Kude kude nedolophu yedolophu iBuffalo, eNew York yiTowning Scaring. Yayiyitonela kaloliwe eyakhelwe iGrand Trunk Railway kufutshane neNiagara Falls kufutshane neWarner Road, Ontario, ngeminyaka yoo-1800. Ifana nayo nayiphi na enye iitonela, kodwa ibali lesiporho elineminyaka elihamba kunye nebhulorho liyothusa kwaye libuhlungu kwangaxeshanye.
Ukutshutshiswa kwetonela elikhwazayo:
Kuthiwa le bhulorho yindawo apho intombazana encinci ibalekele kuyo isitsha emva kokuba ifama yayo ekufutshane ibase umlilo. Kuthiwa uye wawa kanye embindini wetonela apho wadibana khona nokufa kwakhe okulusizi. Isikhalo sentlungu yokufa kwakhe sihlala ezindongeni zayo. Intlungu yokutsha uphila!
Umoya wentombazana kuthiwa usayikhathaza itonela, eyoyikisayo ukuyijonga, kwaye kuthiwa ukuba umdlalo womthi ukhanyisiwe eludongeni lwetonela ezinzulwini zobusuku ungasiva isikhalo sakhe esothusayo.
Elinye iNqaku leTonela eliKhalayo:
Ukuphela kwetonela kukhokelela kwindlela edlula ehlathini. Kule ndlela kwakukho isiqhu esincinci samakhaya. Wonke umntu wayelazi ishishini lomntu wonke, kubandakanya nesibini esasikhathazekile esinotata olikhoboka lotywala, umfazi wakhe owayephethwe gadalala kunye nentombi yabo. Emva kokuba enobundlobongela amaxesha amaninzi, umfazi waphakama wamshiya.
Wangena ngumsindo. “Uyintombi yam nayo!” Utata unkqonkqoze umfazi wakhe engekho zingqondweni kwaye intombazana encinci ibalekile. Ukhubeke wangena etoneleni waqubuda ebumnyameni ngaphambi kokuba eve utata wakhe esondela. Ukuphefumla nje kwakhe, emva koko kwagaleleka i-snap kunye nolwelo olubandayo kuye. Umdlalo omncinci ukhanyisiwe kwaye waphoswa emhlabeni. Ukukhala kwakhe kunika itonela igama lakhe. Ilivo eliphazamisayo lendawo ephazamisayo.
Ngaba le yimbali yokwenyani ebangela itonela ekhwazayo?
Ngokomlando-mbali wasekuhlaleni, kwakukho umfazi owayekade ehlala kwenye yezo zindlu emva kweTyhuna yokukhwaza. Abamelwane babengamthandi. Uye waphambana. Umfazi wayesilwa nomyeni wakhe ngalo lonke ixesha.
Ngalo lonke ixesha, wayephuma ngokuzolileyo endlwini kwaye anyamalale aye etoneleni. Isibini semizuzwana kamva isikhalo esoyikekayo sinokuvakala. Okokuqala ukwenzeka abamelwane bayoyika. Emva kwethutyana yaqheleka. Kuthiwa uye waya embindini wakhwaza phezulu kwemiphunga.
Bakholelwa ukuba umfazi ufuna wonke umntu ukuba eve ukubandezeleka kwakhe. Ukwazi umyeni wakhe kwakungenakwenzeka. Emva kwethutyana abahlali banika itonela igama lesidlaliso… bayibiza ngokuba yi "Tunnel ekhalayo"
