Beaver Press | 1913-06-27 | Page 4 | Two Lads Swept over Niagara Falls

TWO LAOS SWEPT WERE PLAYING IN BOAT WHEN ROPE BROKE AND THEY WERE CARRIED hundreds Sw swarmed armeil to river dank bank in vain endeavor to rescue boys who camly calmly shook hands handa before def ore going down to death niagara falls falla N Y donald roscoe 10 years old and hubert moore 9 years old of niagara falls went vent to td their death in a small bo boat at late sunday afternoon in tho the whirlpool rapids while hundreds of men watched help aielt ipsa on the and two companies of firemen used every endeavor to save the ilia lads tho boys boya were playing in a hat flat bottomed scow halt half a mile hille above the rapids when the ropo rope holding the hoat boat broke and they were carried out into the stream and went down the river the boys realizing their fate stood up as the boat neared the edge of the roaring whirlpool and shook hands in farewell A second later they were on aliw gulfee gulfed by a great wave in the rapids the boat shot out of sight one ol of the boys was seen tor for a moment struggling in 14 tha hc rushing waters maters and then disappeared neither body has been recovered and it to Is probable that thai the bodies never will be recovered