A 19thC Cornish man who worked in a mine near St Ives sees a miner walking home early and finds that man had been killed several hours before.

A story…was lately told by a well–known Cornishman—a cousin of sir Henry Irving—who in his youthful days who had worked in a mine near St Ives. One fine summer evening, as he and a comrade were on their way to 'night–core' they were surprised to see a man named Thomas Richards, whom they knew to be working in the preceding shift, already on surface and going off in the direction of his home. They hailed him, but receiving no answer, supposed that, having come up from underground early, he did not wish to be recognized. They, accordingly, passed on without giving the matter another thought. On arriving at the mine, however, they were met by serious faces, and learnt on inquiry that a fatal accident had occurred a few hours before, and that in the engine–house was lying the dead body of Thomas Richards, who had just been brought to the surface! Although, ordinarily, the very reverse of a superstitious character, Captain John Peters retained to the end of his days the absolute conviction that on this occassion it was none other than the spirit of the dead man which he and his companion had seen.

The reputation of the man whose story this is is meant to give his story credibity.