The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-08-05
FIVE DROWNED IN
MICHICAMME RIVER
A BERRY PARTY FROM Manifold
WERE THE VICTIMS
FOUR OF TRsM FROM ONE FAMILY
Boat capszed When il Struck a Sub.
mergedTree Men goto TheirDeaih
Trying to Save Women.

Five Mansfield people were drowned
in the Michigamme river about mile
below the mouth Of the Fence last
Wednesday afternoon. The dead are
Mrs Emil Tamminen. her l4-year old
son. Lauiri, Tamminen. her sisterin-
law, Mrs. Victor Mstson, her hus-
band brother. William Tamminen and
Miss Edith Forsman who was to have
been married TO William TammiDen
next week -four OF the party were from
one family. Those who escaped are
John Holm and Mrs. John Lindholm.
The party left the Mansfield mine
early in the morning in a gasoline
launch 70 go up TO the mouth Of the
Fence river TO pick blue berries. The
launch was owned by John Holm, and
carried seven passengers.
On the return trip they ran out Of
gasoline and took to padding the craft
down the stream. One man was doing
the padding and the other sat in the
rear OF the boat steering the craft An
ther story is that one man was fixing
the engine and the other steering
Two deadheads suddenly appeared
Just ahead Of them and in trying to
steer away from them the boat was
carried sidewise onto them overturning
il and dumping the occupants into the
river
The river was a raging torrent after
the heavy rains OF Sunday and Monday
and the current was something ter
rible.
William Tamminen and the boy.
Lauiri Tamminen. succeeded in swim
ming ashore. William Tamminen saw
Miss rorseman Houndering about In
the water land plunged in to save her
but was unable TO do so, botn going
down with the current.
Lauiri Tamminen, the boy. was fine
swimmer. He saw his mother rise 10
surface and cried out "don't drown,
Mamma, I'll save you. With that
he plunged in and sought to save his
mother but the task was too much for
the little fellow and both perished
Mrs. Lindholm went under twice
The second time mp she happened to
grasp the side OF the boat and clung to
it. She drifted with the boat about a
mile when II lodged in some driftwood
and she managed to get to shore.
Mr.. Holm cant give any good &C.
count.of how he was saved He was
carried by the current until he found
footing and managed to get TO the
bank. In half crazed condition he
ran along the bank Of the river until
he cane to the boat and Mrs Lind
holm
He had lost one shoe In the water
and was sorry sight. He didn't
know just how things were but when
he found Mrs. Lind holm she was able
TO give him clearer account of what
had happened.
They walked barefoot and with
clothing torn Co shreds over trail
through the woods and got TO Mansfield
about O'Clock and spread the alarm.
Immediately searching party went
up the river and a crew was sent out
BY Sheriff Holmes bat the hour was so
Gate that but little could be done that
hight. Before dark they found the
body of Mrs Matson floating near .the
mouth of the Deer river. fully four
miles below the point ut which she was
drowned
A net was stretched across the river
and the searching party waited until
daylight when they resumed their ef-
forts 20 locate the bodies.
An additional number went out on
the So Paul, train in the morning and
later on a party came In for boats.
But one old boat was TO be had and
work was hampered thereby. A mum
Der OF boats wera load ed on n fiat car
and sent out in the afternoon.
y The latest report from the scene OF
- yshe search was ALTO 100 o'clock today
No more OF the bodies have been found
There are about IS men engaged In the
search.
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