A LIVE MAN’S BURIAL
Cries and sounds of a struggle proceeding from the newly-dug grave of Mcustapha Aya, at Caesarea, in Anatolia, were • heard by shepherds who weie passing with their flocks. Most of them were so frightened that they ran at once to the man's house and informed the mourning family that the devil was removing the body.’ One shepherd, however, retained his wits and broke open the tomb with a pick, whereupon Moustniphn appeared, * clad in his winding sheet. ills rescuer ‘ promptly fled. Moustapha rejoined his family, who, after their first terror had subsided, received him with joy. It appears that he had suffered from syncope and had been jerked into consciousness by the { bumping of the coffin as it was lowered into- the grave. *j
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11653, 18 October 1923, Page 10
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128A LIVE MAN’S BURIAL New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11653, 18 October 1923, Page 10
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