The Peterborough Ghost.

Manawatu Herald, 27 February 1892, Page 2

The Peterborough Ghost.

The people, of Peterborough are greatly disturbed by the^proceedings of a " ghost." Some months ago a small house, No. 22, Mayor's Walk, was taken by a railway man. named Rimes, whose family consisted of his wife, brother, wife's brother, and three children. Ever since going into the house they have been subject to the most extraordinary and terrifying experiences, until they were driven from . the 'place. A private detective, named Wright, was called in, but he, like others before him, fled before the morning dawned. It is asserted tlrct whilst the inmatetf were in bed an invisible hand lifted the bed clothes and threw them on the floor. The doors were shaken with such violence as to make the house tremble to its foundations* On cne such occasion a door was partly broken, although Rimes was in the room at the time. The most terrifying feature was the unearthly noises that accompanied these manifestations. One witness states that they sounded as if a portion of the house had fallen in with a crash; another described it like a cartload of bricks being emptied in the house. The noises varied, and occasionally were like a table laden with' crockery being overturned. The private 1 detective said he heard what he imagined to be a sack of coals drawn, along' a landing, and then thrown down the; ' stairs Although the noises were so great as to alarm the neighbours, nothing was ever found displaced. The visitations were invariably preceded by a low humming noise, as if caused by a rushing wind. The neighbours declare that their houses have been shaken as if oy the reports of cannon. The Friday before Christmas day, and the lasjf night '% but one of the old year>werefgsd; "J£T be the worst, and the noises were so hideous that several, qf. the- other houses in the vicinity were shaken and the residents were awakened, by the noise. * i! ' WL