Dreams

Hobart Laborer's fatal accident preceded by three-fold dream

Published October 24, 2026 at 4:50 AM

1920s · 1922
Hobart

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A laborer in Hobart, New Zealand, working for the City Corporation, was killed when a crane's wire rope touched high-tension overhead wires. A week prior, his workmate had a recurring dream three times of a fatal accident occurring at that exact crane in that exact manner. The workmate had shared the dream with others, and its realization caused a significant shock to those who had heard it.

In Their Own Words

“To dream of a fatal accident three times and then witness its fulfilment has been the experience just recorded of a hobart (New-Zealand) man. A laborer employed by the HobartCity Corporation was turning the hand winch of a crane. The jib of the crane swung around and a wire rope came in contact with the high tension electric wires overhead. The result was that the laborer Avas electrocuted. A week before the accident one of the man's workmates was uneasy in his mind. He was troubled by a strange dream that was repeated three times. In his dream he saw a fatal accident at the crane. It occurred in exactly the same way as that which caused the actual accident. He told his mates of the dream which had made such a deep impression upon him, and it was the subject of considerable discussion. The fulfilment of the dream came as a shock to those who had been made familiar with the story. — Millennial Star 84:32”

Sources & References

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), Vol. 84, No. 32 (1922). https://archive.org/details/millennialstar8432eng (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)

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