The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-12
SWEPT OVER THE FALLS.
IN Unknown Woman COmn.ts suicide ~
Throwing Herself Into tho Niagara
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River Above the Great Cataract.
NIAaARA FALLS. y. T.. sept 6-Eariy Wis
tors to the reservation Thursday morning
witnessed SIGHT they will always remcin-
Der with horror. 4 tall. slim woman. ai,-
parent about - years OF age. blessed IN
! dark SUIT and wearing 4 biack hat With
small red feather, was seen sirolling around
5he park AZ she passed ont of the lower
yatc toward Goat island she was asked BY 4
hackman ii she v Wished a carriage, to which
she replied in the negative. Stepping over
, low railing sh. walked over to the waters
edge q few tcet slant and about midway
between the point and Goat island bridge.
After standing there a moment she threw
her parasol as frr as sho could. and min
ute later threw herself sideways of the
bank into the rapids whiOl run swiftiy ct
this point She did not utter q word, but the
screams OF thOsa who witnessed the act
caused rush OF several hundred people
who were in the vicinity to the river side,
where they could SEQ the woman as shs
] ioated on to certain death Although
she was but a lew feet from shore
end q hundred pairs OF hands were
eager to help. the people could
only stand and yaza in horror nj the sight
J. McClov, who runs the cars Oh the in-
Glue, and who had rescued sever ! people,
was among the first to reach the point and
stood on the parapet wall as the woman
passed over the brink. unable In this case
to render any assistance.
He says the woman fioatcd head .irst. her
hat. which came off Us she passed over tho
frs: reef, preceding her for few feet
Her hands were over her breast and
seemed to be working in f1e water,
but she was making no effort TO assist
herself. As she passed over the brink
ab ut twenty-five feet from the wall she
threw up her hands. raised her head.
and went over W ithOut cry. Me-
| Cloy is confident that she was alive
| and conscious when sue passed out OF
/ sight. 4 little way down she seemed to
come out of the water as il the body had
struck on u she.f an} bounded outward,
| only to drop back again into the falling
! water aud pass out OF sight The crowd,
eager TO get glimpse OF the body. crowd
/ ed the edge SO that the park police were
obliged to force them back.
! The steamer Maid OF the Mist was just
! leaving the American dock for the trip up to
| the Horse shoe falls when Mccoy, standing on
/ the wall. sign lied the captain, who under
stood that some ono had gone over the
| falls Steamng up in front OF the American
| falls he shut of steam. In Il few moments
an empty dress sleeve ilos5ed past and q
/ moment later abody-so doubled up that
! only the back could bc scan-appearcd in
| tn. swift water Il shor. distance from tbs
foos Of tho falls. where /. could not bs
/ reached. As it i;oatsu out into the still
water IL quickly san.s out OF sight.
The woman was unknown here, but q
lady answering 10 her description came IN
on a nidnighS train and registered a, the
/ Spencer Hoasc Is Mrs. lawrence, OF Brock
lyn. After All early breakfast she paid hel
/ bill Mt the hotel and LETT Oh loot. She car
| ried no baggage of any kind