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Show LEACH'S BOAT WRECKED IN NIAGARA WHIRLPOOL Niagara Falls, N. Y.. Dee. 14 "Bobby' "Bob-by' Ieneh's proposed trip over Ni l- ! gara Falls In a safety life-bont of hU own Invention, has been postponed for i h month or two, owing to the wreck Ln of the boat yesterday In a trial trip. ! in which it was sent over the fa'ls J without a passenger. Leach w-as op-, posed tto the trial, declaring that he I j was satisfied the trip could be mndJ I safely with some one hi the boat to ' direct Its course ! The craft went over the brink. Just north of the center of th? Horse-hoo It was lost to view for about ten seconds. sec-onds. When It reappeared, bobbing ia the water at the base of the cataract. catar-act. It was seen that al'jut four feet of the stein was gone. A section of the craft was washed ashore. Leach has been through the Whirl-lool Whirl-lool rapids several times He will make his trip over the falls as soon as the boat can be repaired. J , 1 |