The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-09-17
SLIDE KILLS Three
AT NIAGARA FALLS
A. Hartman and Wife of Brook
Iyn Among the Victims in
Cave of the Winds.
ROW INTO POOL FOR BODIES.
Crew Receivers Them In Hazardous
Venture-One of Victims Was to
Have Been Married In
Few Weeks.

Niagara Falls, N. 1.-TWO wom-
en- and one man were killed and
two men were injured when slide
of shale rock forced out the fourth
bridge leading to the old Biddle STAIR
way in the Cave of the Winds, under
Niagara Falls. The dead are:
A Hartman, thirty-seven years old.
Ais Avenue P, Brooklyn.
Louise Hartman, thirty-six years
old, Mr.. Hartman's wife, Of the same
address.
Clara M. Faust, twenty-five years
old, 1858 Norwood avenue, Pittsburgh,
Pa.
The seriously injured are:
T. W. Lee, twenty-six years old, A
South Twenty-second streee, Pitts
burgh, Pa, said to be the fiance of
Miss Faust.
Frank r. Haehling, twenty-five
years old, SO Clarendon avenue, De-
troit, Mich.
Lee sustained decorations Of the
scalp and bruises on the head and
body. Haehling was cut and bruised
on the head and body.
The dead and injured were members
of a party of one hundred or more
tourists, who were in charge of Rufus
Robinson, guide employed at the
cave. They were just completing the
circuit of the four bridges in the cave.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hartman were about
In the middle of the bridge when the
slide came. Robinson, the guide, was
leading the way up the stairway, fol-
lowed closely by Haehling and his
wife, and Lee. Miss Faust had hold
of one of Lees hands. Mrs. Haehling
was uninjured, but suffered from
shock.
The noise of the falling rock was
drowned by the roar of the cataract
and the first intimation that Robin
son had of the accident was when
Lee cried out as Miss Faust was torn
from his grasp by the falling rock.
Mr.. and Mrs Hartman were almost
buried by the rock and dirt.
Another group of tourists led by
Edward Perry, another guide, which
was just approaching the fourth
bridge, stood terrified as they saw the
slide force out the bridge. For mo-
ment panic reigned, but Perry COM
manded them to turn and retrace their
steps, and they were brought safely
around the circuit to the main STAIR
way and up from the cave.
The bodies of the dead were recov-
cred by men from the steamer Maid
of he Mist, who made their way in
a. rowboat into the pool under the
falls. 1t was hazardous venture, but
they succeeded, and the bodies were
carried. by the Maid Of the Mist TO the
landing on the American side.
The Identification of the HartInans
was made from a card among the
woman's effects and from a key to
Room 519, the Iroquois Hotel Buffalo,
found in Mr.. Hartman's effects. In
quiry at the hotel brought the infor-
nation that the couple had been reg
istered there for three days and were
still guests at the hotel, although out
today. Cards in Mrs. Hartman's ef-
fects showed that she was Red Cross
nurse. One of the cards instructed
the finder to notify Hartman, 411S
Avenue P, Brooylyn, in case of acci-
dent. ..-
Pittsburgh, Pa.-Clara NJ. Paust
of Pittsburgh, who was killed by
falling Of rock in the Cave of the
Winds under Niagara Falls, and T.
w. Lee, who was injured, were to
have been married within a few weeks,
relatives of the dead girl said
Miss Faust and Mr.. Lee, they said,
had left Pittsburgh to spend the week.