AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY.
A widow named Mooro in Pennsylvania was recently startled by the shrinks ot her son 1(5 years o£ age, who told her that at midni4t daring the ragmgtstarm, he saw by ths dim light of a lamp.a man raising the window. Bv the aid of a vivid flash, he perceived the fea tures of his father, killed in the mines five years ago. With the shrieks the intruder ™ oth f er toward the window and beheld the face against the p me. With a loud yell she sprang to the window, jumped through, and stiuck the ground twenty-five teet below, injuring herself severely. The neighbours carried the limp bodv into the house, and after hours of labour, brought her to sensibility. Aa soon as she fixed her eyes on her son she burst into a violent fit of y' e '', ln 7 hlch "jo son joined, until both the floor exhausted. , Young Moore foamed at the mouth, Harked like a doc a ud S a nnfTi° US BUap ?' A y° UDI ? farmer attemp'to quiet him caught hold of his hand. lie too was seized with fearful spasms, and writhed on the floor in intense agony. The S z M 1 the three maniacs +1 Mrs ' Moore was raving mad, and the young men demolished the furniture and struck one another. An old army sergeant ran into the room, and, graspinc the WH* fa ™er, thfew him to the floor, ° and wifh th v, la ,i on his breastj bound him Kf ropM. He then secured youug' Moore.. ATrs. Moore was bleeding from the wounds received from falling out of the wint la y o? the floor insensible, . A doctor waa finally procured; Ko hope is enter, omed ofMra.Moore'B recovery.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6829, 6 October 1883, Page 2 (Supplement)
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292AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6829, 6 October 1883, Page 2 (Supplement)
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