The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-01-23
Vehicle Containing Two People Breaks
Through the Ice on Twin Lakes
Wednesday Evening.
CHARLES oLEsoN is DROWNED
Henry Haegele, Well Known Ice Man Has
Terrific Battle With the Freezing
Water But is Rescued
(From Thursdays Datly.)

(ErOm thursdays Da1Iy.)
A terrible accident occurred at Twin
Lakes, west of this city Wednesday
evening which resulted in Charles
O1eson, of Chicago, an ice cutter for the
Haegele Ice company, being drowned
and Henry Haegele, one of the members
of the firm, having a narrow escape.
Haegele is now at the Twin Lakes hotel
in a critical condition but it is thong ht
that his life can be saved.
The accident was a most unusual
one. Henry Haegele and his. employee
had started to drive across the lake on
the ice to the railway station as Ole
son was returning to his home in Chi
cago. The ice had been so cut as to
leave channel and the water had COW
cred this channel in such a manner
that it had rotted the ice. The men
drove on to the lake shortly after nine
O'Clock and they had goue but a short
distance when the ice gave in and the
horse and the vehicle went down in
fifteen feet of water.
Both of the men were in the buggy
-
buggy disappeared beneath the freez-
ing water Oleson turned to Haegele
and said: "What are we to do?" This
was the last heard of him, for a mo-
ment later he was caught in the rig
ging of the buggy and sank IN fifteen
feet of water. His body was recovered
early this morning and it was still en-
tangled with the buggy.
AS soon as Haegele saw the condition
he was in he made desperate effort to
save himself, but whenever he caught
hold of the ice it broke and threw him
back into the lake. He was fully a
quarter of mile from the bank of the
lake, but he shouted for help. At last
the horse began an awful struggle for
life and in some manner he kicked
Haege1e in the face and on the arm,
making it almost impossible for the
man to struggle against what seemed
to be certain death. Finally the horse
succumbed and the body floating in
the water caught on the top of the We
hic1e. The stiff legs Of the horse stuck
up out of the water and Haege1e man
aged to swim to a place near the
horse and got hold of his leg. In this
manner he held his head above the
water until he was rescued. HIS shouts
for help were heard by Henry Brown,
an employ of the Knickerbocker Com
pany, who summoned help and hurried
out on the ice to the assistance of the
drowning man. The man had been in
the water for more than fifteen min
utes, but he held on the leg of the dead
horse until Brown was able to hand
him pike pole which he grasped. He
was towed on to the safe ice and fell
back exhausted.
Haege1e was taken at once to theTwin
Lakes hotel and cared for and is said
to be conscious this afternoon. The men
in charge state that it is thought that
Mr.. Haege1e will recover, but his con-
dition is critical.
The remains of Oleson were recov-
cred this morning, and the coroner's
jury returned verdict of accidental
death. The remains were sent to
Chicago for interment.
O1eson was forty-fve years of age
and unmarried. He had been employed
by the ice company for some time and
was one of the leaders in the harvest
at Twin Lakes.