The daily gazette., 1875-08-16
MONDAY, AUGUST l6, 1875,
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FeGv!ess Varc~ go Fraa 1G..-
.Orcr7aei.
TTc=a The N:ss.-a zsiis Ees:a,e.
A. party consisting cf Mr.. ktteit Il
Pe-eonc, hiss Lotto c. Fhilpott, M
Nr. 4. Fk;irc-t, Jr., and 7r.fo, JIis.
dsttie Ph.jPctt, Of ErfT.lc. ana Al-.
Charles Il. fhiipctt, 5tarted fer the
Gave Of the Wiad;, abcls five O'clock
The chose 1l1is tirr,c hecai;se IT aoI,c1,
oT the da;- cen Ihh rainbow be seen n
si;cn 7eT1eetic7. ArIiTed 1t the ca-c,
!!heE T-H;e "o-i7cd bT MI, " riFht tic
le25es nj iEH oeTe. u tai-7 . C1iide. tut
sc they wero I'll thoroughly ian.ha,
vitt the Pia7e, ani had made repeated
trlp7 through the carr IL formcr7aar-
they declined the p7ofTcred a7siztsncc,
and started down tho Biddlo stairway
They followed the usual pathway iii
they reached the cItreme oa=1ern 1nd
OF the railing, when they elsmhcred
out upon the rocEa immediately in frcnl
or the cave, William Philpoft and hi
wife 7patFd Themselves on tho rock
Wh1lc tho other four venturPd our It'll
further and descended in n stream
which low down oveC the rock in
front and little to the riCht nl he
cave. Here they remained for some
time amusing thcmSclve- in the watel
which hraTle over on the rCck4 and
r1shea tnronGh thr crcvicre with great
force.
I Finally Miss Lottic went still fur.
ther down tue river and entered The
eddy, which, however, was ravtialy
protectedhy encir9liug boulder5. Here
she played IN the wafer which at this
place 9iord7 an excellent current bath
and was soon rejoined by her three
other friends Mr. Par~ou5 entered
the water with her, and while he wa-
getting toothold that he might guard
aFsin7t any probable accident, she
! slipped, He had hold ot her hand and
as she fell he caught her, and together
thcy were 9wcpt into the current.
which bore them down about thirty
feet toward the nver. Those on the
rocks report that Lotto WAS next seen
! bl' III illC W hAFl AI1 lFaAITlE
against q large rock.
1hey were now ia powerful cur
rent, and both seemed to be making sn.
deavora to save one another. Her
position was the more prrcarious, since
the slightest movement either wav
would expose her 10 the full fury OF
the water, and once fairly in the power
OF the current all nope ofescape woulc
be ended. Dir. Parsons, from MS posi-
tion could have ead ysa7ed himself bu'
thinking that he could rescue her. he
seized her snd tried 10 reach tho Ircl
above them. Though he battled witt
the current with that strength vhici
despair alone can give, they both were
swept from their vantage ground On ths
rock, Thirled into the msddeninS food
| below Twice they were seen II dis.
appear below the surface.
81 this tine they had been carried
we'll out into the river, and TO their
aEoniTed friends on shore they appear
ed to he standing on rocks, about eight
rods or SO from the edge of the river.
To one -nscquainted with the great
depth OF the river and the tremendous
force of the under current, it seemed
that ther had ut last found place Of
salty aud Eight yet be rescued. But
the treGchercus current was bearing
them rspidlT down the river to th.
death wh.ch was now inevitable.
Parso1s made heroic endeaYors to
reach tie sto-c Nth her fer whom tE
ihsd rished lis lie. He was strong
/ swimmer, and was scoE floating on his
back, supporting her, end struggling
against Ito current, All his efforts
were OF 10 sTGil; the fatal current seq
are:ed then, acd Miss Lcttie, dep-i-ed
Of the strong protecting arm that had
before crheld her, disappeared 18th
hands raised despeiringly above her
head. Ir. Parsons must have seen
her = under the -Gter, bat he Sill
made l-a-e ehc-ts 20 PrseerTe his o=-a
life. From the shore ka -as ses1
struggling = &c s;r1less va to keep
his head above the vatcr. q thick
clouo'of spray :nts--ered. for g nonect
Jbetvesn the drowning nen a2d k:s
him sid, md Tbe1 i Disappeared Fax
sons IT'S -cIc, aHd the cruel -4i~ez
swept 2a s3 thodgh tbs Tragedy had
not beer. Ihs epot -hcre they Tere
lsst seen Is about onc-ghiro the distance
from the Cope 70 the American Falls
Miss fhilpott 7es 25 -esTs Of sse
aud tie cal-- daughter OF Mr. William
Ph.ipott. an cid and highly respected
resident Of tilo Falls, fthelhcrt Par
soae, vhc lost lis cv-a life TO save that
OF his companion, w93 9s years OF age,
snd the son Of Hor1t.oA. P11aons, ESQ
of In Galle
At last accounts he boi.ez Lad act