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November 13, 1809
Portland Gazette, And Maine Advertiser
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
What is this article about?
In Providence on Aug. 8, a young gentleman sleepwalked, fell from a three-story window onto pavement, but suffered no alarming injuries, prompting philosophical reflection on survival from such falls during sleep.
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PROVIDENCE, AUG. 8.
A young gentleman in this town, who has been subject to the unhappy infirmity of walking in his sleep, having been persecuted by a robber in his dreams, arose with his eyes locked in slumbers, and threw himself from a window at the distance of three stories from the ground on a pavement, and we are extremely happy to learn that he suffered no alarming injury by the fall. It remains a question for philosophers to solve, how it happens that a human body may be precipitated from a height during sleep, without essential injury, which had it been done in waking moments, would have been attended by inevitable death.
A young gentleman in this town, who has been subject to the unhappy infirmity of walking in his sleep, having been persecuted by a robber in his dreams, arose with his eyes locked in slumbers, and threw himself from a window at the distance of three stories from the ground on a pavement, and we are extremely happy to learn that he suffered no alarming injury by the fall. It remains a question for philosophers to solve, how it happens that a human body may be precipitated from a height during sleep, without essential injury, which had it been done in waking moments, would have been attended by inevitable death.
What sub-type of article is it?
Accident
What keywords are associated?
Sleepwalking
Fall From Window
Providence Accident
Miraculous Survival
Where did it happen?
Providence
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Providence
Event Date
Aug. 8.
Outcome
suffered no alarming injury
Event Details
A young gentleman subject to sleepwalking, persecuted by a robber in his dreams, arose while asleep and threw himself from a three-story window onto pavement.