A Ghost in a Coal Pit.
The present tide of prosperity in the coal trade has been disturbed at the Broughton Colliery, near this town, by the appearance of a ghost in the underground workings, which has had the effect of frightening some of the colliers from the pit. None of the men profess to having had a sight of the spirit who appears to have taken up his abode in this "vasty deep," but they all confess to having heard at times the most unearthly sounds, and when they proceed to search for the cause the same noises are heard in quite an opposite quarter. The fear that has taken hold of the men is such as to interfere considerably with the working of the colliery, and it shows that colliers, like sailors, are excessively superstitious on the ghost question.
Wrexham Advertiser. (In Reynolds's Newspaper, 18th August 1872)
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