Ghost in the Rhondda.
Clock Thrown at a Policeman at Trealaw.
The village of Trealaw, adjacent to Dinas Station, and less than half a mile away from the thickly-populated districts which abut on and surround the Naval and Glamorgan Collieries, has its ghostly visitant. Within 500 yards of the station lies the Trealaw road, on which are a large number of superior residences, and it is in one of these, “The Chestnuts,” until a few days ago tenanted by its owner, Mr. W. Norman, that the “spook” is in evidence.
The house is nightly visited, and before the removal of the tenant-owner, which, by the way, was caused by the unwelcome attentions of the ghost, the members of the household each in turn would hear strange sounds as of moving furniture, rappings on the doors and walls, and when the family were sitting together in the kitchen the chairs would rock to and fro, impelled by unseen power.
Large crowds of people visit the place every night, and excitement is at a high pitch. It is said that articles of furniture have been thrown out of the house by unseen hands. An alarum clock fell within a short distance of Police-constable Jeffries a night or two ago while the officer was keeping the house under surveillance.
Western Mail, 7th October 1905.