SPRING THAT STOPPED.

Grey River Argus, 14 January 1927, Page 2

SPRING THAT STOPPED.

SEARCH FOR WONDER CURES. LONDON, Dec. S. I'he village of Dclgosevci, near I.cm. n 1 he Danube, recently becalm: the ''eiic of ;i new •‘miracle” story, -iml ilgrims were flocking from al! parts 1 Ihe Balkans in the hope of ex(“i iencing wonder-cures. A. short limo ago a peasant. nanii"! Hmittrofl declared that he had a dream i which the X'irgin appear"'. Io him nd led him to a spot on the '' dlside here a spring bubbled out of the irth, telling him that its vv.-ier would eal disease. When Di mil t roll' Lad ?arclicd the spot indicate'! m the ream ami had actimlly discoverer a nail spring and diverted the, water ito the valley below, the sick i rom the illage and from Lorn began to visit it i such numbers that the aul horit.i" t '■cam*' perl iirbed. To stop the pos s ble spreading of infectious disease c icy drew a cordon round the sltea'ii a cl arrested Dimlllraff. r Wlilii he was imprisoned . -iig/c ,r some undiscovered r-. ’‘Soj. :e I

o flow. The peasants took this tor a, ignal of divine disapproval and tiin-icl craonstrations which convtiH'Od the ■ lit lioi'it ies that it would i • w:s<J elease IHniiit roll’. I hey ■ g one so, it is stated . I o 1 ‘" newod its act’.