The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-12-03
Horrible Phenomenon.

ton Courier, that in Barbadocs there is mys-
tcrious vault, in which no ono now ,larcs to de-
postc tho dead. II Is in church yard near
the seaside. In 1907, the FIRST collin that was
deposited in II was that Of Mr.. Goddard in
1908, n Miss a. NJ, Chase was placed in il and
in 1872, Miss ID. Chase. In the cnd Of 1912,
the vault was opened for the Hon. 4. Chase !;
but the three frs, collins were found in con.
fused state, having been apparently tossed
from their places. Again was the vault opened
to receive tho body of an infant and the four
collins, all of lead and very heavy, were found
much disturbed. In 1916, n Mr.. Brcwster's
body was placed In the vault, and again disor.
der was apparent among the collins. In 1919, a
Mr.. Clark was placed in the vault, and MS be-
fore, the collins We're in confusion.
Each timo that the vault was opened the
collins were replaced in their proper situations;
that is three on tho ground side by side, and
tho others laid on them. The vault was thcn
regularly closed tho door, (a massive stonc,)
was cemented by masons, ant. though tho door
was OF sand, there was no footsteps or water
Again the vault was opened in 1919. Lord
Comecrmcrc was then present and tho collins
were found thrown coniuscdly about tho vault,
some with their heads down aud others up.
What could have occasioncd this phenomcnony
In no other vault in tho island had this over
occurred. Was II an earthquake which occa-
sioncdi II, or the effects Of am inundation IN the
vaultg These were tho questions asked by a
Barbadoes journal Mt the tinic, aud no ono
could afford u solution.
The matter gradually died away, until the
present year, when, on the 10th OF February,
thevaalt was again opened, aud all the cofilns
were again thrown about as coniuscdly as be-
fore. A strict investigation took place, and
no cause could be discovered. WAS 1t afte,
all the sudden bursting forth Of noxious gas
from one OF the collins that could have produced
this phenomenon lfso, IL IL against all for
iner experience. The vault has been herrnct
ically sealed again, when to be re.opcncd, W,
cannot tell.
| In England there was parallel occurrence
to this, some years since, at Hauton in Suffolk
IT is stated, that on oponing q vault there, scyc
raj lcaden collins, with wo0tlen cases, which
had been 1xed on biors, had boon displaced L
tho great consicrnation Of tho villagers III,
collins wcre again placcd rs before. and tlls
vault properly closed, when, again, another Of
the family, dying, they were again found dis,
plnccd; and two years nftcr that, they woro moi
only found all Off their bcrs but one COLI.
ESQ heavy as to require eight mon to raisu 10
was found on tho fourth step which led dowr,
70 tho vault; aniil seemed perfectly certain
that no human hand had done this,
onruAa -Death et az ag67 .soutasrasr.
The following quaint and original obituary
notice of yellow John, Esq, we copy from the
ia Sara Ledger. OF tho 2ptl, ult
" Died at his residence between bayou Sara
and St, FnneiSvlc, ON tho morning of tho
2Itl, inst, yellow John, EsQ,, older than tho
recollection Of the oldest iuliabtant, but IN
supposed. from tho most authentic information
that can bc gathered on the subject, to bc at
leas, loo years ol aye. The deceased Is be-
lcvcd to bc native Of Old 81 Domingo. hut
had relatives residing in Philadelphia, during
scyera, successive ecasons somew hers near the
iT,h century. lilo pail ,,s visit about every
1--WE years su,nmercd u IN New Orleans, aud
failed II IN Bayou Sara, where ho unurkiy
met with tu 1raads t;,N at nm early hour Oh
the noreing Of the ed. Tho deceased was
noways unassuming. hu, perfectly fsmiliar
with ALL and never hi'esl to create profoun,
disgust wherever hc hecamc acqualntc,l,
In this country ho hal mortal enemy. who
never failel 10 gse ham hattie about the lat.
ter part Ut every October. Accordingly. our
citizens between the isoiss of ia o'clock Non.
dsy night and e'clsSk Tuesday morning,
were aroused hy an usual eo,ssmoiiea In The
" atmospheric" l. continued te INCREASE itnm
ti,nc nfcammencemnnt tlll near ,,ayllghs, ri q
rate truly gratifying. Obj ngsrss" knrns
tfcmlSci. then gave Way. and with farshi
gr,sns and hslciuishs. their careassss feii To-
thc earth yeans choayA with disscnsic4i m.
bits shouted ,roa ,lssif sgesi protectors fsg
sssScef HAD Meihesssesh ~ seaa.ici his
trump. os nor late r>asatrie visitor t,he tssAsa
e,l struck ans para @f this sa<s ,iosnasu, that
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