Jackson-Dubuque County IA Archives News.....Rescued From Drowning July 16, 1869
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Dubuque Herald July 16, 1869


    Dubuque Herald, July 16, 1869

    A man and wife, a team, an emigrant wagon, a mule, and a thousand dollar
jackass, tried to cross a slough five miles above Bellevue, and got into fifteen
feet of water. The mule and jack were both drowned, and the man and woman would
have been, but for the courage of Miss Leonora Smith, residing nearby, who
seized an old skiff nearby, partly full of water, paddled it with a stick to the
scene of the disaster and rescued them. The horses and wagon were finally saved,
but the most of their goods and some money was lost, the total loss amounting to
over $1,500. 



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