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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8089, 2 November 1887, Page 5

The following story is related by a cor" respondent of a Christchurch paper :—"A lady in Christchurch had a remarkable experience the other day. About seven o'clock oue Wednesday evening, while walking along Uolombo-atreet iu compauy with a lady oompaniou, she was suddenly seized with a peculiar kind of fit, which was so serious as to ueceesitate her being immediately removed to her friend's bouse. For Bome daya after the tit she was in a very despondent mood, which to her friends was unaccountable, inasmuch as there was no apparent cause therefor. A few days afterward came the news from Mel« bourne that her Bister had, on the night she had the fit, and at seven o'olook, been killed on the railway. It appears that the unfortunate lady was crossing the line near Esaendon, and, being in deep thought, did not hear the approaching engine, which dashed her to pieces, and threw her in a mangled heap on to the platform, on which stood several awe-stricken passengers. Death, of course, was instantaneous. Here, then, is a, case demonstratively proving that mental telegraphy and sympathy may and do occur under certain normal as well as abnormal conditions. Dr. Tuka has related eimilar remarkable casea."