Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-17
SAVED BY DREAMS
Curious Cases of Warnings That
Came In S|umber.
TOLD OF DEATH OR DISASTER.

Lucky Escapes Due to Needing the
Mysterious Messages Of tho Pro.
phetic Visions-A 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 prophetic 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 pay.
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 nee 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 rs be 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
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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
under the conditions indicated. but
after hard work blythe crew it was
extinguished 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
sen 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 saw bis ship sailing
along in Gne 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 ut 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 ono brought back to civ.
ilization through the instrumentality 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 a rough
boat was built. and In this they were
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 on board. Curiously
enough. before the return of the vessel
the owners wife had a dream in which
she saw it sailing into port with people
dressed in green and red on board.
Now and again Il miner relates a
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 a fall Of the
cage. One Of the men who should
have been in that cage was absent, for
he had a 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.
When Melton Prior. the famous war
artist, died most Of the papers told the
story of the dream warning he had
when in Zululand. 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
ulnn he intended to join. He engaged
another man to 90, and be was among
the first killed.
From time to time crimes. even u
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 man she
had seen commit the deed. She oh.
tanned permission to sleep with the
old lady and before retiring asked the
two sons of the latter to sit up all
night in the adjoining room.
As soon as the old lady had gone to
sleep she got out Of bed and locked the
door and then lay awake. listening.
After what seemed hours a ray Of
light appeared under the door and the
knob was carefully turned. Leaping
ont of bed. she called the sons, threw
open the door and found the manserv.
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