Woodruff County news., 1901-11-02
OVER THE FALLS OF NIAGARA.
Mrs. Annie Edson Taylor Goes Over the Horseshoe Fall In a Barrel
 and Lives.

Niagara Falls, N. r., Oct. 25.-Mrs' Annie Edson Taylor, 50 years old, went over Niagara Falls on the Cana dian side, yesterday afternoon, and survived, a feat never before accom- plished and indeed never attempted except for the deliberate commission of suicide. She made the trip in bar rel. Not only did she survive, but she escaped without broken bone, her only apparent injury being scalp wound an inch and half long; a slight concussion of the brain, some shock to her nervous system and bruises about the body. She was con- scious when taken out of the barrel. The doctors in attendance upon her last night said that though she was somewhat hysterical, her condition was not at all serious, and that she probably will be out of bed within few days.
 Mrs. Taylor's trip covered mile ride through the Canadian rapids be- fore she reached the brink of the precipice. Her barrel, staunch as barrel could be made, was twirled and buffeted through those delirious wa ters, but escaped serious contact with rocks. As it passed through the smoother, swifter waters that rushed over into the abyss it rode in an al most perpendicular position with it's upper end half out of the water.
 As it passed over the brink it rode at an angle of about 45 degrees on the outer surface of the deluge and descended as gracefully as barrel can descend to the white foaming wa ters 15S feet below.
 True to the woman's calculations, the anvil fastened to the bottom of the barrel, kept it foot downward, and so it landed. Had it turned over and landed on it's head, Mrs. Taylor's head must have been crushed in and her neck broken.
 The ride through the rapids occu- pied IS minutes. It was 4:23 o'clock when the barrel took it's leap. It could not be seen as it struck the wa ter below, because of the spray, but in less than half a minute after it passed over the brink it was seen on the surface of the scum-covered wa ter below the falls. It was carried swiftly down to the green water be- yond the scum, then, half way to the Maid of the Mist landing, it was caught in what is known as the Maid of the Mist eddy, and held there un- til it foated so close to the shore that < aIa1 I1xy of and hook and drawn in upon the rocks at 4:40 o'clock, or F minutes af- ter it shot the cataract. Ten minutes later the woman was lifted from the barrel, and half an hour later she lay on cot at her boarding place in Mi agara Falls on the American side. She thank God she was alive, and thanked all who had helped her in any way. She said she would never do it agian, but that she was not sor- ry she had done it, Eff it would help her financially" She said she had prayed all during the trip, except dur ing a flew moments" of unconscious ness just after her descent.
 The barrel in which Mrs. Taylor made the journey is AZ feet high and about three feet in diameter. A leather harness and cushions inside protected her body. Air was obtained through a rubber tube connected with a small opening near the top of the barrel.
 Mrs. Taylor is school teacher, and recently came here from Bay City, Mich.
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