The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-06-13
A MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.
4 Lnd, Throw. from her Horse AZ IN.
Edge OF the Grand Canon.

IA much interest ~ there may be
attached TO the war between the con.
tending railroads Ia the Grand Canon of
the Arkansas, no occurrence has tram.
PRED in that locality which has attracted
no much attention and sympathy AZ an
accident which recently happened to
Mrs. +. j. Mallett, Of Canon City. Mrs.
Mallett IL an excellent horseweman, and
having great confidence in her riding
skill, started out last Sunday afternoon
with her husband and other friends on
horseback TO Wait the scene O Corporations
in the canon. Of NIL the wonderful
canOns in Colorado the Grand Canon of
the Arkansas il the most awe.inspiring,
The walls are 1000 feet high at places,
and almost perpendicular. Before opera
tons were begun with them by the rail.
road men no one ever attempted to pas
through the gorge except during the
winter and then on Ice. The lahorers
have, however, made paths IN the very
sides Of the
IMMENSE pREClPlCES
and il wa along one Of these thai Mrs.
Msllett and her friends were travelling.
She rode a trusty horse, and was az COM
posed rs any OF her party. They had
proceeded 10 a point beyond the horse.
trail and were descending a steep hill
The path was a narrow one, the walls of
the cannon shooting far up toward the
blue, clear sky, and down for hundreds
Of feet until they dipped into the dis.
turhed waters of the rapid rolling
Arkansas. II vas NJ this dangerous
spot that Mfa. Mallett's horse stumbled
and fell. There was no room for the least
falter. This was, therefore, a fatal step.
Mira. MsIIett, with almost incredible
presence Of mind, disentangled her
self from her horse. Below her,
ten feet, was o shelving rock,
about fifteen inches wide. lnis she
struck and caught with her hands. With
nerve that would have made the steiner
sex proud Of manhood, the lady held on
~ the end Of the rock, dangling in the
air, gripping It with desperation. Had
abe let 60, her next Judgment would have
been IN another -hel! iitty feet below.
70 hold On was therefore her only
resort. With all the dispatch possible,
Mr.. Mallett and others came to her req
cue, and succeeded in taking her from
the p~erilous situation, almost u%niniured,
hut d course very much exhausted from
fright. Now comes the
srRANGEsrrAET OF NE STORY,
The horse also fell, and lodged on The
same shelf 10 which his mistress was
ciinging in falling he had turned copl.
pietely around. but there he stood on the
narrow ledge Of stone, bupging the wall,
and evidently realizing his position, if
horse ever realized anything. He did
not stir q muscle, hardly hreathed for an
hour or more, until ropes strong enough
TO take him out were sent for and obtain
ed at II camp 4 mile distant. by the
these arrived, fifty men or more,
who were engaged in the canon had
gathered along the trail, and as many as
could make themselves useful assisted IN
the animal up, He seemed to rea-
lie fully that steps we're being taken for
his relief, and did not move 70 make re.
sistance until he was placed upon a sure
footing in the path. The escape OF Mrs.
Mallett, under the circumstances, ia very
little less than miraculous, and that the
horse should have been saved, is almost
incredible. The accident and the reacue
have proved prolific themes Of CONVERSE
ton in Canon, and the first report caused
corresponding excitement. Mrs. Mallett
is the wife of Prot. Msliett, who is the
proprietor Of the reduction works, at
Canon. - Denver, Colorado, Tribune.