Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-05-22
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Curious Cases of Warnings That
Came In SIumber.
TOLD OF DEATH OR DISASTER.
Lucky Escapes Due to Needing the
Mysterious Messages of the Pro-
phetic visions-A Vivid Dream That
Resulted In Preventing a Murder.

pnetlc vivid Dream That
Resulted In Preventing a Murder.
In spite OF the number Of authenti.
Gated cases of dreams that have come
true. the percentage OF propheticd dreams
that are actually fulfilled must be very
small. However, it must be confessed
that a considerable number of people
have escaped death or disaster by a
ing heed to Il dream warning.
Wrecks have figured in more than one
prophetic dream. both the loss of the
Republic and the Berlin being foretold
in dreams. A man was ono about to
sail for Norway with a friend. but ON
the night before he should have started
he dreamed that he stood upon a noun,
tain surrounded by water and that the
water gradually began to submerge
the peak. Just as he was in danger OF
being drowned he woke. and so vivid
" was the dream impressed upon his
mind that he decided not to sail. a
few days later the ship by which he
should have Travelled went down with
all hands.
Then there is the case Of a lady who
was about to leave India for England.
but was deferred by a dream. Several
days before the date set for her de-
parture she had a vision in which she
saw the vessel by which she was to
sail on fire in midocean. The sequel
was that a fire actually did break out
rnHor tho conditions ' trHioo<~1 k,,S
after hard work by the it was
e%xtinguished without loss of life.
Yet a third instance was mentioned
in one of the shipping papers a few
years ago. An apprentice up for his
second mates ticket failed and was
sent to sea for another voyage in a sail
ing ship. He was appointed boatswain
Of a fine sailing ship trading with Aus
tralia and New Zealand. The night
before he signed on be had a vivid
dream in which he say his ship sailing
along in fine weather under a full
spread of canvas. Soon a thick bank
of sea fog closed round the clipper, al
though the dreamer could still see ev.
erything on board as clearly as before.
All at once something glimmered
through the mist. and before anything
could be done a huge iceberg crashed
into the ship. the noise of the collision
and the falling spars waking him. So
vivid was the dream that the vessel
left without her proper boatswain. and
since then she has figured among the
missing. The curious thing about it.
said the narrator, was that never be-
fore or since can he remember having
dreamed Of sea life.
1t is also on record that a shipwreck.
ed crew were once brought back to CIV
ilization through the fundamentally Of
a dream. An East Indianman ran
ashore on inaccessible island, in the
Atlantic. and for three months the pas
sengers and crew subsisted as best
they could. During that time q rough
boat was built. and in this they we're
transported to Tristan D'Acunha. Sew.
eral weeks later a ship appeared off
the island because her owner had
dreamed a shipwrecked crew had land
ed there. AS clothes were scarce.
rough and ready garments were made
out of some green and red baize which
happened to be Oh board. Curiously
enough. before the return of the vessel
the owner's wife had a dream in which
she saw it sailing into port with people
dressed in green and red on board.
Now and again ii miner relates q
dream that saved him from sudden
death. although strangers do not often
hear these stories. There was once a
bad accident at a Derbyshire pit. sew
eral men being killed by Il fall OF the
cage. One Of the men who should
have been in that cage was absent. for
he had u dream that it was dashed to
pieces. falling from the very top with
all the men inside it. On hearing the
dream his wife persuaded him to stay
at home that day.
artist, died most OF the papers told the
story OF the dream warning be had
when in ZuluIand. At first he deter
mined to disregard it. but it made such
an impression on him that be at last
determined to keep away from the col.
umn be intended to join. He engaged
another man to 60. and he was among
the first killed.
From time to time crimes. even muir.
der, have been prevented by a dream.
A lady saw in a dream an old relative
being murdered. so she posted off to
her house and was surprised to find
the door opened by the very nan she
had seen commit the deed. She OBJ
tanned permission t sleep with the
old lady and before retiring asked the
two o n Of the latter to sit up al
night in the adjoining room.
AS soon as the old lady had gone tc
sleep she got out of bed and locked the
aoor and then lay awake. listening
After what seemed hours a ray o!
light appeared under the door and the
knob was carefully turned. Leapine
out of bed. she called the sons. threw
open the door and found the nanserv
ant outside with q coal scutt,e In his
hand. On being asked by the lady
and the men what he wanted he re
piled that he mad answered the bell
But no bell had been rung. and In thu