The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-09-08
WHOLE NO. l76.
IhE FALL or THE TABxE Rocx -
LAST NAN WHo xrOOn rrox ~ ss

raer~s- 3uCk, HY YHIs
IAsIMAN WHo STOOD rrox Il.
egara to his Spirit: 'son SSa-f
said ! had something to do w;,h AZ.
1 Iaihnx of Table Rock. that broad shssl =. -
.ne eanaua side, which 10 1850 iut,ea av.. =.
.os very cauidron Of the see,h:ur v.s.rs .
out which tamhled into il on Il o.r,.;n 10
70 tue month OF June Of thar, by me al, G
remembered year. About noon an ,ha.
nay, ! accompanied lady from the Chf,
House to the falls. Arriving :, TAN.
hocs. We LETT our carrisge, and a. ws A..
preached the projecting platform poin,sa
oat 70 my companion vast crack g. 49,
winch traversed the entire base Of the rn.s
remark,ng that j. lacked wider than Il hsS
ever before appeared to me. The laav a,rna'.
soaaaered as she iookedat il, and shr;ns;n.
osck declared she did not care ahon, ca;nsss
70 the edge. "Ah,a sa,a / taking her hanS
syou might as well come on. uow ,hs, a"a, ~".,
are here. hardly think the rock will ,sss
notion to fall merely because We ars an
The platform .juttea from the m.;n,ans
some oo feet, but TO give the visitor ! all
more fearful projection over the rac,nr
waters. xooden bridge o. esar;n,' Ma
oeen thrust beyond the extreme edye Far
some ten feet. This terminated in a small
oox Tor visitors to stand in, and was lens
10 Its position and enabled to bear we;shs
ay peaderous load Of stones heaned rnan
ITS inner end. The day was very br'shs
ana not, and II being almost lunch time M
tue hotels, but few visitors were aut. "a
We occupied the diasy perch alone. ".
gazed fearfally out upon The awful water.
We stretched our heads iimidly over ths
frightful depth below, and we fell our nature.
qaessed IN every fibre by the ieafeninr roar
that seemed TO saturate US, as i, were with an
indetnable dread.
'.fhis is terrible place r' said /. sI,oot
under there. aud see Oh wha, mere she'll
We stand! For years the teeth Of Tho tor.
rent, IN that jetting, angry stream have been
gnawing out that hollow, and soma day hi,
plane must fall.' Ny companion shuaiered
and drew herself together in alarm. Oar
eyes swept the roaring circle Of The waters
once again we gazed about in searfp, fas.
clnation, when suddenly, turuinr eur look.
upon each other, each recognized n eorres.
pond,nging fear. II do not like this plaeers
exclaimed quickly. s.The whole base Of
this rock is probably disin,egra,ea, and per-
haps sits poised ia succession Of stens or
no ches, ready to fall oct and topnle
down at any unusual perturbation. THIS
assure there seems TO me to be more than
usually wide to-day think we had better
leave, for do not fancy such finish: and
besid - my paper must be published u xs
week"
With these very words-,he latter uttered
half jocoseiy, though not without aiarmA-
seized my eampanion's hand. and in abso.
lutte panic, we ded MS fast as our feet would
carry us. toward what might be called the
shore. We burst into a laugh when wa
resained the land, and jumping into our
carriage. felt actually MS il we had made a
fortunste escape. We rolled back toward
the Clifton, but before we had proceeded
two minutes on our way, a laundering re-
port, like the explosion Of an earthquake.
burst upon us, and. with long roar, tho
ground trembled beneath our wheels. Wa
turned to find that Table Rock haJ fallen.
We were the last upon il, and it was doubt.
less, the unusual perturbation caused by
our flying footsteps that disturbed the ex.
actitude of its final poise. In a minute
more the road was filled with hurryiny peo-
pie, and during the following half hour. wo
were told hundred times in advance of tho
next morning journals, that lady and gen.
ticmnp who were on the Table Rock, had
gone down the falls. We are told that the
trot OF dog would shake old London
Bridge from end to end, when II would not
be disturbed by the rolling Of a heavily
loaded wains. Table Rock had probably
not been run upon IN this way for years
perhaps never; aud. therefore, whenever I
hear it spoken Of, always shudier and
feel as II had something to do with its
fall.