Jackson County IA Archives News.....Drowning of Hans N. Jensen July 17, 1886
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Sabula Gazette July 17, 1886


Sabula Gazette, July 17, 1886, reprinted in the Jackson Sentinel, July 22, 1886 



Drowning of Hans N. Jensen 



A very sad case of drowning occurred in this city last Sunday and another 
victim has been added to the long list that have found a watery grave in 
consequence of lack of knowledge of the treacherous reefs of the Mississippi 
River sandbars. The unfortunate one this time was a Dane, Hans N. Jensen, aged 
about 29 years. He went to the sandbar just above a log-raft Mr. Long has 
laying at the bank above his mill and went in bathing. After wading about a 
short time he ventured into the deeper water, when suddenly he stepped over a 
reef where the water was some eight or nine feet deep. Being unable to swim he 
sank beneath the surface and the current rapidly carried him down under the 
raft. Mr. Ed Brooks, a young man who was on the lower end of the raft, ran to 
the fatal spot in answer to the cries of some small boys who had witnessed the 
accident. Noticing some bubbles rising to the surface of the water he dropped 
his body below the logs, hanging to them with his arms and succeeded in twining 
his legs about the drowning man, but was unable to hold him in consequence of 
the current, and as he slipped away the logs prevented getting another hold. 
The remains were recovered a short time after the accident, but life was 
extinct. Deceased was comparatively a stranger in this place, having moved here 
but a week or two ago. A wife and three small children are left in almost 
destitute circumstances to mourn his death. The remains were interred in 
Evergreen Cemetery on Monday. 





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