Kenosha, Wisconsin
Drowning Rescue
February 24, 1912
Wisconsin Brevities
Kenosha – Two men,
John Stanley, 167 Fremont Avenue, and
William Hanckman,
187 Maple court, Kenosha, were rescued from an
awful fate when Capt.
Frank Fountain and a volunteer crew
of lifesavers made a trip of four miles over the
slush ice along Lake Michigan and rescued the
two men, who were marooned on a floating field
of ice.
Just after ten o’clock one of the men on the
lookout of the life-saving station discovered
two more spots on the ice and with the aid of a
powerful glass he discovered that the spots were
men. He saw that they were signaling and
Captain Fountain
at once rigged up a light skiff and loading it
on bobs went to the lake at the foot of Park
Row. The captain and his men pulled the skiff
over the treacherous ice for a distance of more
than a mile and then found that fully
three-quarters of a mile of open water separated
them from the marooned men. The men on the
floating ice field were all but exhausted and it
was difficulty that the captain and his men made
a landing on the floating ice and landed the men
into the boat.
The Stevens Point Journal, Stevens Point,
WI 24 Feb 1912
Transcribed by Kay. Thank you,
Kay!
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