The sun., 1901-07-15
THROUGH NIAGARA RAPIDS.
oRAnAx 4AKEs hzs rlyrz suCcsawUL
TRIP IN A 1ADA4k

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Partially susscsssd -wm os Through
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| Az 0rahsm VA a. flrss to do vhat
.houcht 10 be ursotioallv hnpoasIbIe.
10 ,hro,,ch Tho r.nIda and 1--we 10 tall the
...s,, ~ renpatAd the trip three tfmes
49, va "a dsv hs ms6a bis ffth suooeeafui
.n..ss throuoh The (3orss.
V Tse r.on,e h,rned ant IN atsat number.
. "A, - a. Graham nske hia f,fth t,in.
-. rooksd IA ~ brIdrss. thev Hned
~" ~ o,,y tons and thsv 0IIed Tia troilsv
W, W. - ths canadian eoeuio Mna Ths
G Iar 80. ,r,ohtf,IIv h6t Init ~ tho,,sands
w., ~, N. intares nat for bo,,rs until
49, "oSs,n .rd "a. har,cI had roma dcv,r
.na ron,as Never hasors havs A manv
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o ~d mi. /. hscs,,se The p.n-Amari.
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.sa 80" .,ahtsasiro pmmhr
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me oiu oocA h"a -" Sn a",y uo o".
to start rom tnere % eo-aay. ~, ~ was .ss s:sS
oo'OeA ~. ,,.. -, ~ hs..., 4 sr,sn ras,
tho mahhoie into ms oarro'. sinan TOW,
boat was In waiting. and at $50 the barrel
with its human freight. was being towed
w., ,n,o ,hn r,var Tha oorsp,en ware
ou' NV ~'o ~
fearful 0f peing sucked mto inc rapioS
oor,v Tbis rrsulted IN Graham having
oo'n .,S,.s .sd -. ,-n,-h \. ,,,i,
an awtui experience anu o"o "nio,i no "h'
long remember. Instead OF being I'm
medIateIy caught by the current that
..s,,,a -, h,,,, ,ctc tn< ,rsa. M. harreI
~ouo caiiy ""n n''o ''. ~" W s ~
swung INTO an eouy on uio New iorn sue,
and round in thi, eddy tho barrel swung.
Once or twice tne people on he Drioge
thought they saw signs OF traham Trying
10 f,nd out where he was. For ~ minutes
the barrel was held in the eddy, when at
.,'o s1 - -. -.
tiie ionses' !. snouu nov nv oe*'a .ao'e =
mint IN the vhirlpool ana not 90 long in
,s"I,,, s ~ .ha I ,r,r, ,hrnr .h ,ho coroe y, .,,.
making uie ".p enous" "io so'se " i""i.-
ton. IL was thereiorea rehei 70 tne crowos
into the current and q minute later was
rjllntAhs.es4e wuye qf ne rn91ds.
Ihs couf.e Seksn Dy W2 psnel was along
in the centre. while on previous trips the
barrel had chung to the Canadian currents.
frequently the barrel. sank out OF sight
and once or twice II was apparently long
time in returning TO the surface. But
seconds were hours In the estimation Of the
excited people. for the fact y y took Graham
In approaching the pool the barrel swung
into the Canadian current, but once IN the
river pocket " followed The current straight
across the centre. The current shot II
well toward the shore. where fully 100
persons were gathered TO help rescue the
barrel and its occupant Many noo ex-
pccted that Graham would ne forced 70
go round the pool many umes' put no es-
capped this tate.
Before the. barrel had been caught by
the whirlpool strong men swarm OUT ana
dragged 70 shore. Wien the cover
OF the manhole was raiseo y wa iound
that Greham was In g partially AIocated
condition. owing to the intense heat ana
dose tolilnenlent; A lutte attention
to the top OF the bank ana driven IN o
tily-ho to this city. In an interview
with The Sun correspondent Graham
said.
When ! started on the trip to-day
was not in as good condition as i was on
my trips OF years ago. fou see l am 81
ysars o! age and my weight Is lsO pounds.
My barrel weighs only lco p9unds. While
should have been out OF the barrel In
fifteen minutes. was In y nearly an hour.
for i was after clock that heard voices
Ut the whirlpool. nave Snail peep
hole IN the. BARI. which 1 usually close,
but when | pas the cantilever pridge
io,d1y l was 80 'early s,nocated that
hld TO leave this open, the result Deihg
TINT took In about SIX inches OF water.
While | DO rot state II Posiuvely l ,hink
this will be my last trip, In barrel HOW
again. and shall endeivor 70 make Una,
the greatest performance ever witnessed
~ the Falls. NO, ! om not prepared 70
tel lust how l shall DO IL, put IL VIII DO
SPECTACULAR
Preparatory to the trip Graham reduced