Excerpt from "A Guide for Every Visitor to Niagara Falls, Including the Sources of Niagara, and All Places of Interest, both on the American and Canada Side" by Frederick H. Johnson. Page 15:
It was at this point, after we pass a small footbridge about twenty-five feet above the Falls, that young Miss Antoinette DeForest of Buffalo, aged eight years, by some unaccountable casualty, fell into the river, and Charles Addington, aged twenty-two, jumped in to save her, and they both went over the Falls together, June 21st, 1849.
The body of the girl was found much mutilated, the next day, and that of the young man floated four or five days afterward, when it was recovered and buried in the village burying ground. This was one of the most afflictive scenes that has occurred within our recollection. Return by the same way to Goat Island. After resting a few moments, pass up the river to a sign on a tree, Biddle Stairs."
It was at this point, after we pass a small footbridge about twenty-five feet above the Falls, that young Miss Antoinette DeForest of Buffalo, aged eight years, by some unaccountable casualty, fell into the river, and Charles Addington, aged twenty-two, jumped in to save her, and they both went over the Falls together, June 21st, 1849.
The body of the girl was found much mutilated, the next day, and that of the young man floated four or five days afterward, when it was recovered and buried in the village burying ground. This was one of the most afflictive scenes that has occurred within our recollection. Return by the same way to Goat Island. After resting a few moments, pass up the river to a sign on a tree, Biddle Stairs."
Excerpt from "A Guide for Every Visitor to Niagara Falls, Including the Sources of Niagara, and All Places of Interest, both on the American and Canada Side" by Frederick H. Johnson. Page 15:
It was at this point, after we pass a small footbridge about twenty-five feet above the Falls, that young Miss Antoinette DeForest of Buffalo, aged eight years, by some unaccountable casualty, fell into the river, and Charles Addington, aged twenty-two, jumped in to save her, and they both went over the Falls together, June 21st, 1849.
The body of the girl was found much mutilated, the next day, and that of the young man floated four or five days afterward, when it was recovered and buried in the village burying ground. This was one of the most afflictive scenes that has occurred within our recollection. Return by the same way to Goat Island. After resting a few moments, pass up the river to a sign on a tree, Biddle Stairs."
It was at this point, after we pass a small footbridge about twenty-five feet above the Falls, that young Miss Antoinette DeForest of Buffalo, aged eight years, by some unaccountable casualty, fell into the river, and Charles Addington, aged twenty-two, jumped in to save her, and they both went over the Falls together, June 21st, 1849.
The body of the girl was found much mutilated, the next day, and that of the young man floated four or five days afterward, when it was recovered and buried in the village burying ground. This was one of the most afflictive scenes that has occurred within our recollection. Return by the same way to Goat Island. After resting a few moments, pass up the river to a sign on a tree, Biddle Stairs."
Advertisement
Advertisement
