1905 July 18 Carlisle Graham and William Glover swam the Lower Rapids on the Niagara River in a race. Glover won. This was Graham's last stunt at Niagara Falls. 1908 July 1 Bobby Leach jumps from the Upper Steel Arch Bridge at Niagara Falls with a parachute. 1910 September 18: Klaus Larsen successfully shoots the Whirlpool Rapids on the Niagara River in a motorboat. September 24 Bobby Leach successfully shoots the Whirlpool Rapids on the Niagara River in a steel barrel. Intended to complete the journey through the Lower Rapids the following day, but William "Red" Hill senior takes the barrel and shoots the Lower Rapids instead of Leach. 1911 June 25 Lincoln Beachey flies over Niagara Falls and then under the Upper Steel Arch Bridge in a Curtiss biplane. June 28 Bobby Leach shoots the Whirlpool Rapids on the Niagara River in a steel barrel. Later sends the empty barrel over Niagara Falls to test it prior to attempting to shoot the falls himself. The barrels makes it over okay, but the top came off and it sinks. July 25 Bobby Leach successfully shoots Niagara Falls in a a new steel barrel, the second person to attempt it. Conflicting accounts as to how serious his injuries are in doing it. October 28, 29 Klaus Larsen successfully shoots the Whirlpool Rapids on the Niagara River in a motorboat. 1912 February 4 Burrell Hecock of Cleveland and Mr. & Mrs. Eldridge Stanton of Toronto drowned when the ice bridge at Niagara Falls breaks up. 1913 October 23 Peter W. Langgaard successfully shoots the Whirlpool Rapids on the Niagara River in a motorboat. 1918 June 9 International Railway Company's Buffalo - Niagara Falls high speed interurban line opened to traffic. August 6 William Red Hill assists in the rescue of Gustav Lofbeg and James A. Harris when the scow they were on being used to dredge a power canal in Niagara Falls, NY, breaks loose from its tow and gets stranded just above Horseshoe Falls. The rusting scow can still be seen today. Peter D.A. Warwick St.Catharines, Ontario, Canada Bike Through The Garden Of Canada [log in to unmask] writer/researcher URL: http://www.npiec.on.ca/~pwarwick/ Canadian Freelance Journalism URL: http://www.npiec.on.ca/~inf11009/ ADD Niagara URL: http://www.npiec.on.ca/~inf03012/ Niagara's Transportation Center