The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-12-09

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sfe sompsiiad q wkkpsaa T. 3lasAss
bAg1t1pdssd TAosfmmans,oG ~ xAlax
hss0 seemed - hs.U eUbODA ~
hsH& 0ndv S6soon - ths1 1ouDA thuaas
Seisss being swssp brosdsl6s dowuv4hQ
turned shs bow od thsts bos3 s1gsiG6AT
up.stseam, meantime plH1ng 0lsiro1ss1
WITH da.pEass snsroJs In tAs Aosles
hoP~oi gaining on the Iomrsntt
Both were skilled oarsmon. Asd 20,
rapid and powerful were their strokes
that, for the space Of Ave seconds, they
actually held tho light boat motionlsss,
as wo could see BY aligning IL With land.
marks on the further shore.
But tho unequal strife could not last.
OF what avail was human muscle hsrei
Foot by foot, stsrn foremost, but still
bravely pulling, they were borne down
the smooth shute, nearer and nearer to
that first awful cascade, which sends It's
spray heavenward almost In the centre of
the Rapids under edge.
Among the watching crowd on shore
were several women, aud these broke
into anguished cries as they saw the lost
men heroically battling for life up to the
last hopeless moment.
Passionately, for the time bereft Of
reason, they appealed to us to save then,
but We could only groan in our i'm.
potence and await the end.
The poor boys did not cease to row
until their little craft was on the curlins
biini Of t"e dread plunge Then bo.l
r.linQuished their oars. dropped to their
knees AMI covered their faces with tne.r
bands. Brief space had they in whicl
To pray; tor nov the boat VA, eau ,h'
10y the writhing wall Of water, tos4e
inSh in air, while the men still clun u
the cross seats, aud thcn--o oh, the horror
Of it! all were whirled over and over
aud swallowed up in those cruel depth,
from which no human creature has ever
escaped alive.
Now for less painful scene.
On certain sum ner day, youn.
woman, half craZcd by terror, rushed
along the lower street of Chippewa.
screaming "Oh, hclpl help. help!
My little Jimmys away out on the BIZ
river, and he'll go over the fallsw
Instead Of jumping at once for boats,
a number Of men, as if doubling Mrs.
Ar%s!roogs s %oId raa Ga dnwn 3. to whe5s
and there atloat on its surface in an old
boat, saw jimmy apparently eni,vin !,
his RUE, but being gradually carrie
outward and down stream.
1t seems that the little, five roll
fc!!o" had bceA playing III asmlu sc,y.
the bow Of whici rested lightly o, the
tach, and had rocked it free OF is
!, to his great delight an hoatc
,.eitly away.
GA the west bank Of WclIand River,
about 25o yards above its Junction with
the Niagara. stood the house AN shol
Of Joel Lyons, stout. muscular shoe
maker and pracuscd oarsnan. On
hearing the alarm given, this ua,
wasted no time in idNe cxcIa nl:ions, bu.
ran at once to where several boats were
moored further up stream Selecting
one already provided with sculls, h"
sprang into it and was away az full
speed before most OF the onlookers hal
collected their senses.
Just at this moment arrived upon the
scene and witnessed all that afterwarl
occurred.
Now there are two entrances and exit,
to aud from the Welland one, known a.
',ine Cut. being on the upper or ives.
'ide OF an isolated bluh, called Hog Isl.
ana' and the other-the original chan.
nei-on the lower or east side.
il was from out tins last named ms.
sage that the child had hoated, and.
co lSequently, he was mucl nearer the
falls ,nrn if he had emerged into the
Ma ARA from the Cut.
j.. ons, OF course, took tie east chan.
Le., but be had quite 4OJ yards of slack