Adventures of Somnambulists.

Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 286, 4 December 1886, Page 4

Adventures of Somnambulists.

A young gentleman named Enock, who has been staying in a village near Birmingham, England, met with a most unpleasant experience by falling into the canal -while in a state of somnambulism. He dressed himBelf and left the house unpercoivod, and after traversing about the village found his way to the towing-path of the Birmingham and Warwick Canal. Ho waa walking very near to the side of the water, and was suddenly noticed to fall in. A young man, who was close to the spot, went to Enock'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 first occasion on which ha has loft 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 namod Peacock, aged 23 years, who met with an nccident. Sho was found on the motals of the railway, which is in close proximity to the house where Peacock was employed. She was only partially dressed, and quite unconscious. Some few hours subsequently she recovered consciousness-, but was unable to give any particulars of the occurrence. The police afterward discovered that the woman had got on to Ihe roof of tiie' house, and having passed over four pthers, jumped a distance of twenty feet on to a duat bin, ths lid of which was completely fmoshed by tha tail. How she eventually got onjtothe railway ie a mystery, but it is generally supposed that it was the effect of somnambulism.