ANOTHER NIAGARA FEAT.
SHOOTS" RAPIDS IN A BARREL. ' By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrlcht . , . Ottawa, September 25. . . Leach, a Canadian, went through the ;whirlpool Niagara, in; a barrel. His .only-injuries: were scratches and bruises.: ■ A few days ago Captain Klaus Larson, in a motor . boat, went from the foot of •Niagara Cataract through the whirlpool and the rapids for 4J miles to Leadston. ' Except for a voyage made-by the Maid of the Mist, in 1864, Captain; Larfcen's craft is the only vessel which has accomplished the'feat. The authorities threatened to prohibit the voyage on the ground that it would be attempted suicide. '
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 932, 27 September 1910, Page 5
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99ANOTHER NIAGARA FEAT. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 932, 27 September 1910, Page 5
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