Great damage has been done by the avalanche at Bristen, in Uri, Switzerland. Many houses and bridges were swept away, and over a space of two miles the ground oscillated as if shaken by an earthquake. No lives were lost. Sheikh Mograbin, an Egyptian dignitary has been condemned to death for murdering and plundering rich ladies, whom he enticed by pretending to cure the most difficult diseases. Poor patients he sent away unharmed with some specific while those wearing jewellery and costly dresses he mabe away with. He confessed to eighteen of such crimes.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2573, 20 June 1881, Page 3
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