Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-07-22
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New York Herald special.
BUFFALO. N. w., July i6.-deerge W
White. the Oswego barber, has created do.
oided sensation al Niagara Falls. Hearrived
there yesterday with the announced inteh,
ton OF swimming the whirlpool rapids Hlhu
in a vork suit about three quarters OF ~
inch thick. He stayed nearly all DAY "
Clifton and made arrangements 70 makethe
swim this morning between lana ~ e n9'',
House, at Niagara Falls, Ont. White snlu
| he had successfully swum the Iachine
| Rapids on tho ST.. Lawrence, and anueu
'sThe whirlpool rapids are much worse, bui
with my cork suit / can get through all
right" M,
| eyes. | went down along tho hank ana
had the folks point out the spot where Gap
| tain Webb was killed. His mistake was III
trying TO dive through the mountain OF
foam where two outside currents hreak.
There is a sunken rock there, against when
he struck"
"How will You get through r.
81 will simply float on tho surface ana
will save my strength to push away from
SPeople say You will bo sucked under the
surface by the undertow y
II can stand that for five minutes. me
current will carry me along better under
meath and 1t would BIO bost, for the passage
occupies only four minutes"
Il A bystnnder expressed q disbelief that
white could do any such thing. pnll was
quickly filled with water and no Immersed
his head IN It for four minutes, when the
sceptic said he was satisfied with the test.
'You fellows need not think am fool
ing" he said, "for intend to go through.
1t will knock Graham and his barrel sky
high, and he will not have chance TO ex-
hibit himself much"
\ ..AN L.. ,al.t aaNg
81 am poor barber, and II get through
safely will make fortune, and II don't
| II will be little loss to the world.
About O'Clock White heard that Detec-
tive Wynn was after him and he secluded
himself Before he went he arranged with
few persons TO see him go through, so
. that there would be no dispute about the
fact White drank good deal yesterday,
! | but said he would have n clear head when
} | he went through. He stopped over night
at the Western Hotel, Niagara Falls, and
left ut o'clock this morning. He said some
thing about going through the rapids, but
the clerk thought he wins joking.
; Various reports were In circulation dur
l ing the day about White having been seen
. on the river bank, but nothing authentic
could be learned. The trains have been
I carefully watched and a good many people
a believe he has gone through and been
Z killed. White told the editor OF the Niagara
Falls ReDieto that II he did not show up by
! | 3 o'clock this afternoon he could write his
!, obituary, He told Editor Anger that he did
n not care much whether he came out alive OF
1 not. An object which looked like n mans
a body Is reported to have been seen In the
\ whirlpool about noon, but 1t was sucked In
a by the mnelstrom before Its nature could be
determined.
All efforts to find White this afternoon
was unsuccessful. An Oswego man who
u was there said that he was not crank, but
L AaI N MA
o this evening your correspondent tole
II graphed to Mr.. Isaacs, proprietor OF thu
= Prospect House, for further developments
y II was his opinion White was afraid anC
y that he hnd skipped town.
:, GRAHAM DESIGNING A DARKEL TO GO oyEl
i. TEE FALLS IN.
Ie New York Herald special.
u NIAGARA FALLS, July 18.-Carlisle d
ls Graham, the Philadelphia cooper wit
1t went through the whirlpool last Sunday
o was here to-day looking at the rapids. HI
9; was found nj the Whirlpool Rapids Park
a where he was showing the big waves ant
B. varying currents 20 some friends.
II have moi got tho snme nerve had las
y Sunday" said Graham, ''for did not an
3, prcciaic the power Of the water. 1t is WORT
is more money than can possibly make :,
m 90 through there. Before the breakers
'r where the water looks smooth, there ar
lt boilers which showed the cask up ani
y down. That's where people said the
saw Captain Webb treading water.
10 was the boilers forcing him mp and down
g The WIVES would break n mans neck
ia Webb did not dive, but WAS thrown dow
D. the hills of water the same as my barre
~ went No man can go through Their
&c alive with any cork suits or life pre-
le servers"
TO "What are your plans for the future ?
rs II am designing barrel in which to &
ik over the Canadian or Horseshoe Falls
Or The barrel have now is untitled for tn
TO tremendous fall, which would kill me i
the barrel nm planning / might do ii
sk the waters did not keep the cask unde
b. too long. / shall send about 30 barrel
h' Dytti nd II 20 Of them can be recovere
re within recognizable time | will make Ia
lis attempt. There is no use doing il il til
hg undertow of the current is certain to re
90 tain the cask 80 long as to suifocate me
T. The danger is very great"
by Two Buffalo men were here to. dry
II look at the falls, over which they talk q
We going in q balloon which they are build
mt ing. The balloon is intended to supper
ne boat in some manner which they d.
)st cline to explain.
ow George W. White, the Oswego cranl
10 has bobbed up serenely at st. CathArine
y, Ont, with the explanation that he wei
dds to sleep in a freight car at Suspensio
he, bridge after telling all the saloon keeper
on in the place about his proposed tr
.or through the rapids. The car was locke
It'll and White could not get out until
ie' reached st. Catharines. He has lost
IN. cork suit and has not determined wheth
He no vii, oo tbrouob the ranida or mt