The Haunted Spanish Mill.
Ghosts are in possession of an oil mill at Arcos de la Frontera, near Dierra de Ronda [Serrania de Ronda?], in Andalusia, famed in the old days for “bandoleros,” who, even of recent years, have made their appearance in the fastnesses of that rocky region. The oil mill, known as the “Little Oaks,” was recently the scene of some peculiar events.
The tenant was in the mill with his wife and family when he heard strange noises in the yard. Steps were heard in the stables and a door leading to them from the kitchen was found open. All the horses and cattle were wandering about loose, their ropes having been cut, and some had already got outside. A search revealed nobody on the premises.
A few days later, while two of the miller’s relations were dining in the mill, a plate was seized and thrown four yards away. In answer to their cries of alarm a door opened and a small jug was thrown at them by an invisible hand. Once again a thorough search of the premises revealed no signs of an intruder.
Between 9-0p.m. and midnight the next day a large stone was thrown into the kitchen through the door that led into the house. No one was seen. As the searchers stood at the door a stone was thrown at them from the road. The road was empty. Stones and crockery continued to fly through the air until midnight, when the ghostly barrage ceased as suddenly and mysteriously as it had begun.
Neighbours stayed in the mill the next night, but the outbreak of supernatural hostilities took place as usual, a cross fire of crockery and stones coming from the interior and the exterior, and a candelabra was broken.
The miller, having lost all his crockery, is now abandoning the place. Visitors by day have noticed nothing abnormal.
Belfast Telegraph, 15th July 1936.