MIDSUMMER GHOST

Southland Times, Issue 20897, 5 October 1929, Page 12

MIDSUMMER GHOST

WOMAN’S STRANGE STORY.

CORROBORATION BY DOG. A woman and a dog were victims of a midsummer “ghost,” which appeared in a slouch hat, at an old water-mill cottage in Weston Rhyn, Shropshire, in June. The woman is suffering from severe shock, and the dog, a rough-haired terrier, was so terrified that it is still refusing food, states a correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. Mr and Mrs Edward Price, Junior, of Whittington, near Oswestry, had just moved to the cottage. Mr Price, a young and enterprising farm worker, wished to improve his position, and he had hoped to establish a small holding next to the water-mill. Just as day was breaking Mrs Price got up with the intention of putting her house in order. As she was lighting the fire the dog gave a savage snarl, and on turning round Mrs Price saw what the dog had seen —a "ghost” in a slouch hat. She screamed and fled upstairs to her husband. The dog followed, and though almost paralysed by fear, instinct to protect its mistress kept it with its face to the foe and it went backwards upstairs. The ordeal however, was too much even for the dog, and it collapsed. So did Mrs Price. The husband went downstairs, but saw nothing'of the “ghost.” He found both doors as securely locked as they were when he retired the night before. The dog was so frightened and helpless that it had to be carried downstairs.

Mrs Price would not stay any longer in the cottage, and she retured to Whittington, where she is now under the doctor’s care. She is stated to be seriously ill.

Mr Price is taking his furniture back to Whittington, where he has rented another cottage. The miller states that he has never seen or heard of a ghost either in the mill or in the cottage.