Adventures of Somnambulists.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 182, 11 December 1886, Page 3

Adventures of Somnambulists.

A YOUNa gentleman named Etiock, who has been staying in a village near Birmingham, England, met with a moat unpleasant experience by falling into the canal while in a state of somnambulism. He dressed himself and left the house un perceived, and after traversing about the village found hie way to the towing-path ot tlw Birmingham and Warwick Canal. He was walking very near to the side of tho water, and was suddenly noticed to fail in. A young man, who was close to the spot, went to Bnock's assistance and landed him safely, He remained in the water only a few minutes, but was rendered speechless. It is stated that this is not the tit at occasion on which he has left the house whilst in a similar state. A few weeks ago, he walked for a distance of three miles before awakening.— There haslately been admitted to the Tottenham Hospital a domestic servant named Peacock, aged 23 years, who met wtfth an accident. She was found on the metals of the railway, which is in close proximity to the house v here Peacock was employed. She was only partially dressed, and quite unconscious. Some few hours subsequently she recoveied consciousness, but was unable to give any particulars of the occurrence The police afterward diecovered that the woman had got on to tho roof of the house, and having padded over four others, jumped a distance of twenty feet on to a dust bin, the lid of which was completely smashed by the fall. How she eventually got on|totbe railway is a mystery, but it is generally supposed that it was the effect of somnambulism.