Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-08-23
|IIGARA BEATEN.
o,1CE OFFICER SWINE
ros ron, ,n,,L AND RArIps'

foN .o,L AND kAT
- tho Bup City Sue
s'S graves ,a,, the s.,,s $4,000. @ |
v Aup. 22.-William
fAIo' fI a Boston patroi"nnn, san,,ds Of
the wp.l simply protected By q
|. w and came out :, alive; .,USe Kendall
Nsniins'. i!s'.aSs mSs we're sitting IN an
rtrsi n,,,nn .tnr' reading an account account. OF
10 Boston Mn through the rapids
Ss S.. na = terrible ride" ,,,d sH'" "n1er' S
", viz q brave man w0u'o D"
t" 4, ,,.s Kendali's reply, "any
h's " through the rapids ns N II that
XIX worth q Dozen ,,h vi mo y"
!, Wv, ~ swim the rapids w,on nopd nS sS
" uOt " nj. perhaps, that AFFORDED
n prsserver." ,on,dn,t dare to
~. that you Wou
be- y .s aid the first speaker.
ss, ,a, viii you bety to- -
yell, IN ueo o,;,d be no object. l
=, .as; .;.t INV lie for that. NOW,
= noI ~, ,'sA q little money that ! ar enn
ve 9. ssoer. will bet you Sl' wv
nR 10 WsBoi' ,ho ranids aud the
,l,Oi ! cfr 9TH nothing on but al orui'
Iiie preserver: 5v 18th the re
ne c5s ,Sa h4t was declared q 60, ana
'aa ,hS money ur was put up. Ine e. oe.
.n,siiy ,ne Ir talked up among the irienas ,'a !
qals'.y = e.1 and finally something IKE
pI M .a MaD m, up by KeDdalls friends
n ~ bets, M half Of whicn kenua,, MI ",m nn,
!. !. " y receive, now that MS Trip n~f
successful
.u loft Boston on Saturday
enoa" us told his wife that he Wa
!, ,Ds, srsy on business. AS he IRE.
rs, Ieii home in a like manner M
~, m,ds is no inquiries and he boarded
m train on the Boston AND
IS p the Central carrying him tt
,.9.iop I Bridge from Albany. hs
pJ AZ the former place early thi'
,,,Oo and then saw the river for th'
@ ams He spent some little time
IocIIpa over the ground and thet
ntn Niagara Falls. where he reg
',aS Al the Western Hotel.
nsr dinner he asked the proprieto
H. hotel for light rig, saying IL
.tsi IN take n ride. He told the pro
s,o, @ no,hipg of his intentions, Z
.sstrd carriage was obtained
vsn he sam Walker, and he then In
IA Fred salt, sou Of the proprietor
IdS Ioby, a son.in Jaw, To ride Will
n Al i o'clock the party starie'
and after going a short dtstanc
fpdall informed his companions G
iD,ertlous. They dtmurred some
6at, bat finally agreed To assist bin
NV drove to Suspension Bridge
|hsre Fred James, OF Buttery's Eievi
u was found. He also Joined th
rty soipg to the old Maid of the Mi
Shdins at Suspension Bridge.
Kendall doffed his clothing and Ell
Ind the water at / 80 O'Clock. He wi
rsaed in a simple pair of trunks and
biz vest. IL was composed OF ~
lecoe Of cork sixteen inches long, to'
hCbss wide and two inches thick, ma,
similar way TO a life preserver, u
sCes Of cork being sewed in whi
bIvM aud covering his trunk from h
hOuders to his hips. He swan out
be centre of the river, below the Can
eyer brIGge, and took down the midd
turent. He was pulled out OF t
whirlpool unconscious and parent
lesd 4 few minutes later.
10 half an hour he opened his ey
Pnd was given more stimulants, q
tubbing was continued until he "
bbls 70 help himself, He was th
taken into the carriage and driven
The Niagara Hsuse, where be slept
hour His body wae covered with pu
spots which will be black and blue
morrow, but no bones were found to
broken. He was taken to the West,
hote late in the afternoon.
ArEARFUL ADVENTURE.
When be was able to converse he Il
described his terrible adventures:
"lnever dieamt that the rapids W
~ bad as they are, aud $40. 0C0 wo
not tempt me TO repeat my trip. WI
reached the spot where Captain W.
1851 bis life the water seemed to 60 fl
alder me and a huge wave seemed
itlke me on top Ct my head and sh'
oen, making me half unconscious fC
Ns moments, and / found my sw
ming abilities of no earthly use to
! ne'et never expected to come out al
Mlel entering the maelstrom of
Whirlpool / was so benumbed tn
eOud not use my limbs, and did
Alo7 what | was doing.
Ilt current took me right into
MAla eddy of the pool, and wbe
reached II it took me down like q Il
t'l'e~ up my hands and never
PecN1 to again see daylight, l
s sulef water fully fifteen seconds. U
seaclihe an over current / was
wy iat'y fifty feet from the ceI
satfe satfe ! reGained consciousness al
a .lew thtle was nc time to lose beft
suuia ' BE- again taken to the Ii
,a mpgs' l made an attempt to swim
,ea.,l'H ~ a was doing 30. l felt q
W 4, sle shore and fastened my arm
!" anu Then all was dark"
AeAdali returns to Boston TO mol
uo'n'he to claim his money. He
sUs sUs consider his feat any honor at
,,s..y u says II WAS simply q hna'
VA DRsEBACK ON A WIRE ROPl
ul nlvFfALo, Aug. 22.-Now it il
a' SSa snowman, Adam Forepaugh
r,. rrU Is to htartle the world by
ssnaess ssUsess In dealing with the ma
mse' sets OF the great Niagara, q
A., Sser \ announced here to day fo
Io,,s InsII,ie' ai He has decided to wal
o'nlondin over q tight cable stI
S4r,.Se Se brink of the great catara
lOnsST sTaCer a,t IL. A correspondent
n,r,.Ik AK this afternoon with
bavisp representative, Thomai
luiing which he said: Obi,
nss, Wts WMotsan colt, Adam, Jr b
Tbe vest vest Chester. Pa. three year
.p,in slinal was four years oil
btsnls Y is fourteen aud q half
Donrd y compactly built and weig
phiiNasaml phiASsm began training the c,
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