The Haunted House.
MYSTERY IN NEW SOUTH WALES. SYDNEY, September 27. Reports of mysterious happenings come from Murwillumbah, a Noith Const town. For over a week past residents have been scared at night hy the. appearance of lights in n recently vacated house. The lights have been followed by strange noises. Efforts to solve the mystery have proved fruitless.
One night two men set watch. They saw the house brilliantly lit up, then the lights disappeared. After a short space a light showed through one window then another. Then all was darkness and then the house was again brilliantly lighted up. Tn the meantime uncanny noises were heard, first like, the mingling of a number of voices all talking together, and then a piecing scream, followed by the sound as of some heavy object being dragged across the floor. There was also the sound of
liamnuuing on walls and scratching <n tlie iron roof. The watchers rushed up only to find complete darkness and not a sound to he heard. A thorough investigation failed to reveal any trace of disturbance.' The men had gone about three hundred yards, alien (he perfoimaiKv was repeated. A second visit to the house was also fruitless. The men of the village intend to surround tin' house with a view to elucidating (he mystery.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1922, Page 1
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219The Haunted House. Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1922, Page 1
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