The daily Alaskan., 1913-05-07
SAVED BY DREAMS
Curious Cases of Warnings That
 Came In SIumber
TOLD OF DEATH OR DISASTER.

Lucky Esoapo5 Due to Hoodina tho
 myutorIou5 Messages of the Pro.
 photio Vioiors-A Vivid Dream That
 Resulted ln Preventing a Murder.
 Iu spite of Che number Of autbentl- cated cases Of dreams that have come true, the percentage of propbeucd dreams ! tbnt are actually fulfilled must be very smnu However, it must be confessed that a considerable number of people '. have escaped death or disaster by pay- Ing heed to dream warming.
 Wrecgs have Ggured In more than one ! prophetic dream, both the loss Of the ! Republic and the Berlin being foretold in dreams A man was once about t0 sail for Norway with a friend, but on the night before be should have started be dreamed thnt be stood upon a noun. miu surrounded by water and that che water gradually began to Bubmerge thp peuk. Just as be was ln danger Of being drowned ho woke and 90 vivid Iy was the dream impressed upon his mind that be decided not to sall A few days later the ship by which be should have travelled went down with alI hands
 Then there ls Che case Of 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 bad vision ln wbch she suw tho vessel by which she was to suu on Gro ln mldoccun. The sequel was thut a Gro actually did break out under the conditions indicated, but after hard work by the crew lt was extlngushed without loss of life.
 Yet a third Instance w08 mentioned ! ln one Of Che shipping papers a few years ago. An apprentice up for hIs second mates ticket failed and was sept to sen for another voyage ln a sail 'Ing sblp Be was appointed b00tswnin Of dne sailing ship trading with Aus r8lla and New Zealand The night before be signed on be had a vivid dream In which ho saw bis ship sailing along ln One weather under a fun spread of canvas. Soon a thick bank of sen fog closed round Che clipper al. though the dreamer could stIll see eV erythiug on board Rs clearly gs before ] An ut once something glimmered through the mist and before anything could be done a hugo iceberg crashed l. u,U rhg ship. Che noise Of Che collision and rhc failing spau w0Elng him So vivid was Che dream that the vessel . cft without her proper bontswa.n, and since then she uas 1gurcd among thc missing. Tba curious thing about lt, saId Che narrator. was tb0t never be. ! fore or since caD be remember having dreamed of sen life
 It.Is also on record that a shlpwreCk. ed crew were once brought back to civ .IIzarIon through the lnsuumentalIty of a dream An E1st lnduuman ran ashore ou Inaccessible Island. ln the . Atlantic. and for three months the pns ] scugcrs and crew subslsted as best they could During thai ume a rough bout was built and In thls they were 1. transported to Tristan D'Acuuho Sev eraI weeks Inter a ship appeared od lhc island bcc0usc her owner had dreamed a sbInwrcrEod crew md land ed there As clothes were scarce ! rough and rrudy garments were made out Of some green and red buIze which happened to be Uu board Curiously enough. before the return of Che vessel ! Che owners wife had a dream in which she saw lt sailing into port with people ! dressed To green and red on board l Now and again mIner relates dream that saved hIm from sudden death. although strangers do not often bear these stories There wGs once O bad accident at a DerbyshIre pit, sev ! eraI men being killed by a fall of the cage. One of Che men who should have been in chat cage was absent, for be bad a dream th0t lt was dashed Co ! pieces, falling from Che very top with Ian tbe men Inside IL On hearing the dream bis wife persuaded him to stay 8t hcme that day
 When Melton Prior the famous war artist died most Of the papers told the story of the dream warming be had when ln Zululaud. At first ho deter mluci to disregard it but It made such ]. mn impression on him chat be at last ! determined to keep away from tho col- | umn be intended to join He engaged another man to go, and be was among the Grst killed
 From dme to tme crimes, even mur. der, have been prevented by a dream l A lady saw iu a dream uu old relative being murdered, 80 she posted oG to her house and was surprised to dnd Che door opened by tho very man she 1nd seen commit the deed She ob ] gaIncd permission to sleep with the old Indy and before retiring asked the two sons of the latter to sic up all night ln the adjoinlug room
 AS soon as the old lady had gone to sleep sho got out of bed and locked che door and then lay awake. listening ! After what seemed hourR a ray of light appeared under the door and the knob was carefully turned. Leaping out of bed, she called che 8ons threw