The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-09

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shore, but the foe was far beyond
their reach. The Niagara avenue
flremen were sent to the lower steel
arch bridge and there took station
with a rope. The Canadian firemen
had two ropes down from the Can
tilever bridge, which is about 800
yards above the other structure.
THE END NEAR.
Just above the whirlpool rapids
the foe on which the three were
borne broke into two parts, the man
and woman on one, Heacock on the
other. Heacock waved his hand to
his companions in distress as his
foe raced down the river. The
other foe then shot. towards the
American shore and was caught in
an eddy and whirled within sight Of
the tumbling waters that marked
the beginning of the rapids-and
death. KS.. ~
Heacock saw the ropes dangling
from the bridge and made ready to
catch one. Very coolly he took off
his overcoat and poised himself on
the tossing foe. In his course there
dangled one rope and q second was
moved towards him. He caught
that held by Officer Pat Kelly, Of
the Ontario police force. and COM
pany Of about twenty railroad men
caught it and jumped free of the ice.
TWO HUNDRED FEET BELOW.
The sag of the rope at that great
drop, 200 feet, let him into the chilly
water up to his waist. And before
he was clear of it he was frightfully
battered by three successive foes of
iutting ice.
Not content with the efforts of TIE
men above to draw him up he tried
to assist himself hand over hand.
The time was 1. 10 O'Clock and the
hour or more the boy had been in
the ice and the effect Of the icy duck
ing had sapped his strength. He
stopped and hung limp on the rope, ,.
which spun him around like a top.
Kelly and his men pulled steadily.
The great crowd on the bridges
cheered-those that were not weep
ing. Grimly the boy hung on, try
ing always to get himself or his leg
wound about the rope. Then his
hands began to slip. He sought to
get hold of the rope with his teeth.
but could not.
PLUNGEs INTO RUSHING WATERS.
Finally, just as he was about sixty
feet clear of the water his head fell
back. He was utterly spent. He
lost his grip and plunged far down
into the stream. When he came up
he freely moved his arms in the back
stroke. The rush of water was too
much for him. He was caught like
a cork and was sent racing into the
midst OF the seething water. For
perhaps a half minute he was in
view and then he disappeared in the
spurde.
Hsacock's failure was witnessed
by the man on the other foe. The
woman apparently dared not look.
The man appeared calm as he, in
turn, prepared to make q play
against death when, caught by a
down river current, the foe moved
into the course Heacock had gone.
As the couple swung under the Can
tilever bridge the man grasped q
rope and tried to put 1t about the
woman's waist. The force Of the
current was too much for the rope.
It parted and the nan waved the
torn end toward the crowd.
LAST CHANCE--LosT.
There was still another chance.
the rope that was dropped from the
lower steel arch bridge by the
Niagara avenue fremen. As the
foe went into swift drift the man
caught 1t and grinly hung on. He
was given slack and he tried to wind
the rope about the woman's waist.
He fumbled in his agony Of efforts
as If his hands were numbed. The
rush q ice in the stream was over.
powering. When he could not tit
the rope about the woman he let II
go.
There apparently was no though
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