Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-03
,.,o.. Masses Of conscsicd water aud
Other wonders.


~ M 10 speak was formed Just
TX Niagara Falls, mud another still
NV down toward tho railway SUE
,s,on bridge. During the following
" ,be leo WINS crossed nj these
W ". nv many people. aud In the
ldl. OF the river, opposite the
a 'usct Park Inclined Railway
rr,gor,ubIc shanty was erected on
len for the taking Of Photographic
~ ana pcddllng of liquid refresh
~ for which latter purpose the
,' n territorial situation of tho
', ,y, rendered n license unncces-
This was the situation on the
iowIng Sunday, January u, whom
he afternoon, u hurricane bMw
.n The river, tumbling over tho leo
sss into the gorge with n swift
q and IN n quantity never before
awn The effect II described by
Gw favored on-lookcrs M almost
,auianrous. The great pit Into
,,eh wac cnptied the whole cata-
was apparently filled with ice.
,sbs, Tho water rose 80 feet above the
unary level on both sides, and
,,er aud Ice swept together In an ir-
'ls,Iblc avalanche over the ice bridge
lion wns. The bridge was torn
:, lia plnec ahd carried down the
~ Inc iue continued to gorge the
IAN and moved along the banks
! nath OF devastation. On the
aada side substantial fciry-housc,
~ ~ above the highest known wa
or Ice mark, was moved of iltiy
nom It's foundations and overset,
oec,,pant fleeing for his life before
1ooa At the foot of the Amori-
i Falls Il more dangerous and ox.
lnp incident occurred In the over
'elminp of the shadow of the Rock
mao by The avalanche, or glacier, to
MI more properly, and the crushing
ay of the lower part of the
Filmed covered railway leading
wn from Prospect Park to
4 ferry. These are structures which
lody ever supposed To be within
al el such a casualty, hut they were
A overwhelmed in twinkllng.
II occupants of the Shadow of the
ck House found themselves sud
nly cut oil by the glacier FROM the
trance 10 the covered passage nj the
Eer end OF the Inclined railway, and
IN escaped by promptly scaling the
hanks in hazardous pluco, where,
ar The cliff, 4 hole was cut with nm
Tor thom to gain the inside of the
Mny tunnel. The galo continued
sunday night, and Ia the morning
situation was as II is to-day.
sor mile aud half below the
his the river gorge IL filled with stu.
nary MASSES of ice, AZ the foot of
American Falls Is M enormous
Of lee, rounded and falling in
leefn curves to the Jagged hillocks
low. a person cnn climb this
ent and stand under the great wet
builder of Niagara. Looking up TO
Horseshoe the mist hangs 80
lvily over It as entirely TO conceal
great green torrent, aud nj the
n, whore the water ~ shallower,
elm IL actually cascd With solid
In lis whole $50 feet perpendicular
ter Is probably running under tt,
one cnnnot see it, Goat Island
Prospect Park are masses of frost
age, the face of the cliff below Is
rywhcre shcnthcd In ice.
hio clear watcrenot much
visible lust nj the
Of the Falls; the ice begins to seal
the gorge almost Mt the impact OF
descending waters. Opposite the
Ter side OF the American talls, and
p-thirds OF the way across the river,
reIsa great irregular pit where the
EN- water Is visible for the length of
aud the width OF 80 feet, the sides
(Which arc perpendicular masses OF
10 feet high, IL looks as IL the
(dng Hood had demanded breath
place at this point, and forced the
NJ ico-hlocks up aud of with their
heayal, With these exceptions the
bridge covers the waters of the
and this open pit with It's pre-
tous aides affords II guide In estim.
" It's thickness. For at least 10
probably double that IN places -
MS lee piled over tso raging Hood
Niagara,
no term Ice bridge IL n misnomcr
The Mutation requires ~ RI par
liar description TO set e reader
n AS TO It's real character. Viewed
y The suspension foot bridge at the
|er end of the park, II has the APP
rance OF a rough pack ef Ice, with
The irregularities of surface
ough which run thread like sbasms
intervals. Descending the park
tway to the highest point reached
we glacier the adventurous visitor
across u Jcsolation of huge blocks
swi,h which the gorge IL choked,
valleys, Ridges, nromontorios
nslore him, lying much ms million.
npsd carelcssly down upon
W. There IL no pathway across
mr situation Is not olc
ugh yet for local enterprise TO have
y OUT and filled up u good foot
ana pMnkcd over the unoomIort
esllfrs. Cross II you will -th'
hell before yon. hut take notic,
y You do the hardest half hours
aud veSation OF body il before
VIZ You reach the Dominion. The
eMlorlahlo sense of danger which
y with you will soon be over
~ the ovidouco comes 10 You
~ oi The thickness of this mighty
sau II will speedily give place (,
anslhg sense OF toll such IA yot
. uol care to repeat. The jumping
slppng, the falling, the scram
y which attend every step of you
ale simply indcsoribablc, ano
=, o,9wn aud hot, albeit the mercu
VIZ down toward zero, you stant
s MN shore Of Canada, and arc I'M
my Welcomed by the hackmal
aMts Ion the unwary AT the foo
tpauway With solemn promise,