A Century Ago, 3 People Met Their Deaths Gawking at the Frozen Niagara Falls

(via Atlas Obscura)  Though NIagara Falls rarely freeze completely, it’s not uncommon, on frigid days, for the vista to look something like a tundra, with ice frozen dozens of feet thick. Anyone willing to risk wind-slapped cheeks can venture out and gaze at the wonderland—and this past weekend, when Fahrenheit temperatures slipped into the single digits, some onlookers did, photographing white expanses and long, sharp icicles.  These visitors mostly gawked from shore—but a century ago, people often clambered out onto the ice itself.