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| Author's Note |
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5 | (2) |
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Sad Accident Claims the Lives of Four |
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8 | (3) |
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Another Sad Case of Drowning |
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Boy Drowned in Half Moon Lake |
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12 | (2) |
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Body, Doubloons Discovered Along the Banks of the Chippewa River |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (3) |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (2) |
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22 | (2) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (2) |
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Like Murder!---The Watchman's Story |
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27 | (1) |
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Newlyweds Waterlogged in River |
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28 | (3) |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (2) |
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Rescued from a Watery Grave |
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42 | (1) |
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Unidentified Sea Creature Washes Ashore in the Eau Claire River |
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43 | (1) |
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New Mother Sacrifices Child to the River |
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44 | (2) |
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Speculators Meet Fate in the Eau Claire River |
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46 | (2) |
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Family Loses Two to River |
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48 | (2) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (4) |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (6) |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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Bachelor Party Takes Chilly Turn |
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64 | (2) |
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Two More Slip Beneath the Ice, Drown |
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66 | (2) |
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Miraculous Rescue on the Chippewa |
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68 | (3) |
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Two Boys Drown While Bathing |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (2) |
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Wolf Hunt Turns Deadly in River |
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74 | (1) |
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Local Boy Becomes Disoriented in Cave, Drowns |
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74 | (4) |
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78 | (3) |
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River Claims an Old Pilot |
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81 | (1) |
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Olssen's Buoyant Brick Sinks, Kills Inventor |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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Narrow Escape from Drowning |
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88 | (2) |
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Chippewa River Gives Up Dead |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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Aftermath of Central Wreck |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (2) |
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95 | (4) |
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Heroic Effort to Make Rescue |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (1) |
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Blomquist Boy May Be Drowned |
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102 | (2) |
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104 | (1) |
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No Traces Yet of Missing Boy |
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105 | (2) |
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107 | (1) |
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The Last of the Logging Casualties? |
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108 | (3) |
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111 | (1) |
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Sailing Party Suffers Tragic Losses in Half Moon Lake |
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112 | (3) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (2) |
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Halloween Scare Nearly Takes Lives of Three |
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118 | (7) |
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Moose Found Rack Up in River |
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125 | (1) |
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Young Van Housen Boy Lost to River |
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126 | (3) |
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Drowned in Chippewa River |
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129 | (1) |
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Body of Young Suicide Found |
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130 | (3) |
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Were Enjoying a Cool Bath |
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133 | (1) |
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Body of Sweet Found Yesterday |
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134 | (2) |
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Home Inmate Is Drowned in River |
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136 | (1) |
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Leopold Kortsch Drowns in Dells Pond Yesterday |
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137 | (1) |
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Lumber Baron Perishes in River |
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138 | (2) |
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Chippewa Girl Drowns in Lake |
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140 | (1) |
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Male Curiosity Catches Slayer |
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141 | (2) |
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Jumps from Railway Bridge into Icy Waters |
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143 | (2) |
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Meets Death While Swimming |
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145 | (1) |
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Nels Isaacson Drowns in River |
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146 | (2) |
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Boy Ghost Found Drowned in River |
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148 | (3) |
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Near Drowning in Mill Pond |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (3) |
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155 | (1) |
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Burglar Receives Sentencing in the Unforgiving River |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (2) |
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Two Drown in the Eau Claire River Sunday |
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159 | (2) |
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Chippewa River Claims Youth |
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161 | (1) |
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Drowning Death Spurred by Heart Attack |
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162 | (3) |
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165 | (1) |
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Rescued from a Near Icy Death |
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166 | (2) |
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Missing Meridean Man Is Found in Chippewa River |
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168 | (2) |
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Body of George Bendickson Is Found in River |
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170 | (1) |
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Boy Drowns in Chippewa River in Spite of Brave Effort to Rescue; Ice Broke Where Lad Was Playing |
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171 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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Swimming Showman Proves No Match for River |
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173 | (1) |
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Drowning of Dog Rouses Pity Here |
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174 | (2) |
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Still Search River for Body of Little Girl |
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176 | (2) |
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Boy Escapes Death in River |
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178 | (3) |
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Father and Son Drown in River at New London |
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181 | (2) |
| Afterword |
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183 | (2) |
| Bibliography |
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185 | (4) |
| Photo Credits |
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189 | (2) |
| About the Author and the Photographer |
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