The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 01, 1920, Page 6, Image 6
SAW DEATH CLOSEI
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Circuit Rider Looked Into Eyes of j
Grim Reaper.
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Marvelous Escape From Destruction
at Natural Tunnel in Virginia
Qould' Almost Be Classed
as a Miracle.
In both the Natural tunnel in Scott
county, Virginia, and the Natural
bridge in Rockbridge county, a deep
and narrow defile between two hills
is spanned by a huge mass of rock,
over which a public highway passes.
The Natural bridge is more widely
known. Travelers have written about
it for perhaps two centuries, and Elihu
Burritt describes it in the "Scene at
the Natural Bridge in Virginia," a selection
that has won many prizes in
youthful contests in declamation. But
the Natural tunnel was once the scene
f a real incident, that, while it lasted,
was just as thrilling as the imaginary
one Mr. Burritt describes in his
declamation.
It was witnessed by no spectators,
and it had only two participants, a
horse and a Methodist circuit rider.
Yet into a brief space of time it crowded
suspense and agony as terrible as
' ( a human being can endure.
Soon after the close of the Civil
war Rev. H. C. Neal was sent to
travel a circuit in Scott county, which
included the Natural tunnel within its
bounds. Returning one Monday morning
from a charge where he had
preached the day before, his route led
, ' him over the tunnel, and he stopped
to enjoy the view from Its summit.
Now, the surface of the tunnel on
each side of the highway is covered
with a low growth of bushes, and on
its southern side, from which the view
is more remarkable. It is comparatively
level to within a short distance of
the edge, where it begins a gradual
but constantly increasing slope downward.
, Turning from the highway, the
preacher rode through the bushes, Intending
to hitch his horse and then
proceed 011 foot. But in winding about
he had gone farther than he had suspected.
Feeling the animal slide forward,
he checked him and saw suddenly
that the yawning chasm was
only a short distance away. He was
now on the edge of the downward
slope with only some small bushes
growing between him and the abyss.
N Apprehending as yet no real danger,
he quietly gazed into the immense
void, when his horse again suddenly
slipped forward. Rain had fallen the
night before, and the thin coating of
dirt was soft and yielding. The rider
now attempted to turn his horse's
head. Once more the animal slipped
forward. AM at once he saw that he
actually was in an extremely perilous
, . situation. The slope was becoming
steeper, and as the horse kept slip
ping forward the edge of the chasm
was getting nearer. The rider, thoroughly
alarmed, drew hard on the
reins and soothed the horse with soft,
; encouraging words. Intending to throw i
himself from the saddle, he' relaxed j
slightly on his hold on the reins; but j
at once the animal again began slip- j
ping. He drew hard again, and for an !
Instant stopped the slipping. Then, I <
almost imperceptibly, it continued, j
Preacher and horse trembled in fear, i
It seemed as if the cnasm were reach- j
ing up invisible hands to pull them
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At that terrible moment the sliding J
suddenly ceased, and the horse shnk j
to his haunches. Cautiously, the rider j
slipped from the saddle and seized a ;
low, stout shrub with oue hand while j
he held the reins in the other. Crawling
upward the length of the reins, he
caught another shrub, and turned the
horse's head. The animal struggled
to his feet and followed the rider to
the summit. Here the trembling horse
stood panting, and the rider lay on
the ground so overcome with weakness
that it was some time before he
was able to walk.
Returning on foot te the scene of
the narrowly averted tragedy when
he had recovered his strength, he saw
that a ridge of flint protruding above
the limestone had caught the animal's
feet and had held the weight of horse
a'Jd rider in that perilous moment.?
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