The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-23

water flowed in the bed of the stream
The crews set abSriously TO work to pui.
and roll the logs out in such Hat tast.
ion that 4 head OF water should senu
them out.
This was even harder work than tbs
other, for they had not the t!oating power
of water to help them in the .ifting. a.
usual. part OF the men worked below
part u DuEe.
jimmy Powers, curly-haired, Laughing
faced. was irrepressiple. He badsered TN
others until they threw bark at him ans
menaced him with their peaNeys AWAY
he had at his tongues end the pfops
quIp for the occasion, so that In the .ofl:
run the work was lghtened by him.
When the men stopped to think at all
they thought OF Jimmy Powers with verS
kindly hearts for ii was known that NJ
had had more trouble than most. anss
that coin was not made too small To-
him to divide with a needy comrnde
Thorpe approved thoroughly OF Jimm
Powers lre tIovzrt h6s1
| FIe told Wallace 50. stardins among tn
Spectators on the cliff-tfp.
.He is all right said Thorpe Il wish
lad more Ike him. The others are
good boys. too.
Five men We're at the moment tusg;n
futi'ely at a reluctant timber. they
were attempting to roll one end Of ii
over TIE size of another projecting lof.
but were continually fol ed be. a Sc I'll
Their end was damned fast. Each bent
his knees, riser ting his Shoulders ufltas
the projecting peavey stock. to straight
en- In a mighty effort
was a fine saring day. ciea--eyed an
crisp. with a hin. OF new fo'iare IN til
Truck buds of tie tres The air was 80
p..l,3citf that .tStfns-tt,s sN!ta5a
difficulty the straisht entrance to tn
gorge a mile aWav ard even the We {
Bsrd. fully FIVE NIL sis ant.
Jiuly Powers took off his cap and Tipsd
his forehead.
You toys he remarked po'itels
think you are boring with a IA ght
big auger.'
MY God " screamed one Of the spec
tatcrs on top of the Cliff.
AT the same instant Wallace Carpen-
ter seized his friend 5 arm and pointed.
Down the bed of that stream from the
upper bend rushed a solid wall of water
several feet high. IL flung itself forward
with the headonga impetus of a cascade
Even in the short interval between the
visitors; exclamation and Carpenters rapid
gesture. it had doomed in sight, twissed
I dozen trees from the river bank, and
foarI1at into thee titrartcsz ~ sgtTts srrge
instant later it collided with the tail OF the
Jam.
Even In the railroad rush of those few
moments several things happened Thorpe
Ieaped for Il rope. The&crew working on
top OF the dam ducked lnstinctively TO
right and left and began 10 scramble to-
wards safety. The men below. at first
bewiIderel and notacomprehentling finally
understood. and ran towards the face OF
the lam with the intention of ciamheriag
I'D it. There could be no escape In the
narrow canon below, the walls or which
rose sheer.
Then the flood hit square. 4 great
sheet of water rose like surf from the
tail OF the jam; mighty cataract poured
down over its surface, lifting the free
logs: from either wing timbers crunched.
split, rose suddenly into wracked proni-
nence. twisted beyond the senblance of
themselves. Here and there siresie logs
were even projected bodily upwards. as
an apnla SEED is shot between the thumb
and foresns,er Then the inn moved.
Scotty Parsons, Jack FIyland. Red Jack
ct and the forty or fifty men had reached
the shore BY the wrigsIinS5 activity
which is riverlnan's alone. they succeed
ed in pulling themselves beyond the snap
OF deaths Jaws. 1t was narrow thing
for most OF them. and miracle for some.
Jimmy Powers. Archie Harris. Long
Pine Jim. Big Nolan and Mike N1oloney.
Il the br0tRer# OF Bryan were IN worse case
They were. as has been sad. engaged in
"fattering' part OF the jam about eigHc
or ten rods below the face of it. When
they finally understood that the affair
was one OF escape.sthay ran towards the
Jam. hoping to climb out. Then the
crash came. They heard the roar OF the
waters. the wreckins of the timbers. they
saw the logs bulge outwartis in anti
CITATION of#:he break. Immediately they
turned and fed. they knew not where.
All but. Jimmy Powers. He stored
short in his tracks. and threw his battered
old felt hat 1ahaHtlv full into the face
of the destruction hanging over him. Then.
his bright hair blowing in the wind Of
death he turned to the spectators stand
ing he.pless and paralyzed. forty feet
above him
1t was an instants irnprsssion-tfe arr
rested motion seen In thu flash of light
ming. and veto the onlookers 1t had so-ae-
Row the quality OF time. For perceptfble
dura ton 1t seemed tn them they stared
at the contrast between the raging he'll
above ana yet neaceahle river below.
Yet afterwa rds. when they attempted TO
recall definitely the impression, they