Fergus Falls Daily Journal
Tuesday, July 5, 1960
page one
Speeding on Lakes Hazardous, Too
MOTORBOAT COLLISION PROVES FATAL
A Mankato area farmer drowned following the collision of two motorboats Monday - just a year and a day after his brother drowned.
The death of George Yetter, 49, was the third Minnesota drowning of the long Independence Day weekend. The two other victims were children, both 2.
Yetter drowned in Lake Washington near Mankato. Sheriff Pat Smith said the boat piloted by Yetter's brother-in-law, Harold Hiniker, 47, rural Mankato, and one driven by James P. Miller 25, Mankato, collided.
Apparently Yetter fell or was knocked out of the craft when the collision occurred. Several other persons in the two boats were brought ashore by the lake patrol.
Smith said investigation of the accident is continuing today. Hiniker was hospitalized for shock following the death of Yetter and officers were unable to talk to him Monday night.
On July 3, 1959, Yetter's brother, Harry, of North Mankato, drowned in Lake Little Chippewa, where he had been boating with his wife.
Tuesday, July 5, 1960
page one
Speeding on Lakes Hazardous, Too
MOTORBOAT COLLISION PROVES FATAL
A Mankato area farmer drowned following the collision of two motorboats Monday - just a year and a day after his brother drowned.
The death of George Yetter, 49, was the third Minnesota drowning of the long Independence Day weekend. The two other victims were children, both 2.
Yetter drowned in Lake Washington near Mankato. Sheriff Pat Smith said the boat piloted by Yetter's brother-in-law, Harold Hiniker, 47, rural Mankato, and one driven by James P. Miller 25, Mankato, collided.
Apparently Yetter fell or was knocked out of the craft when the collision occurred. Several other persons in the two boats were brought ashore by the lake patrol.
Smith said investigation of the accident is continuing today. Hiniker was hospitalized for shock following the death of Yetter and officers were unable to talk to him Monday night.
On July 3, 1959, Yetter's brother, Harry, of North Mankato, drowned in Lake Little Chippewa, where he had been boating with his wife.
Fergus Falls Daily Journal
Tuesday, July 5, 1960
page one
Speeding on Lakes Hazardous, Too
MOTORBOAT COLLISION PROVES FATAL
A Mankato area farmer drowned following the collision of two motorboats Monday - just a year and a day after his brother drowned.
The death of George Yetter, 49, was the third Minnesota drowning of the long Independence Day weekend. The two other victims were children, both 2.
Yetter drowned in Lake Washington near Mankato. Sheriff Pat Smith said the boat piloted by Yetter's brother-in-law, Harold Hiniker, 47, rural Mankato, and one driven by James P. Miller 25, Mankato, collided.
Apparently Yetter fell or was knocked out of the craft when the collision occurred. Several other persons in the two boats were brought ashore by the lake patrol.
Smith said investigation of the accident is continuing today. Hiniker was hospitalized for shock following the death of Yetter and officers were unable to talk to him Monday night.
On July 3, 1959, Yetter's brother, Harry, of North Mankato, drowned in Lake Little Chippewa, where he had been boating with his wife.
Tuesday, July 5, 1960
page one
Speeding on Lakes Hazardous, Too
MOTORBOAT COLLISION PROVES FATAL
A Mankato area farmer drowned following the collision of two motorboats Monday - just a year and a day after his brother drowned.
The death of George Yetter, 49, was the third Minnesota drowning of the long Independence Day weekend. The two other victims were children, both 2.
Yetter drowned in Lake Washington near Mankato. Sheriff Pat Smith said the boat piloted by Yetter's brother-in-law, Harold Hiniker, 47, rural Mankato, and one driven by James P. Miller 25, Mankato, collided.
Apparently Yetter fell or was knocked out of the craft when the collision occurred. Several other persons in the two boats were brought ashore by the lake patrol.
Smith said investigation of the accident is continuing today. Hiniker was hospitalized for shock following the death of Yetter and officers were unable to talk to him Monday night.
On July 3, 1959, Yetter's brother, Harry, of North Mankato, drowned in Lake Little Chippewa, where he had been boating with his wife.
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