Telegram-herald., 1889-09-08
WASN'T HURT MUCH.
CLAD OyLY IN BIS RUBBER SUI.
Hs lie Esscss3 ~ Frt~sas II senssasss
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xIs EMOTIONS pEsCKEEfp
EIAeAkA fAL1s \ J. sept fstevs
Broiie has 4oco ~ rlishea the poEilous feei
Of soing over Alsgsra falls ia rpthai
sat hroaie AID ala party suiye4 -
tliftoE Friday night 1teIu were hrnosi
serold. Jobe Ledge 3ohn NcNAsths ane
William 4 H4Icing ana ssverai newspaper
corfesPoBosutS They pat up et ths
Nayerly hotel snc reg .steTeG under nou
u0Ds names IA ogovT ~ 4vaia suspicion
bTociss salt Wa placed 32 feel ABOVE
tie canadian iAlls tr.cay nisAt reaus foi
uss. Inflated rubber taoes ropes. eto.
were Slsv placed neal lGs Al ais 81 tus Aist
lGndiag bro1is lsfi the hotel ~4sh the
party stsG "a John Mccarthy Al4a Linosi
JsIold ana Iraals Wsls a. l-olui
"a feet above tAs llllA lie then stripped
sH4 AAd he eOo, p.dcsc with ootto4 bal-
tlns. then put on : sutlaT suit. d iich y ss
inflated nr1y-two iDcles sIe44d ths ~alai
and seventy. Eve inchrs around the
chest the ks&d- gear being also lurats Z,
wlt-e two steel bands pI detected Lis body
At - BT0die. Nilh lls paddle entered
the water. lie caught the oorfent waved
his paddle 70 Jexold and Mccarthy. and
few seconds later as fhot over The center
OF Tie Horseshoe fAlls. anc luckily. lie Nss
shot With iig ghtning raIielty over tie out
side OF one OF ths falling volumes Of va
Ter and was quickly lost in the mist auc
foam he wss buried from view for near
ly two minutes when a bisck speck GOV
cred with thick white coating Was seen
bobsing aud jumping - and ffo in The
boiling cauicroB or rushing, garE ling
waters
In short time Brotie wss caught in the
rushing waters and esIlied Al a brisk pace
toward the American sauIo- and then ali ~
a sudden lie was hurried toward the Cana
dian shore Thore John Ledger had ropes
ready 10 drag him from he water. Ledger
was stripped anu swain oot 100
feet with rope fastened 10 Lls waist
while " Z Harding held the other end on
shore Ledger after several attempts,
reached Brodie, fastened the rope - The
iron bands around his waist, and then
SWAN ashore and asxlsted Ia pulling TIE
daring swimmer ashore.
On Brodis being liitsd On the ROCKY
shore he was quickly stripped Brandy
was poured IL small quantities on his
temple while he was rubbed and chAfsc.
but LIE was insensik.e ana blood oozed
from his mouth nose aud ears probably
from the shock Of conclusion
Tor twenty minutes Brodie Law until am
monia was applied 10 his nostriis and he
began TO shiver and gcstfculate with his
hands lie gradually recovered conscious
ness and Il was then found that bis injuries
were not serious lie expects 10 be able
TO 20 TO New York Sunday.
In describing his experience Brodie snys
that after he entered the river be weak
ened and would have given any thing IN
the world 4 be could have reached
teIra-hrIna once mora lie attempted
10 get ashore by using his paddle,
when the swift current swept him
back and turned his feet toward the brink
OF the cataract When hs ssw that IL was
impossible 10 get out he felt the same as
man that was 10 meet death. and prayed
for dear lie. Just aE be came 10 the brink
OF the falls he became unconscious through
fright, and remained 80 until lie struck The
water, ohurned into foam, at the base OF the
falls. when he wss temporarily brought 10
By tho force with which be struck the
water. Then he again lost consciousness.
and knew no more until he found himself
lying IN his rubber suit a. the waters edge.