Carroll County IL Archives News.....Ferry Boat Sinks January 25, 1894
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Jackson Sentinel January 25, 1894
 Jackson Sentinel, January 25, 1894.

Ferry Boat Sinks-

The ferry boat “Midget,” that plies between Savanna and Sabula, in the season,
sunk in the slough near Sabula Saturday night. It is the property of Lambert &
Kimball, and the proprietors with a force of men worked all day Sunday and were
unsuccessful in raising the craft, but probably have it above the water ere
this. The sinking of a boat of the kind makes much trouble and expense.

Jackson Sentinel, February 1, 1894.

The ferry boat “Midget,” sank last Saturday night and now lays on the bottom of
the slough in about eight feet of water on one side and six on the other. The
cause for the sinking is a mystery and can only be accounted for by the theory
that the ice had started a string of calking from a seam in the hull as it
melted away a number of days previous and it finally came out Saturday evening.
The boat never leaked with an ordinary load, while in commission and there was
no water in her Thursday afternoon previous to her sinking. A crew of men worked
Sunday and Monday to raise her, but little could be accomplished before the
severe weather shut off operations. 


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