The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-08-07
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Clear Greek is miniature river tina
runs, throughs.the canon of the same
name. It descends upon down grade
OF, four hundred feet per mile, with herr
and there fall over a rocky precipice
fifteen or twenty feet. in height. Large
boulders, forty and fifty feet in diane
ter and weighing thousands Of tons
impede it's dashing progress every two
or three, hundred yards, while it's curves
are so sharp and so frequent that the
stream can no where be seen for dis
lance of a thousand feet Granite
cliffs, two and three miles high, project
over it on each side and give fright
fully romantic and dangerous appear
;ance to the rushing torrent beneath.
Just below Black Hawk, on the side
,cf the atean, a small reservoir has
been constructed in which is kept an
ordinary skiff. Last Sunday two little
sons of Martin F. Walker, aged respect.
lively ten and twelve years, got into
the boat and were splashing the water
with q stick, when the fastenings gave
way and the boat went drifting towards
the rapidly running current. The lit
tie boys soon discovered their danger,
but were powerless to avert it; so they
clutched hold of the sides of the boat,
and with pallid countenance awaited
their doom. Soon the boat was caught
by the current and began descending
at q fearful rate; over Black, Hawk
rapids they went like an arrow, clearing
distance Of sixty feet at a single dash.
Lighting again on the torrent surface
the boat seemed to have gained new
impetus, and shot by the boulders and
around the rocky points with the celer-
ity of q sunbeam. r1, -rott.. g.
At a distance of about six miles be-
low the starting point Conductor Glib
bOns, who was standing on the rear
platform of the down G. C. train, saw
the boat coming and Immediately
stopped the train. All hands repaired
to the waters edge and did everything
in their power to arrest the flying boat,
bnt past them she went like bullet
from rifle, and was out of sight in a
moment. The conductor then ordered
the engineer to put on a full head of
steam and follow as rapidly as posi-
BILE, which he did, constantly sounding
the alarm of danger. He did not get
another glimpse of the boat but the
alarm brought the employees Of Beaver
Greek station tothe lookout, and quick
~ making slip-noose they sought to
throw it over the bow of the boat as
she came under the bridge. This they
succeeded in doing, but could no more
hold it than they could a thunderbolt,
and orr Beaver Creek falls she went
with h4 lpHd of Lightning. z TIE falls
are about1 thirty feet high, and at the
foot are a large number of boulders,
but the velocity of the boat was such
that il cleared them easily, and struck
The water sche twenty feet beyond. =
From here no one saw the boat or
its living freight until it reached a
point, one hundred miles below Denver.
Golden into the Platte river,
and under the Denver bridges she went
,nnoticed, nor slackened her pace until
'he lodged in drift at the distance be-
ow Denver above mentioned. The
9latte does not run very rapidly, but
he boat had acquired such wonderful
speed in, its descent from the, mountain 4
hAt itsfar outrun the current. : "A Mr..
Walsh, who lives on(a farm near the :
irift where the boat lodged, discovered {
ne boat; which was nearly full of wa {
er, and took the children to his home. E
hey we're restored. TO their. overioyed :
PARENTS the following evening, after :
laving accomplished the most perilous ;
Quincy IN the quickest time ever be- :
ore made by any human being who !
scaped alive, The distance travelled
vas one Hundred and forty miles in two :
ours, but; how.itb was ever done, or 1
ow the boat escaped. being dashed to !;
ieces upon some Of the huge boulders 9
rocky cliffs which everywhere inter- I
ept thg mast of Geifs Creek, is moth f
,g short Of providentia1 miracle.
not agan in, q Thousand years =
std Etle journey be made With Tie :
est appliances, and by the most skill I
i pGdUx GdUsalsC1 Cal JCoach.
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