middletown Saturday when they found a hidden chamber that could have been a part of the Underground Railroad. Historians believe the 70-foot-long secret tunnel served as a stop on 19th century network, which helped slaves escape from slave states to free ones. The well preserved tunnel is connected to an underground room and butts up against the condemned house. The chamber was littered with glass bottles — a sign that the tunnel may have later served as speakeasy during Prohibition era. The secret room would have made for a perfectly hidden bar from 1920 to 1933, when selling alcohol was illegal, historians said. James Thornton was working on the demolition crew that found the mysterious tunnel. The property owners could have final word on what happens to the tunnel. Demolition has stopped in the meantime.

3. In Other News The 850-square-kilometer swath of the Indian Ocean where officials have focused their hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 probably isn't the right place, the joint search agency said Thursday. The area off the coast of western Australia is not the "final resting place of MH370," the Australia-based Joint Agency Coordination Centre said. Officials zeroed in on that zone after acoustic pings originally thought to be from the black boxes of the missing plane were detected in early April. "The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has advised that the search in the vicinity of the acoustic detections can now be considered complete and in its professional judgment, the area can now be discounted as the final resting place of MH370," a statement from the Joint Agency Coordination Centre said. Secret room part of Underground Railroadhttp://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2014/05/29/dnt-underground-railroad-speakeasy-construction-site.whtm&hpt=hp_c3&from_homepage=yes&video_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F#/video/us/2014/05/29/dnt-underground-railroad-speakeasy-construction-site.whtm