Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-12-03
THROUGH NIAGARA RAPIDS.
Miss Sadie Allen and George Hazlett. of Bt
fnlo, go Through the Whirlpool.


Miss Sadie Allen and George HazIett. of Buff
fnlo, go Through the Whirlpool.
A dispatch from Niagara Falls, n. Y,
of Nov. 2Sth, says:
George Hazlet and Miss Sadie Allen, of
Buffalo, went through the rapids and
whirlpool this afternoon in the same bar
rel used by Hazlett last summer. They
were in the rapids and whirlpool five
minutes, and were taken out of the eddy
on the Canadian side just below the
whirlpool three-quarters of an hour later
in good condition. MISS Allen is a re.
spectacle girl Is years old, petite bru
nette and rather pretty. The start was
made from the maid of the Mist" land
ing on the Canada side. When the bar
rel reached the maelstrom it shot right
into the center of the pool, making two
or three turns. Leaving there the barrel
followed the current out towards the Can
adian shore and down to the outlet of
pool, where it got
INTO A LARGE EDDY
and bobbed around for half an hour.
Friends near by shouted to the occupants
of the barrels, when Hazlett opened
small door on top of the barrel and Frank
Lawson threw rope from the shore,
which Hazlett secured and the barrel was
towed ashore. After coming out of the
barrel, Hazlett and Miss Allen had a
tramp of a mile aud half through brush
and over boulders before reaching the
top of the precipice. Miss Allen, when
she appeared at the ferry ready to enter
upon the Perilous journey, wore neat
walking dress. Taking off her hat and
jacket, and throwing Il shawl over her
head, she stepped lightly into the barrel
through the manhole, tucking her gar
ments closely about her, and laughingly
remarking:
Come, George, jump in. l am all
fixed"
Soon after Hazlett stepped into the
craft, fastening himself in the opposite
end to that occupied by Miss Allen. Just
thirty minutes from the time
the barrel was towed out into the river
it reached the whirlpool. Miss Allen and
Hazlett returned to Buffalo this even
ing.
THE AFFAIR ORIGINATED
| through proposition of Larry Donavan
to go through the whirlpool if he lived to
find girl of sufficient nerve to accom-
| pauy him. He was successful and last
evening went to New York to fill an en-
| gagement in museum. About a week
| ago Miss Allen said to HaZlett in Joking
way, that she would go if Hazlett would
| go with her. The offer was at once ac-
| cepted, but when Sadie saw that her
| friends were treating it seriously she
! tried to draw back. The latter, however,
| talked it over with her, and she finally
! made up her mind to try it. Last nigh,
| she, HaZlett and a number of acquain-
| tances went down to the falls. During
! the day the barrel had been brought from
! Chippewa, Ont. and was moored at Maid
! of -theMist" landing. About O'Clock the
| party went over the new suspension
bridge and walked down 10 the ferry
! landing. Here crowds were waiting anx-
| iously to see the girl. At 2:S0 she stepped
into the barrel, looking
PALE AND FRIGHTENED,
though she stated she had no fear at all
| They were at once towed out into the
river. No danger is met with until this
cantilever and suspension bridge and the
cantilever bridges are passed. Here the
| first great wave is met, and when the bar
rel struck it it bounded about like a corl
and was then fairly rushing along, al
ready feeling the strength of the meel
strom 8 short distance below. In an in
slant more they were into this and after
making circuit of it a few times sho
into the river again. 1t was supposed
they had gone through in safety, but a!
it turned out they had a close call. l
appears that the man who towed then
into the river screwed the cover of tht
manhole down so tight that Hazlett va:
unable to open it, and the barrel clrcieS
about in an eddy at Thompson point fol
40 minutes before it cosld be brought t,
the shore.
When the occupants of the barrel wer
taken out they were in terribly excite'
condition, and had suffered terribly from
nausea She expressed herself thorough
ly cured of the desire for glory. and sal,
she would not take the ride again for an
amount of money.