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New Ulm Review
New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota
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Three Two Harbors men—Roy Sullivan (20), John Strand (45), and Ingvald Amundsen (18)—drowned in a storm on Lake Superior near Encampment Island when their gasoline launch and rowboat capsized. Robert Johnson (35) swam to shore; Edwin Strand (15) was safely ashore.
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Three of a pleasure party of five Two Harbors men were drowned when in a heavy sea, kicked up by a terrific wind along the north shore, a gasoline launch and a rowboat were capsized near Encampment island. The drowned were:
Roy Sullivan, twenty, John Strand, about forty-five, and Ingvald Amundsen, eighteen. They went down with the launch, and Robert Johnson, thirty-five years old, was thrown into the water when the launch's rowboat sank but managed to swim ashore, where Edwin Strand, fifteen years old, the fifth member of the party, had been left a few minutes before and was waiting for Johnson to take him to the launch.
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Lake Superior Near Encampment Island
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roy sullivan, john strand, and ingvald amundsen drowned; robert johnson swam ashore; edwin strand was waiting on shore
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Three of a pleasure party of five Two Harbors men were drowned when in a heavy sea, kicked up by a terrific wind along the north shore, a gasoline launch and a rowboat were capsized near Encampment island. They went down with the launch, and Robert Johnson was thrown into the water when the launch's rowboat sank but managed to swim ashore, where Edwin Strand had been left a few minutes before and was waiting for Johnson to take him to the launch.