Evening journal., 1889-09-02

drag. Inside some cauyRs straps had been
arranged to support Graham These had not
been deemed necessary in his trip through
the whirlpool and DEVILS maelstrom, but
this time Graham felt he could not do with
out them
Constable Hern, OF Niagara Falh, and
Constable Staley, OF La Sale, towed the bar
rel out and vet it adrift below the mouth Of
the Chippewa river.
Into the Barrel
Graham got into the barrel through the
manhole and crouched down In the bottom,
fastening himself with three canvas straps.
Meanwhile the other men busted themselves
towing the barrel out into the river. Ora
ham had previously given his gold watch
and $40 in money to Hen with an injunction
to give it TO his family if he failed to come
out alive
81 may be tempting Gods providence
said Graham, "by trying % go over the falls,
but it is the ambition Of my life 70 do this.
am satisfied to die il it is necessary. Good
by, boys"
Constable Staley threw the iron drag into
the river and the barrel boat started on its
journey. The extra irons had been carefully
fastened, the mnnhOle cover had been bat
tened with tarpaulin and Graham was So
curely fastened.
Starting on His Journey.
The barrel moved slowly down the Horse
Shoe rapids, Suddenly it disappeared and
the watchers thought il had gone under for
good, but it reappeared in a few minutes and
kept dashing on down the torrent toward the
brink Of the cataract The red top Of the
barrel was seen most Of the way, but occa-
sionally there was a dazzling streak Of drab
which showed how the barrel was spun
around by the waves as they carried the
craft onward
just twenty-five minutes after Graham had
been cast adrift people on, Table rock, who
had watched an hour or more and were Just
ready ~ go away, saw the barrel coming
swiftly down about 200 feet from the Cana
dian shore and well away from the inner
horse shoe
Over the Falls.
The barrel swept down over the falls IN the
water and did not shoot out as was expected
This saved the shock Of nearly 200 feet OF a
fall The time was just 7:l0. The increased
crowd around the banks watched anxiously
for the temperance of the barrel
In just one and one-half minutes it came
bobbing up in the foam, circled around in
the swirl and went into the bass rock eddy,
only few hundred feet from the foot Of the
falls Along the banks on both sides friends
Of The intrepid navigator waited to rescue
him AlnIer Jones and Michael Cahill finally
lasssoed the boat and took it ashore. Graham
was nore dead than alive. lie was 30 limp
that people thought his neck was broken
The rescusrs finally revived him He was
badly bruised, and will not get over his trip
fow soma tine
A correspondent found him in bed last
night
araham's Story OF the Trip.
~ was determined to make the trip this
morning. - said Graham, because l was SAT-
istied that | could do it safely. notified all
the people could trust and went ahead
"What did you seeF
'Nothing ] was locked up In the barrel
l couldn't have gotten out to have saved my
neck. The irons on the bottom were all
right, but those on the top had to be nova
Bile. and Constable Hern locked them That
was the only way they could be fixed 1
was just as helpless as q dog would have
been.
81 went down 70 the combing or reef where
the Horseshoe rapids start SO quickly that