A DREAM FULFILLED.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7242, 30 July 1907, Page 1

A DREAM FULFILLED.

There is in London at this moment (says St. James's Budget) a man who can tell of an experience almost ad thrilling as those recounted by the survivors from the wreck of the Berlin. i While on his way as a missioner to i Eo-ypt he dreamed that he saw his ship ! wrecked, that all the crew, as well ab ! well as himself (the only passenger.; ! were saved, but that he was hurt. Nex. - day he saw the crew practising with the boats, and noticed that the port » boat did not act kindly., He thought of his dream, but- said nothing. That | night they came in sight of Alexandria 1 too late for a pilot to come off to them, so, the weather being bad, they had to put out to sea to await the morning. The missioner Went to his berth ano •' slept, to be awakened by a great crash. : which throw him to the floor. Ho knew ■ intuitively that the first part of hi. ! dream had come true—that the vessel had struck a rock. ; Running up on to the deck, he found ' that the vessel was aground in a perilous position, careening heavily to starboard. Tbe crew, mainly foreigners, were showing a tendency to stampede, but tho passenger helped the captain— a fine fellow, the latter —to calm their fears. "Get a lifebelt for yourself," said the captain. The missiqner made his way over the tilting .deck, caught his foot against something and fell headlong. The hidden object was a life belt. The crew were concentrating their efforts on getting out the starboard boat, and with the waves dashing wildly over the vessel there was every chance of their being swept, with the boat, into the water. He persuaded four.to go with him to tho boat which during practice had stuck. All went well now. and the five of them got ' in and were about to lower away when .he "said, "Stop ! We must wait for the ' captain." One of the sailors immedi- , ately cut the rope at his end, and the . boat swung down, pitching them.all ■ i into the water. Some one on deck, noi ticing the position of the boat, cut tha 1 other lino, arid the'craft fell into the ! water, on to the passenger, nearly killi ing him. After many adventures, the ' captain and all the crew got safely to ! land. The passenger was the one man j hurt. His dream had been verified in 1 every particular.