Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1886-08-26

From the billings Gaxette ii the 10Th
inst. W. clip the following account "f u
thrilling adventure in the trc.,cI.or"us
waters of the Iellowstonc. in which Mr.. D.
n. IlarwOosl. "a prominent attorney ui
billings and ~ Miss Porter, rnm,e near io-
ing their lives:
| Yesterday morning ~ pasty consisting IL
u. 4. Porter. Mrs. Porter. their 50. an.i
daughter, h. n. IiarwOssh and Mr.. Caruth-
| ers, started Out to slDcnd the day "a the
Crew reservatisn. Mr., llarwOod went In
his own burcgy with Mias Porter, and tn.
rest in double carriage. Ia boarding the
ferry the carriage wins driven .'n first and
Mr.. 1iarwmni's buggy on the rcsr. The
hind apron III the boat WAS lifted and =
cured by "a strap hooked om ~ nail As
the ferry WAS lea wing slsore, Mr.. t'arutisers
cim'%d over the rafting int" the p"ntooD
filed "a bottle with water and handed IL -
Mr.. Larwos,sl, who was standing bcs'id-
his buggy, aud proceeded to ponr "ut q
drink for Miss Porter. While h- Mas thus
e,,yug.sl. the front team ssslsleniy back. Il
u,. causing Mr.. Harwossd's horse to do
likewir ir,; the buggy wl's~is struck the apron
aud tn. fr.,il IL steninx gave way. drOppin.
the hind wheels al the buggy int" the river,
and pulling the hOrs. after il IL all hap
,s.,,.sl in AN INSTANT, and Mr.. Harwood
recollection III it IL that when ise looked up
Miss Porter was sitting on the buggy seat
up to her waist in water. lie Laid his hanL
on the horses hack while reaching i''r Miss
Porter, and s,,cceeslesi ia pulling h.t over
the dash board while the horse and buggy
sunk. lie then managed t"eatch the spIo.,
Of the boat but could not keep his hold
aud all drifte,i down STREAM together. Nj
Harwos,d's first thought Was Ia get M,ss
Porter away from the horse and bulky,
which were bet ween him and the shore. ani
to do ~, he had to strikr toward the mid
die III the river. when the horse pas-r,t
him whirlisig around i.eiriessiy .n the sur
rent, he struck fur the shore. hut could
make very little progress in that direction
encuinLerssi IN he was. and the eurfe"i at
that piarc srttiag toward the "i'p''s,fr
bank
Miss Porter never uttered I. SQUAD G.r
betrayed any NERVOUSNESS when the aeeiir"i
occurred. I'm being drawn from the bugn
she ~ rtrugglsSi u little. but afterwards k-pi
perfectly quiet, retaining her grasp on Mr..
Harwoodis arm. AS they went d""n
~ r.am she got e"n,t'ieteiy under watt.
and Mr.. ttarwoOd, fearing that sh- s"u'i
drown. ceased swimming and held her over
water with both hands. When about 2'"'
fss't down stream, his feet tpuci,'-i i"tton
though the water Was still up IL his shin
he was enabled To push hiinsrlf toward
shore with his tet, and finally got mt"
shallow water, where they were helped Out
by John Staff-k. Both he and Mis- f"it-r
were very much exhausted, but still con
.cious, and ARE fort rtunat-ly none tis" ""'e''
Tor their IS.rilpus adventure.
Mr.. Iiarwood is the object "f general
prai-e and congratulations for the e"'i
rourag- that enai,l. him io avert Il heart
rcs"iing calamity at thu risk ui hir own III"
Though he sustain.si IA los, al S.so ia hir
horse and buggy aud some art'cl'v that
were ia the buggy. IA. IL happy ia the
thought that he we'd the life "i IA mort -
timab. yong lady and her tamil. ,r..u
py-rw whslning grief.