HERMAN F. WEHAUSEN
From Der Nord Westen, 24 Sept. 1908:
Saturday afternoon Hermann Wehausen, the 12-year old son of Henry Wehausen here,
went to the mouth of the Manitowoc River with his sink net to catch some minnows
for a Sunday fishing trip. Since then the boy has been missing and a theory that
he fell into the river and drowned is unproven since the police searched the river
Saturday evening from the Main Street bridge without finding his body. On Sunday
the men from the life saving station brought their instruments and searched the
river again without results. Maybe the body was swept into the lake, so it may be
a while before it is washed up onto the bank. The boy’s mother is nearly out of
her mind with grief.
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From Der Nord Westen, 01 Oct. 1908:
Mr. and Mrs. John Ploeckelmann went down to the new harbor pier Sunday morning
to do some fishing and saw a male body floating in the water. They immediately
notified the police who quickly came and recovered it. It was the body of 13-year
old Hermann Wehausen whom we reported last week as having been missing since
Saturday. As best one can guess, the boy fell into the water while casting his
sink net. In his attempt to get to the surface it appears he became so entangled
in the net that he could not save himself. The body was buried Monday in the city
cemetery.
[bur. 09-28-1908/cause: drowning]
HERMAN F. WEHAUSEN
From Der Nord Westen, 24 Sept. 1908:
Saturday afternoon Hermann Wehausen, the 12-year old son of Henry Wehausen here,
went to the mouth of the Manitowoc River with his sink net to catch some minnows
for a Sunday fishing trip. Since then the boy has been missing and a theory that
he fell into the river and drowned is unproven since the police searched the river
Saturday evening from the Main Street bridge without finding his body. On Sunday
the men from the life saving station brought their instruments and searched the
river again without results. Maybe the body was swept into the lake, so it may be
a while before it is washed up onto the bank. The boy’s mother is nearly out of
her mind with grief.
**************
From Der Nord Westen, 01 Oct. 1908:
Mr. and Mrs. John Ploeckelmann went down to the new harbor pier Sunday morning
to do some fishing and saw a male body floating in the water. They immediately
notified the police who quickly came and recovered it. It was the body of 13-year
old Hermann Wehausen whom we reported last week as having been missing since
Saturday. As best one can guess, the boy fell into the water while casting his
sink net. In his attempt to get to the surface it appears he became so entangled
in the net that he could not save himself. The body was buried Monday in the city
cemetery.
[bur. 09-28-1908/cause: drowning]
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