Knowlton, Wisconsin
Drowning
Rescue
June
1906
KNOWLTON.
A most miraculous escape from a drowning
occurred at Knowlton Thursday noon. Mrs. Mary
Malone, accompanied by her nieces, the Misses
Isabelle Teckla and Kathleen Guenther, crossed
the Wisconsin river near the hotel in a new boat
to the woods, on the opposite bank, where they
had planned a morning outing. It was arranged
that at noon T. R. Guenther was to go after them
with one of the late acquisitions to the
Knowlton fleet. Upon his arriving at the
landing, Mrs. Malone and Miss Isabelle got into
the boat and as Mr. Guenther was assisting Miss
Kathleen in they both lost their balance,
falling into deep water, upsetting the boat and
throwing out the other occupants. The four
suddenly found themselves struggling for safety
with the boat over them. The water at this
point being unusally [sic] high, owing to the
recent heavy rains, it was sometime before they
recovered themselves but by the herculean and
courageous efforts of Mr. Guenther and his
sister, who are both able to swim, the young
ladies as well as themselves were saved.
Miss Isabelle is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. Guenther. Miss Kathleen is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. L. Guenther. The rescued
party, especially the ladies, found themselves
in quite a high state of nervousness and
concluded that an impromptu Wisconsin river bath
is not quite as pleasurable at it might be.
The Stevens Point
Journal, Stevens Point, WI 30 Jun 1906
Transcribed by
Tammie Miller. Thanks Tammie!
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