The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-08
6ROOlE'S LATEST FEAT.
fie lSpW- Rubhsr suit and s:sps-~ over the
Fails at Nisgnra-

He 1Dspsss Rubher suit and essss.~ over the
FaIl. at Nisgara.
CLIFTON. Ontario, Sept. 7.-Stcvc Broslic
went over Horseshoe Falls this morning
i'm n rubber suit. He was picked up below
the falls i'm an unconscious condition and
taken tn Clifton. He recovered conscious
ness not long after and an examination
showed he was not seriously injured. Bro
die. with several friends and newspaper
correspondence, arrived last night. They
left the hotel at o'clock this morning and
went toa point I'D feet above tho falls.
BrNlic then stripped, had his body padded
with cotton batting. and then pat on n rub
her suit, which was inflated 52 inches
around the chest. The head gear was
also inflated. while two steel hands pro-
tcctcsl the bosiy. At5::D Brosiic with pad
rent, waved the paddle and in "a few sec
ontls later was shot the centre of
Horseshoe falls and luckily was shot with
lightning rapisiity over the outside of one
of the falling volumes of water and was
quickly lost i'm mist and foam. He was
buried from view nearly two minutes.
when he appeared ON the surface and was
carried toward the American shore. Then
he was suddenly hurried toward the Cana
dian shore where his friend, John Ledger.
had ropes ready to draw him from the
water. Ledger was stripped and SWAN
ont 40 feet with rope fastcned to his
waist. while ". r.. Harding held the other
end ON tl,.. shore. Ledger, after several
attempts, reached Brotlic. fastened the
roI,.. to the iron band around his waist
p..-ling the daring swimmer ashore. On
Brsli.'s being lifted on the rocky shore,
"a" was quickly stripped. Brandy was
poured in small quantities on his temples,
while hc was r,Iipts,d aud chafsei; btit he
was in~s'usiblc. and bloosi ooxs'i from his
nose and ears. ptyt,sbly from the shock
or cot,ctissiuu. For twenty minutes Broslic
lay still until ammonia was applied to his
nostriis. and lac. began to Shivcr and gcsts'-
ulatc with his hands. lie gradually re-
covered consciousness and then IL was
found his injuries were not serious. tie.
expects to bs' able to 20 to New York to-
iuorrow.
In describing his experience. Brodic
cuc,i and would have given anything IL,
the world IL hr coiild have reached thu.
shore. Hc attempted to reach the shore
hy using his paddles. when the swift cur
rent swept him back and turned his feet
towards the brink of the cataract. When
hc saw that il was impossible. to get out.
he felt the same as "a man that was tp
meet death. just as he came to the briiii X
of the falls hc b,can. unconscious
through fright and remained so until hs'
struck tho water ,huructi into foam at the
foot Of the falls. when Ia. was tcnnpor.tr-
lily brought to 10y the force with which hs'
struck tho water. Then he again Lost
cous..io,I-t.s- and knew no more until hs
found himself lying ON his rubi.'r sIit AT
the waters edge. There il no doubt that
Broslic successfully went over the falls.
Chief Mcdowell, of the out.lr:" police.
ARRESTED Sr,,tis at the Grand trunk station
this afternoon as he WAS about to take a
train for New York. He il charged will
, attempting suicide 10y going over the fall-
this morning.