JoDaviess County IL Archives News.....Narrow Escape on Mississippi River January 5, 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ken Wright kenneth565@aol.com July 8, 2009, 11:01 am Bellevue Leader, Bellevue, Iowa January 5, 1899 Bellevue Leader, Bellevue, Jackson County, Iowa, January 5, 1899. NARROW ESCAPE ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER George McGuire of Galena, had a narrow escape from drowning last Wednesday while driving across the river with a cord of wood on a wagon. When about half way across the river the wagon broke through the ice, fortunately the horses did not break through. Help being near he soon had the wagon out. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/jodaviess/newspapers/narrowes175gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb