Deseret Evening News | 1901-01-21 | Page 3 | Lost over Niagara Falls

host Over Ocr Niagara Falls Valls N y Jon Jan Wiser anti and John MaNit of ibis city to cross Niagara river above tilt tails falls They fhe lost control or of their boat and were suore carried into the rapids Wiser Wlter who wa was unable to swim Was WIlS swept over oer the tails falls antI ami drowned Marsh after atler a desperate lii In t tie e 10 icy water Was rescued hy by persons along the shore The were near nearly half hair way across the river theIr bu bos t was In a field of Ice As s the buRt boat passed the powerhouse both men got out onto the hooting ice The two men down the river side b by side Marsh Wits feet toni the shore and ond Iran at least twenty feet reet further away At Willow Island formed a line and with till aid ot of a Iole 1010 ed In getting near enough to Marsh to rescue him Wiser clung to the lime lee Ice until he wu tossed oft Into the ulster Ilter and drifted over the lie brink