Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-12-23
DROWNED IN ECHO LAKE.
Body Of Irvine Moore, Who Disappear
ed MysteriOusly, Found in Lake at
Mercer by Boys While Skating.

Irvine Moore was cleared up last
Saturday when his body was found
frozen III the ice in Echo lake a,
Mercer. The discovery was made
by BOYS skating on the lake who
noticed an arm of the man over
canoe i'll the ice. The place where
he met his death was but few
hundred feet out from Ed Even
sons saloon. The remains were
brought to Hurley and on Monday
were shipped to Plainheld for bur
ial
The first day of the deer season,
Nov. II, Moore went from Hurley
to Mercer, telling his friends that
he was going hunting. He bor-
rowed a rifle of Jack Shea at Mer-
Ger and said that he was going to
get a canoe and go up the river and
get a deer. 1t is thought that he
started out early the morning of
Nov. II and when but short dis
tanCe from shore the canoe was
CapsiZed and he was thrown into
the water aud died from exposure
or was drowned. 1t was known
that he was a good swimmer but
there was a thin coating of ice on
the lake at the time and being ham
pered with a mackinaw and heavy
wearing apparel his prowess as a
swimmer proved of no avail and he
perished. No one saw him start
out and it is thought that he start
ed early in the morning. The de
ceased was a carpenter and mason
worker and had been around here
for a number of years. Just before
the deer season opened he secured
employment at Graybeck's camp
near Mercer bat had worked but
short time when he was engaged to
put up some buildings for II.
Stone at Manitowish. He went to
Manitowish and made the arrange
ments for the work but as the lum-
Der for the new buildings had not
arrived Moore said he would go
hunting for a few days and as soon
as the lumber was on the ground
would commence work. He made
the trip to Manitowish on Satur-
day, the first day of the deer sea
son. In the afternoon he came to
Hurley and then went down to
Mercer in the evening, starting out
the next morning on the trip which
ended so disastrously. When he
failed to return his friends became
concerned as to his safety and when
it was learned that he was neither
at the camp nor at Mercer or Hur-
lev it was feared that he had be
come lost in the woods or had met
with all accident. A brother, Geo.
Moore, who conducts a summer re-
sort at Lac du Flambeau, was not
ihed and he came up and assisted
in search for the man. but not
until a month after his disappear
ance was the mystery cleared up.
He had been raised in these north
ern woods and was we'll versed in
woods life and for that reason many
of his friends refused to entertain
the idea that he had become lost
and insisted that he must have met
his death by drowning in the lake
or river, but as no one saw him
start out where to look for him was
a matter of conjecture. Little did
they think that be met his death
such short time after starting out
The deceased was 43 years of age,
a single man and besides his broth
er at Lac du Flambeau leaves his
parents at Plainfeld. He was known
as an excellent carpenter and ma
son and for that reason his services
were much in demand, and during
/ the past few years erected several
barns and silos for farmers in this
vicinity.
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