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Watertown Republican
Watertown, Jefferson County, Dodge County, Wisconsin
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Two log drivers, George Bronke and Edward Johnson, drowned near Rhinelander, Wis., on June 23 when their boat capsized while breaking a log jam; Johnson died trying to save Bronke.
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Log Drivers Meet Death by the Capsizing of a Boat at Rhinelander.
Rhinelander, Wis., June 23—[Special.]—George Bronke and Edward Johnson, employed as log-drivers by Daily & O'Day of Merrill, were drowned this afternoon near the city bridge while breaking a jam. The men, in company with several others, were in a boat, which was struck by a log and capsized. Bronke and Johnson were good swimmers, and started for shore with the rest, but Bronke was struck in the head by a log and went down, and Johnson met his death while trying to save him. Both were single men. They have worked on the river for years and were accounted experts by their comrades. Bronke was about 38 years old and Johnson 25. The former lived at Tomahawk and the latter at Merrill. Efforts were made to resuscitate the unfortunates, but they were futile, as the men were in the water thirty minutes.
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Rhinelander, Wis.
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June 23
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george bronke and edward johnson drowned; efforts to resuscitate failed after 30 minutes in water.
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George Bronke and Edward Johnson, log-drivers employed by Daily & O'Day of Merrill, were drowned near the city bridge while breaking a jam. They were in a boat with others that capsized after being struck by a log. Bronke was struck in the head by a log and went down; Johnson drowned trying to save him. Both were single men, experienced on the river; Bronke about 38 from Tomahawk, Johnson 25 from Merrill.