Newspaper Clipping of the Day

Via Newspapers.comAn example of that Fortean favorite, mysterious showers of stones, appeared in the (Brisbane, Australia) “Courier-Mail” on February 3, 1923:The police are engaged in investigating a series of mysterious happenings in Albert Square. About 8 o'clock last night Miss Billie Macdonald was engaged in putting some soda into a lemon squash in the Tivoli Cafe, of which her mother, Mrs. S. Macdonald, is the proprietor, when a small stone fell into the shop through the back door. During the next three hours the mysterious bombardment continued. Later in the evening a customer was struck by a stone, a glass on a table was splintered, and while Miss Macdonald was cooking some eggs in the kitchen she was struck by a stone. The affair became more strange when the attackers piled up rubbish bins at the back door, and when Mr. Macdonald opened the door a stone narrowly missed his head. The happenings were assuming alarming proportions, when the assistance of the police was sought.…

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