The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-10-18
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NJ OVER AZ IIs FA Els
sitier. ion nor moi ls, an III
cldeptso more dns
s,Whieh iehoeeuTrsd lust evening. at the isailsi
and rs aetailed below by foliE corrsssrori.
dent here is ssomesI hing terrilly y':o snr.
pallinigs most ssIb blime, il, tic sstri,Gale5
Sforsli lie of strong Sci possessed snIat,,
when gdrnWn iHfo The torrent that with Tho
speed of race horse, siY IS him ot,svnrti
TO certain strnctor Al moment son Fae:
/ 4 iys elnpses between enlire ssaf iagd d 4
most fearlu! la death yet 1llat moment
what q !, Wealll. g Of iifS may be
y How ;.,! like lightning nlnshf fiasi, Trough
The MINIS, nll the pleasant recol ollectiona OF
alciiildhooI, tlle firm resolves Of yigorous
lsmaptood, tho hopes of The sfltnre, The on.
sdearme ents OF homo md I friends, repenti
4anceS Iors, past err i, nnd rayars for ior.
glYcnessR Ri4 TINT q read .prcsen 10 which
he IS SO oSnWf fni ly SUNNI iohed So
s5j3 aIAGAEAS + FALLs, Oct. q, 1915:
AT about ,sundo last evening 4, 3 ffi,an fra
was cnrried over tho Fal Who he wnss
sis not known. rom his map agemeylt Of
Sihe Eoil. bout III which he can,e foYs Ii the;
river, I think he was moi we'll acquainted
with the current OF the rapids. His dfess
/ aud anpearance indicated respec,ability::3
ard after he got into tie ran Ids, his sell.
possession was most eXtraord inar n: sS FIia
fboat was ID very good one ckeds ovef
nm tho fH,,v I, AL r. II - 4. -,
:ry three or four tons. From what Ileaftf
of n sail. boat having been below Black
B Rock, coming down, j think it is from
there or Rufllo. No otherihan d person
unac9ndinted with the current d bovse sEtIis
rapids would venture sonear them !.
Wns on the hend Of Cont Island when.
4 first discovered the bont-then near ll;;al
a milo below The foot Of N Navy Island, and
nearly two above tho L 'alls. There see III. fhi
tcdsto be twofins The boat. wus directed
towards tho American shore Tho wind
blowing from this shorc, and sill ,ha ssaii
wns standing. Being well acquainted;
ltltheJ river, / regarded the position of
the bout as cXtraortl rtlinnry!a !and ilazardous,ts
and watched il with sintense ANXIETY
SoonEl discovered The motion sc nfl oar
fand from tho changing direction az The
sboat, concluded itEad but ono. While
constant app preaching tieafe rand nearer.
Tho rapids, l9could discoverit was gaining
the American shore, and dibY tho; timesSit5
had got near the first fall sins tho rapids;
about hall aSniile above Goat Island, il wasl
idirectly above the Island. T. here. il was
turned up the river, and for, some tffria
the wind kept it nearly stationary. The
only hope seemed to be 10 come directly
TO Goat Island, and whether I should run run
half q milo to give alarm, or remainto "a al.
jsist,. in he event the boat attempted t0
make The Islnnd, was a question OF pain
fui doubt. But soon the boat wns again
turned To- The American shore Then II
was certain it:must godoRn the American
rapids. ran for tho brid sawl and
informed a gentleman nnd lady Iiiusi ileav- :,
ing, the Island, !, but they seemed unable 10
reply or move. ral lied q man at the
toll gate--We ran to the main bridge iii iii
time to SEQ tho boat before il had GOT "a
the first large fall iii the rapids. Then i
saw bnts one man-7he standing ut the,
stern with his oar, changing tho course OF
the boat down tie current, and as itplun.s
ged over, the man sat down.
was astonished ito see the boat rise
with the mast and snil standing, and the
man, again erect, directing the boat to-
wards shore. As hes came to the next
and 5each sue ceeding fall ne sat DOM, and
then would rise and apply his oar in the
intcrmediaM current. s. ;si,,S
Stillhere washope that ho would comd
near eaough TO the pior to jump, but in q
moment hew was COMO. Another that he
!. might jiinf fhpon the rock near the. bridge;
but the currem dashed him from il under
The bridge, breaking the mast. again he
rose on the opposite side. Taking his oar
and poinlinsa hiss boat towards the main
shpreyhe crsad lbadsf better jump from
the boat. We could not answer, for ei1i
ther seemed certain destruction. Within
afew. of the falls the boat struck on d
rock turned over and lodged. He ap-
peared to crawl from underit, and swarrf
with the oar in his hand till he went over
the prccipice. s. Il F:s
Withontthe. power to render any as
sistnnce for hal f an hour watching q
strong man stniggling with every nerve
for life,.yet doomed with almost tho cer.S I
tainty to an immediate and awful DEATH,
still hoping with every effort for his de-
xliyerance--caused an intensity OF excite
.nent I pray God never ngain to expert
en'a
From, The Aiilton Chronicle
SHOCKING DEATH. 3
Mr. VIM. NJ. Evans, (brother Of the
\ Editor of this panerA mot hip dan NJ AZ fha'