Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-08-25
Drowned Girl is BROUGHT to Surface
of Devils Lake By Means of
Graphing Hooks
WORK RESUMED WITH
UNDERWATER LIGHT
Boat Crews Worked SvstematicaI-
iy to Recover Body of Madison
Student
(From Fridays Daily

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Miss Minnie Voiles, who lost her
life by drowning in Devils lake Mon.
day night about nine o'clock in. COM
pany with Clarence M. Williams, was
recovered Thursday afternoon about
five O'Clock from the bottom of De-
wills lake. The girl was caught
in an arrangement of drag hooks on
"a single line that reached we'll to
the bottom of the lake. She was hook
ed by one of her limbs. Newell Roy
er and Roxy Edwards, Baraboo men
were the occupants of the boat that
discovered the girl. s,,
The condition of the young lady's
body, after being in the water for near
ly four days, was very good. The
skin was nearly normally white, no
swelling of the body was visible. The
cause of the good condition of the
body is said to be because of the cdta
temperature of the lake In order to
keep the deceased in a fair state Of
preservation she was kept in the wat
er until shore was reached where a
blanket was wrapped around her
STUDENTS BODY FOUND
The body of G. M Williams, the
other victim was recovered from the
lake this morning about 10:45 by Cap
tain Thomas Isabel of Madison. The
student was found about three rods
from where the young lady was
brought up. The body was in a fair
state of preservation after being in
of water nearly four days. The depth
of the lake where the man was found
is estimated to be about 2S feet deep.
Supt. Atwood Smith and another
man were dragging the bottom of the
lake and thought they struck the body.
Captain Isabel and an assistant
came to the spot and threw their line
down in the same spot and brought up
the body Williams was hooked with
hooks similar to the ones
used in recovering Miss Voiles.
CONDITION OF BOAT
The boat, in which the two drowned
persons were in and accompanied by
Walter S. Fields, who was saved, is
now in the garage OF Atwood Smith,
park superintendent at the lake. TIE
boat was recovered Thursday shortly
after dinner by VIM. Hatch, who was
trolling the bottom of the lake with
a bar on which were attached an
of hooks.
The boat contained no marks that
would indicate leaky bottom The
front air chamber of the little steel
craft was partly filed with water but
might have become leaky after it sank
In all probability the water that
sank the craft came over the side Of
the boat it is thought. Mr. Smith
yesterday kept the boat under lock
and key until decision of the mishap-
lad been determined. MANY went to
The lake tc view the object and Mr..
Smith was kept busy opening the door
'or eager eyes.
WORK WITH LIGHT
Thursday evening electrical men
rom Baraboo went to Devils lake
Ind constructed an underwater cleo
ric light that reached from shore to
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worked very well but because of the
roiled condition of the water after so
much dragging, nothing hut blur
could be seen.
The search for Williams continued
Until about tep O'Clock Thursday
hight. 1t was resumed again THIS
morning. A buoy has been placed
vhere the boat was located. Miss
Toiles was found about ten feet frorn
he boat in about 25 feet of water.
he young lady had evidently been
ace downward at the bottom as her
ace was covered with mud
Captain Thomas Isabel, Madison,
Tho directed the search for the stu
ody and the work was done so
hat every inch of the ground was
overed. The crew at work took
direction towards shore from
he spot where the boat went down.
he first few days the rescuing crews
'ere working in the wrong places.
Mr.. Fields, it is claimed, was ua-
er the impression the boat was far
her out than the real location.