The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-13
FELL IN CANAL.
Woman AsEo1aut Had a Thrilling
Experience in Augusta.
WORST IN Her LIFE.

She Drifted Nearly One Mile in th.
Water Before She was Rescued b,
Her Husband and Others,-Sh,
Had Made Eight HUNDRED Assec
sioas, But This Was the Most Ser
ious Accident She Had Met With
Drifting almost vile down the
Augusta canal Wednesday afteraooa
aione IN the darkness, helpless and
without knowing hos 10 sxim a
stroke, was the terrible experience of
Nile. Theresa, the plueky woman
aesonaut who made a balloon assem-
sion at the Georgia-Casoliaa fair
grounds at Augusta just as the sun
went down Wednesday afternoon.
The Herald says only life pse-
server, which Chairman ". T. Field,
of the privilege committee, insisted
that she wear, saved Aer sron inne-
diate drowning. No one from the
fair association or her management
was near her place Of descent asd
when she landed it was IN The canal
about quarter Of mile above the
aeueducss.
a representative Of The Herald
was the srst to discover her periIous
position and b informed her husband
Of the danger. 4 boat was hastily
procured and the trip across Lake
O!rlsted was hastily made by the two
men. Arriving OF the oposite side
her husband was horrifed to hear
from a passerby that his wife bad
been seen drifting down the canal
and that there was no one to help
her.
Frenzied with fear he was unable
to cope with the situation and al
direction Of The Herald's representa-
tive be went back across the lake in
a boat with Instructions to notify the
fair officials Of the matter being as
sured that everything possible IN hu-
man power would be done to save the
woman. With supsrhrman energy he
started on his trip Of over a mile
back to the boat house.
IN the meantime The Eerald's rep
resentative went on alone down the
canal bank and at the Nixon silk mil!
about half a mile further down,
found Mile. Theresa and she was res
cued by means Of long pole. In
the rescring party were Mr.. C. A.
Holly. superintendent of the mill;
Munro Johnson, cloth room boss; ".
Z. Nopklnson, canal man, and a. 7.
Chrtsty, all of whom were summoned
from the mill just as it was closing.
Nile. Theresa was almost uncoa-
sctous when taken from the water
and she had to be carried into the
warm boiler room Of the mill where
restoratives were given and IN
short time she was considerably IN
proved. A cab was called over the
mil, phone and message was also
sent to the fair grounds giving notice
that she had been found and was IN
good hands. Amessenger was sent
70 the boat house to give Information
to her husband when he pulled n Oh
the boat.
10 The Herald jsrepresectaGre,
who accompanied Mile. Theresa back
ia the fair grounds. she tolo an IN
teresting sto:y::
~ have been in over 500 ascen-
sions but my experience in Augusta
IS the most awful in my life. was
,nacouainted With the dangerous
waters around the fair grounds and
started not to take a life presesvef:
When was well up into the air J
saw it was wise provlso. "nen
,ansed in the canal I arose lmme-
siste1y and drifted slowly down Tue
canal. when to nay borrow neaEo
+he rushing and roaring Of the wat
~ and I knew that there was Danger
near I thought perchanee / mlsne oe
c.,pbt in the whirling rapids ana
s.owned. despite my life presefver.
However. the darkness snfouoea "e,
and out Of the gsoof / could nos see
anv distance scarcely. the oaSS va.
ers were al! around and was ges1As
stupid with the cold.
when you people came cou'u
s.orca1v move and could not nave
stood up to save my l!fe wnes SaAe'
from the water. :,
my husband and l Srst net IN
Augusta some years ago ana we "ese
,,.-r,ed in valdosta a few months
s+ter NY old home is in PennsEt.
vania but my husband is from Graao
Rapids, Mich. and there We nave a
home. .,. ay-
o,;a,ca and I shall keep up the as
censions." o,.
Nile Theresa. which by the way,
ie ~ course. only her cognonem III
10 balloon ascensions. vas pTofuse
~ her words of appreciation and sne
5eclared that nothing she couid GO
or say would in any way be q recon
nense foE the service when aao oeen
sas5e-e6 her by all concerno.
When her husband arrived she was
..ss IN the Office of General Manager
Moore Only three were presen. q
the meeting. which was very 'uplss mp -
sive, giving another aspect TO nle o. "
80 road than which is general! as
crv erined to it by people in discussing
in a general way.
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