The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06

Az A~DaHa ~ ~ Walkers 1sSxte gpestj,.
Niagara falls ~ lately the seene of
another irHHie death, Hnd pia Walker
wsA tl,e tasD whs furnished the detAlts
III The tragedy. After successfully
wrestling With the SdtI,s sud currents
and tlIe rocks sud rapids fos yests. sDd
saving a seDsT ~ fnDf1 III persons fg0n
wse~ry graves. be MA n LAST swept over
ths American ealasaet In ihT pfe4ruee
u large crowd ~ exGnfsigDlsfA, whO
Nsrs scattered shout, ItllIn stisfseettpg
thu awful spectacle whiet they vera
~ suddenly eAlted upon W witness
The primary esr w ~ Walkers dTalh
~ drunkenness. liz hAd = LID fsr
IIJn0r, which frequently g0t tt,s better
NJ HIM, H. wa4 observed 10 Ds.yT port
Dsy, aiont two miles stnse the hssd
III uOsl Island, lMdly intoxicated, II
IL believed b. pulled Oyer ~ one u The
islands, whefs hs discovered thA e1bs
tents ~ tTg " beev with some eDm.
pAntOns. II II tAsn supposed hs n,
iAmptSd ~ Yesgh uuat Island, N tp
return ~ P0rt Usy, 10 rOw t9st ~
U0Ms Island n i ysrt dangerous and
lDOIvIHrdy Trick Int Dt,S many times -
eOmpljsiisd by Walker. III would III
II lDf small pttSHe, ~ N, Il wager, ~
even u grsiiiy ilss curiosity III tourists,
Whatever hiA intention, h. mtnAIeujet,
II his powers snd wAs gaM9i,t III ths
tssp rapids just Stnve uD.t island. sud
tt)wa@ ~ this print thst the l,Drnn~d
speetstOfs 6Tst essGht stHkt ~ him ~
BIN essDH down thu r,sTr. A mAD on the
imHk shouteA ~ him ~ row ~ The
slnis@wsy i,Nns N,s UslAfset uOuse, ebd
W. tried ~ do ~, Int caught i erst. jDet
his t,sjanee. and fell backward )utD tLT
btml, whore hA ~ stnpshsA with int vi
estt0n, Thu tilrrstAti Dar dfilied at.y
from HE b,xt, snd thu light kin MA
caught III tiT swift enryeut sud carried
dawn until II reached i fs,jni stNDl
halfway between tI,r t,SsA M fi,e lslMDd
md the Cslsfset House, WHEN " esU9i,t
Hpcn Deh, swinging around IN
sTyersl seconds. The situation u this
time was Una NJ sstsemH horror, sud the
spectators IoOkAd On viii, listed trsstk
aud besti1g hTssts, J'bS lNst t,es
lsspel forward fiItyu IN terrible journey,
riding upon the crest NJ tl.e wst1v, then
struck hall sHnkTn r0vk sud parted IN
twain sJdl1tnR thA OeeupxDt tHtD The
Is,sltsk rapids. The spectators IN ftN
sl,Ofs III n0Al tsistd std the i0idgs
~ ths InsB fi6a stvts tj,e sHrfae~ IN
tk~ wst<r, throw W lb4 t,sDds Os,es sDd
ltsn biz tNIy ~ vsHGt,t III fba r~s)@t
Isss nndSrd0w and Ms swept ffoB,
tight forever,
The levvymSD t,<Igw tt,S lstIS vsrs
notified, snA rowing DNsr thA eslefGrt
ms<ts search IN tn txrIy. Int nothing
wss frsnA Int his bsl, lsliIy eyt W fls4
rDeks, NJ Oss HDjDjursd, sNd tlsA pieces
~ ~ ht,s& H. IAttSe e~s~ Ss1Ssjt
sysHj,t ~ snSi11s1 hunters ~ slSMts,
Mrs III the tSrvibIs accident
Thu vtrtim ~ veil taOsn - tb4
lsjlS, H. 49, : limit ty0us< kAGtNs,
snd WsAa viii, hsSameeesfnss dLap6t<tl
JsiD0~. III sss&sl n0iLiSK IN tt,s dsAeSs
N ihs ytveS, md Nv laughed ~ Ae1r,,
tt,1 very Mss N ltss. ~ - sss6tt3Ii
With hstnr - OsttAw sed snwGG1AS,
sad ~k~n II A1s1Sr N ~ ~ ~ W0si4l
s~sk One ~ ~ smaller Islands ss,A
fsmsin nntil tj,e storm aGstDsl him
bjsw ovr. nIs SsAssiatp9 isetsss ~
his pfOneteO1y IN asvtn4 hmesAa lIlS,
~ eneUff ~ IL AHn1reSsfn dnetnN