Montpelier (VT) Argus and Patriot, May 30, 1894, p. 1. Miss Eleanor Morris of Columbus, Indiana, had a narrow escape from being buried alive last week. She passed into a death-like trance on Sunday night, and all preparations for her burial were made. The funeral services had been held and the coffin was being carried from the house to the grave when a faint tapping on the coffin lid was heard. The lid was raised, and Miss Morris was found to be alive. She had been perfectly conscious through the whole of the terrible ordeal but had been unable to move or utter a sound.