LEWIS KNUTESON DEAD.
Is Drowned While Trying to Cross
the River at Biron.
Louis Knuteson was drowned in the
Wisconsin river on Wednesday near
Biron and his companion, Emile Lar-
son, had a narrow escape from meet-
ing the same fate.
The two young men had gone to
Biron to look for work and were di-
rected to go across the river where a
gang of men were at work on the dam.
This they started to do and had got to
a sluiceway which had been opened to
allow the work to proceed on the dam
when the current was so strong that
they were unable to row against it,
and were rapidly drawn toward the
rapids. Young Knuteson could swim
and thinking that he could save him-
self he leaped from the boat. He was
unable to get clear of the current and
both he and the boat went through the
sluice together. He was seen by those
on shore to be swimming and it was
thought that he would save himself,
but suddenly he sank from sight and
was seen no more.
The boat was overturned and Lar-
son although he could not swim man-
aged to hang onto it until he was res-
cued and he suffered no inconvenience
from his wetting.
Young Knuteson lived with his par-
ents in this city and was 22 years of
age.
At this writing the body has not
been recovered although the river has
been dragged below where the accident
occurred. It is entirely probable
that the current has carried it much
below where the searchers have so far
looked.
--Grand Rapids Tribune; Saturday, October 27, 1900
Is Drowned While Trying to Cross
the River at Biron.
Louis Knuteson was drowned in the
Wisconsin river on Wednesday near
Biron and his companion, Emile Lar-
son, had a narrow escape from meet-
ing the same fate.
The two young men had gone to
Biron to look for work and were di-
rected to go across the river where a
gang of men were at work on the dam.
This they started to do and had got to
a sluiceway which had been opened to
allow the work to proceed on the dam
when the current was so strong that
they were unable to row against it,
and were rapidly drawn toward the
rapids. Young Knuteson could swim
and thinking that he could save him-
self he leaped from the boat. He was
unable to get clear of the current and
both he and the boat went through the
sluice together. He was seen by those
on shore to be swimming and it was
thought that he would save himself,
but suddenly he sank from sight and
was seen no more.
The boat was overturned and Lar-
son although he could not swim man-
aged to hang onto it until he was res-
cued and he suffered no inconvenience
from his wetting.
Young Knuteson lived with his par-
ents in this city and was 22 years of
age.
At this writing the body has not
been recovered although the river has
been dragged below where the accident
occurred. It is entirely probable
that the current has carried it much
below where the searchers have so far
looked.
--Grand Rapids Tribune; Saturday, October 27, 1900
LEWIS KNUTESON DEAD.
Is Drowned While Trying to Cross
the River at Biron.
Louis Knuteson was drowned in the
Wisconsin river on Wednesday near
Biron and his companion, Emile Lar-
son, had a narrow escape from meet-
ing the same fate.
The two young men had gone to
Biron to look for work and were di-
rected to go across the river where a
gang of men were at work on the dam.
This they started to do and had got to
a sluiceway which had been opened to
allow the work to proceed on the dam
when the current was so strong that
they were unable to row against it,
and were rapidly drawn toward the
rapids. Young Knuteson could swim
and thinking that he could save him-
self he leaped from the boat. He was
unable to get clear of the current and
both he and the boat went through the
sluice together. He was seen by those
on shore to be swimming and it was
thought that he would save himself,
but suddenly he sank from sight and
was seen no more.
The boat was overturned and Lar-
son although he could not swim man-
aged to hang onto it until he was res-
cued and he suffered no inconvenience
from his wetting.
Young Knuteson lived with his par-
ents in this city and was 22 years of
age.
At this writing the body has not
been recovered although the river has
been dragged below where the accident
occurred. It is entirely probable
that the current has carried it much
below where the searchers have so far
looked.
--Grand Rapids Tribune; Saturday, October 27, 1900
Is Drowned While Trying to Cross
the River at Biron.
Louis Knuteson was drowned in the
Wisconsin river on Wednesday near
Biron and his companion, Emile Lar-
son, had a narrow escape from meet-
ing the same fate.
The two young men had gone to
Biron to look for work and were di-
rected to go across the river where a
gang of men were at work on the dam.
This they started to do and had got to
a sluiceway which had been opened to
allow the work to proceed on the dam
when the current was so strong that
they were unable to row against it,
and were rapidly drawn toward the
rapids. Young Knuteson could swim
and thinking that he could save him-
self he leaped from the boat. He was
unable to get clear of the current and
both he and the boat went through the
sluice together. He was seen by those
on shore to be swimming and it was
thought that he would save himself,
but suddenly he sank from sight and
was seen no more.
The boat was overturned and Lar-
son although he could not swim man-
aged to hang onto it until he was res-
cued and he suffered no inconvenience
from his wetting.
Young Knuteson lived with his par-
ents in this city and was 22 years of
age.
At this writing the body has not
been recovered although the river has
been dragged below where the accident
occurred. It is entirely probable
that the current has carried it much
below where the searchers have so far
looked.
--Grand Rapids Tribune; Saturday, October 27, 1900
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