New-York tribune., 1901-06-16
LUMBERMEES ADVENTURES.
EXCITING ESCAPE FROM DEATH-A PAIR OF
BOOTS AS A MONUMENT.

BOOTS AS A MONUMENT.
The JdoPHs TGTss e1 correspondence of The Lewiston
tale Of an an. s.Re5sSaSs thrilling and
OF the prinevai forest OF Maine this week Men
the incident marvel when miracles will cease. In
smeeS rtbep i too one e T9 h eonGSrRed !,
Work on hard set 81 falls known among the
water is three-quarters OF a mile long. and IN Il
there are three turns and many pitches" The
snt season: but the lower and longest drop Is iied
ana make the passage OF a boat next 10 impossi-
man r1Hb one hundred logs go through that lower
sight, and these onv when they sr5ct tP Peig En- IN
F4Gks % ahq were thrown IN the air by the pressure
that umbeing has been carried ON n n hat ee sections yfss
OF the State. Baker Ledge marks the spot
0f.ds of ISL At that time the ledge marked by
by the cooks on the drive at the crest Of the
ledge near where the accident occurred. The Tin
Wednesday the crew Of men at work on Holeb
f2rsnee 10 e9d ib oe TPon 10 break bad Jam al the
n IN the centre OF the stream against great bowl
decided that one OF the boats should be brought
Se%h d q, rom tne quiet water above the falls and
men who had charge OF the boat notified,
The boat contained Michael and Tbomas Bre1na5
Joseph Dulae and Peter. Paradis. the latter we'll
two upper pitches We're successfully AIKEN hi ahd
The bosf xa sdt nto me e1Sy above the jam
boats are usually set against jams.
and seized the bow of the boat the lam settled
BsheFing the jam 10 be about go through the
shove on" In swinging out from the lam the our
nan handed by Pete Paradis became entangIed with
rels Of This threw the boat o Seyfrf it's intebaa Sar
tS "a ana oeIore the crew could again control It
De!hg rapidly borne toward what had always been
supposed 10 be certain death in such cases
CONSERVATION took possession OF the river driv
ers on the shore. yet some dashed down of the
first sign OF living thing that might be seen in
the waters Of the eddy below. Those who remained
tossed about in the sw1rling waters enveloped IN
eung TO- ap mat @ was up Parads
nan poys We're clinging TO the sides Of the craft
pitch. Then boat and men disappeared from sight
as ~ was supposed, forever. The men the head
INTO the air and knew that It had the expected
When half a dozen half-crazed men reached m.
loot or the falls they were thunderstruck at seeing
me mem heaa ana shoulders of man cinging an oar
Delng swept by the swift currents OF the eddy down
the river. With a. yell Andrew Peterson sprang
body OF Pete Parads when Peterson haS Ieacbn ts
the shore he saw the rest OF the men In the water
crew. An reached the shore with their bugdans
Mo1ta Sna set & about reyiyng the sufferers The men
sssors a se9 er IN S turn u was the first instance
body, and the rescue was deemed great nirecIa
ION ION FREEMAN has a fractured shoulder and
several bad cuts from the Jagged rocks: ''Nkes'
brennan mas compound fracture OF the right leg
below the knee and is cut I'm several places aho13
the body; Joe" Dulac has three fractured ribs a
sprained ankle and bad cuts; Pete Paradis comes
OUT without fracture, but 4. badly across the
ahaonlen and along the lower limbs The men were
taken TO the G p. r. station at Atean and placed
on freight train. by which they We're conveyed
70 their homes I'm Canada The Brennans live in
81 Frances. Dulac lives near Lake Megantic and
Pete" Parads at Ayersdale ~
few miles below where this incident occurrea-
on the east shore OF the river. stands a birch tree
IN an open epace. At the foot OF this tree ia ths
grave or driver who lost his life in smooth water
by failing from a jam OF logs that had clogged the
stream during the spring of 1855 When the body
wes recovered the small clearing was made
grave was dug al the foot OF a small birch tree
hnd IN the bark OF the tree cut by a driyers
kille ,he shape or cross. the three upper points
oeing inscribed with the letters l. H S The mans
ihuai- Were also cut In the To-day the ont
hnes or the cross are visible but the letters are
oNsrsrown. The dead mans boots were removed
shd strapped together. They were thrown over
lhe branch OF the tree. which has grown TO be
nshy Feet high. Each year when the riyermen
sppfoach the place. they look ~ the boot,
sIe rth suspended from that same branch which
aon seNerai feet above the ground II the boots
aiS hot seen hanging from the branch one or the
~ tl.h oi the crew is sent ashore He viii find
h, ooots on the ground. and taking strap rron,
ns,ss poot top. VIII again strap together the old
".aliiel-peaten boots OF the man lost forfv-s,y
branch H0''i sne accustomed