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JAMES GREENWOOD: OVER THE FALLS
James Greenwood Goes to His Death Amid the Awful Roar of Niagara.
[Welland Telegraph, 4 September 1891]
Niagara’s latest victim was hurled to his death over the great cataract on Friday night last and the village of Chippawa lost a citizen in the person of James Greenwood, son of Mr. Wm. Greenwood, village clerk. The deceased had during the season been attending to a shooting gallery at the hotel on Navy Island, and every evening rowed across to the Chippawa shore in a small boat, a distance of nearly half a mile. On Friday evening he left the island about 8.30 and was apparently in good health and spirits as he shoved off. The night was quite dark and those on the shore soon lost sight of him, and this was the last seen of the unfortunate man. His non-appearance at home that night created no uneasiness, as it was naturally supposed he had remained on the island. Saturday morning when he did not appear at his post inquiries were made and then only it was discovered that he had evidently gone over the falls. Search was instituted and some fragments of the boat were discovered at Bass Rock, just below the falls, and other portions at the whirlpool. The deceased was subject to fainting spells and it is supposed he was seized with one of these, or that one of his oars broke and he was helplessly carried to his doom. He was about 38 years of age and unmarried.
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