Stone throwing at Adamstown. An extraordinary case. Alderman Jennings and family, of Gosford-road, Adamstown, have been greatly annoyed, and the safety of their persons endangered during the past three weeks, by the conduct of some
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Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (1899)
Waratah. Mysterious stone-throwing. For several nights past there has been considerable excitement at Georgetown in consequence of mysterious stone-throwing at the residence of Mr Benjamin Tonks, a well-known, peaceable, and law-abiding citizen of many years
Continue ReadingSydney, New South Wales, Australia (1899)
Mysterious bombardments. “Lately there has been a slump in stone-throwing mysteries,” says the “Sydney Daily Telegraph” of Feb. 24, “but last night two young men walked into the Petersham police station and stated that they
Continue ReadingOkoroire, North Island, New Zealand (1898)
Startling scenes near Okoroire. Are there spirits about? There is much speculation in the country about Okoroire on account of certain strange manifestations that are alleged to have taken place there. The news has reached
Continue ReadingLower Tysoe, Warwickshire (1893)
A Nineteenth Century Mystery. During the last few days, a rather strange story has been freely talked of in the village; peculiar sounds being said to be heard in a house at Lower Tysoe, occupied
Continue ReadingNew Southgate, London (1895)
The Police Courts. The New Southgate Ghost. Windows mysteriously broken by stones thrown from unseen hands. The ghost of the famous Stockwell ghost which was laid years ago, when its vagaries were found to be
Continue ReadingBrowndown Camp / Battery, Hampshire (1895)
“Ghosts” at Browndown. For some months past (says the Western Morning News) the huts at Browndown have had the reputation of being haunted. Browndown is a desolate spot at the best of times, and in
Continue ReadingSt Goran, Cornwall (1892)
Mysterious Occurrences Near Mevagissey Incendiarism at St. Gorran. At eight o’clock on Sunday evening at Trelispan farm a stack of straw in the farmyard was discovered on fire. This soon burnt itself out, and P.C.
Continue ReadingExeter, Devon (1897)
A Haunted House Mystery in St. Sidwell’s. Black spirits and white, and an eerie light. “A Ghost! A Ghost!” They whisper it with awe in a certain part of St. Sidwell’s where some “mysterious visitations,”
Continue ReadingCulpeper, Virginia, USA (1890)
Ghostly phenomena in a house. A special to the New York World, dated Brandy Station, Virginia, Jan. 11, says the people on the plantation of John W. Brooks, near Culpeper Courthouse, have been thrown into
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