The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-04
WON Who Cansc SO Near Goins
over Niagara Falls.

-, ,sn,fcb 10 the New York Iimcs'J
u,o Y. Y, June 1.-About ii:oo
.,'Ioct This morning painter nau'cu W."
~, VcCul,o,,ch, who was nc WORN on 'nc
i s'i sister island bridge, above Niagara
Lii nv some nlischance fell into the raging
.,,,rront beneath. The water ut thlS Pou'
-.,,shns and surscs along TO the ca'at.e.'
.hran.ouartrrs of a mile below, Win Hfes.S-
.:hio fo,rs All along the stream, doWn tae
r.;,,t of rho American fall. the yea " tHe
80 Is thickIy studded with huge oou'aefs,
arn,,nd and over which the cuFteht sectueS
,,d bnilS rs il in fury at the oo>trNotonS
II uas down this triShtfui channel tha' tue
unfortunate man was swept WIKI uN wv
itv az whirlwipd. His doom atf'eare" 70
he sealed, for nothing short OF ahtsGl'
could rescue him from the cietches "a l"e
angry waters, and the fearful plunge over
The falls below.
n seemed as though he must have drown
oil long before reaching tie cataract. but he
lid NOT. Neither did he Sc over ehe fa!'>
Una shor, time after falling from the Drudge
ne WAS seen standing erect ulOa n ROCK 'tsit
2iftS itself above the water IN the FipS'S.
1Icrc he apeared 10 be aS far from hu21an
aid q, before. for it WaS almost certain oeat d
Al 90 10 his rescue: but s. hero was found
eoual to the emergency. and sanldthe WaldcSl
excitement among the thronS who no" ilned
the shore preparations fer his 'rescCe were
made.
rome was securely fastened to the bank
some distance above and Thomas Sonroy,
who had volunteered fer the hazardous UNI
,,ertakin-. succeeded ia reaching the place
where Mccullough was standing. by means
of the rope both mca were safely hauteo
ashore.
Strange rs it may be. Mccullough was moi
injured in the least and viii probably u
about TO morrow none the worse for his peril
Gus bath.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE FERILors AD-
VENTURE. .
Niagara Fails, \. y, jun, This VII
LACE was the scene of terrible cNcitemen
this morning in consequence OF paiti'e'
named Mccullough, who was employed II
Jaintipg the bridge leading from Goat Island
to the Three Sisters. having fallen from tht
bridge into the rapids below. lie drltieC
with the current to point within forty iee'
OF the falls. where he found anchorage in The
middle of the stream that separates the
islands by coming in contact with rock
TO which he chung. In few moments tht
news OF the accident spread like wlidhrt
through the village, and an immense crowc
of spectators gathered TO look at the untor
tunate mans perions situation, from which
it seemed impossible to rescue him. McCul
Tough had given upall hopes of being aided
his arms and body were fast becoming be-
nunbed and losing their hold on the slippery
rock, when shout went up from the
throats of the spectators which told him
that aid was nigh. In that vast crowd which
had assembled on the islands and bridges
there was but one man who was willing to
risk his own life in trying to snatch fellow
creature from out the jaws OF death. Tom
Conroy. a guide 1T the Cave of Winds,
Jumped into the rapids, and holding in bis
left hand The end of Il rope and swimming
down the current, he reached Mccullough
in safety. He immediately tied the rope
around himself and the nearly-eNhau>ted
man, and they we're both safely landed ashore
in few moments. Mccullough was badly
bruised about the head and body. \ purse
was Immediately taken up for Conroy, who
is tonight the hero of the hour.