New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-23

n such hight abo, the surface to enable any uuorta
nac person To- Nv hold upon the and near together As
10 piy- lin severa hau.e- IN he f.l at the hrst
IN This way 10 seems there would oe p1.t1a"y
# being saved in case OF an accident Ike tH'' when 80
Mortified the community yesterday.
Without something OF this kind. there seems 10 hope for
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..1raik jus = 1855.
THr DlsAsrrR At NIAGARA FANS Tie following
reiereuc, 20 the cause oil the disaster we hld in The
Bvfai0 Adrf5lstr:
@IIe mo- intense excitement created q. y agara
this norurg BY the Startling intelligence that mln Vas
in The midt If he rapids witho isv f~e OF ne f1.s
cir 2ug for life - irUl stump, aganf wal h me- p-4
Gus Mt Of the rapids he had oeen thrown ~ soon -
the rble news became known hundreds Of persons hur
ned 10 spot and the report found 10 b. too true
pom fqGiry asc,Tfaued that the poor hlo" was
one If hree blunsng % SOON u % Tor taxing sanl
dow ite river who bad got into small boat ~ .ched to
the scow about clock last evening and having by some
mesr become separated bcrefrom, we're hurried doFn the
rarfs The boat o. course epeediy swsmPed and the
M cast into the water tao ofthem being % nee carr d
over the Falls their dreadful fate and the other by
chance still ing and cingng To stump about midway be
tween the Falls and GoW Island bridge.
AT light this morning this poor fellow wa discov
cred In is peIious situation, and i was speedily found
that bis ne eas almost impossible SINCE no'ooat ma,
could be procured would Goat IN 10 ri 10 ihe rapids with
out being sgamped aLd overturned. dispatch was IN
medatty sent o. ti- Cy for f- boat and ons WAS sent
by express the railroad without delay In the mean
box combining relTeshm ats was attempted 10 De
foatd g. the or fellow who had cllng Win desp ration
10 Lie fa support IN te midst q tie dlzyng, whring
ran tea and within hearing Of the II the cataract
which at any moment be might be hurled FOR npVlrd u
trafyJoHr hurs.'
From Tie Bulao Commercial Advertiser OF July 81
T. 70 O'Clock last evening the public kept in
state of excitement by patches recsis sd AZ iusryAsiron
the Fs bringing Information Of the siia.tion Of poor
AyErf each report flctuaing betTeen hope and fear
oy exercising confidence in his eventual safety aud
almost d. pairing Of his rescue large number Of PER
len his city torthe scene Of excitement by the t,al9
and sweeo the thousands already gathered around the
sp.t We have been furnished with an account OF hs
proceedings since a ck yesterday by an eye vitae
but We s.e under Obligation - The operators upon his
sock. Canada line fr the earlet int.Ilgencs OF The
wret hed fate o. q" victim
Our informant tells that the man was in part Of the
rapids where the rocks ne nearly To the race o. me
water log II wood, apparently wodged tlghly between
the rocks and crossed b. another still higher ont o the
water wss his Resin lace. Here he rentned hall cling
iu 10 and hail perch-d upon the log from Fch be w0ni1
occasionally Zip down and walk ahtt- on hsrocss "h'h
were only sLoI cistaIce under water 10" ieri ia &C
vance was snail i ~ about 01r Or i've ie7t ahd 10 70
srt On each Tide Of him he waters rushed wildly On a. a
speed Of forty niles an hour Since our report yes
ftrdsy VA made no about clock m the afternoon
raft was constructed formed a. crossed inOtrs strongly
flsf4I I'D in square form t0g,h-ad beng a'ec IN ne
center The raft strongly secured vita ropes ol each
4 and was aoatd down the rocks upon which Avery
a.,atoutA As u approached tie spot where he stoDc,
d. roue rot last n the rOck aud the rs became mino-
vshi. Avev then appeared 90 muster strength and
courage sno desceTding from the log walked over the
rocks TO the place 1heTs Tie rope htcAuSht ana 'D'f7d
org and hard 10 dsengsgs from the rocks At-r soma
i'm be succeeded and then with renewed erer.y inspired
- fl hoe of re.cue be pu led naniuy 81 the rope until
h. succeeded in bringing the !a from the current 10 yard
avsry now POI On to the raft making himself fat there
o, means Of ropes which bad been placed there Tor
tbat urpo-e those he laid conmenced draFlng
tt,sAId the shore IL had approached WITHIN ""iyJ~t
If one the small Islands TOW ard which rs course " -
di-efed when suddenly n became stationary Ia the ma
II the RAPIDS ropes having again caught 10 tue ROCKS
an eno.svor to move i found t. BE- IN yain ani
much r was entertained that the strain upon ths ropes
,rish break them snd occasion me poor irl""s osr
sf..r. 10 Uf~4r red Ia
atfer rs were 10 reach An one man vent out IN
- - - 81 h. DARED ~ venture. and asked him II he
un1id ften rope round lis body and irds; 70 benz
dr.Wu 10 By that; The pooE fellow, however SHOOK MS
had tsspoudrgly, s. though 10 Tell mat re hAa MOI
9Th enough remaining % make himself secure 20
rore ~ lttg oh boat ~.s got ready NE DoA' ""sn
lad arrived lom BuiLo-ana wls launched Seeing thr
rrepsrat,u. AyeIy uboo.ed Bis fasenngs With the u
ieuion 81 being ready % ~ lng into ne BIS o1rue or
By the rushing waters ard amid he brr.;hiess suspsns.
OF TIE spectators, the "-, approached he rsf tnr.
ran through the croEd-the boat Us - Ia the Scgg
1t siruct the raia shout Of JOY rang iprth from ht
shoss for i VA believed ihs, be was sayed-when sud
denly the hope that Lsa been raised again dsst we'd
ufu4uts confusion followed the collision, aud IN b.
was seen IL the midst If the Aters sep rated
from b., fra support AM struggling Tor ne for IN Z.
trEo he p0or ielos, striking clt eo1y Fan 81 'nSj
Dvsrd L- ard and the cry echoed if0m shore % shr
TIA, be v ud set be saved Blt som ne ta'
/ b.csrs certain that be r-cedst from The .h're-
Ss ,,b "a. eyilei y falling Gradually he was born
I.oA mt DE forces. part ~ tie cufr-n--oEy - hNi
,t4n more f tlU >Ffy al4 more sandy Dec a11-ot ch
ft. IflL .t -.. 49,. 'a- ft'l Pc '.- p. -
B t.tT Shoe ...t .....la .' 't- ''.4' - va "
.si 81 holn e1rax6 Il tis psIseserug elpris 20 =
cope Their iuly kenng 70 ing came over tAs sPecA
tors when iust The brink OF tie prsgpce th- aloue'
- .,t, IN from tle yaiers-clexr from their surface
rai.f hmsef upright A. statue, with his arms A-n
Mildly alon and WIN piercing shrek tbst rat ioui
hove the mo. king Of the cataract ieA bA x a. al
ITO The aning waves and hurled over the brow
! the fatal prscpioe
Ne have no heart 20 comment upon the melancholy an
awful event The fate Of poor Avery will add another
a. many fearful local Incidents already related BY Oh
guds. Al the Falls ard Tor years bis critical situation, h.
hard struggles bis fearful death s be the theme u man
narrowing tale And visitors 20 the mighty cataract
s..k the srere of the terrible catastrophe with shude
rg curiosity and The mid ard The imaginative vii fancy
m he dgsk If 'he evening that they siiu hear above "a