Today in Chequamegon history: a narrow escape. Ashland Daily Press, January 31, 1929: A thrilling rescue of two Madeline Island men from an ice floe which broke away from the solid ice and started out into the to open lake Tuesday morning was recounted by Erick Erickson, one of the men who assisted in effecting the rescue. The islanders, Carl Cadotte, 21, and Louis Neveaux, were bobbing on the ice in the channel between Madeline and Long Island, and when they attempted to return to shore found that they were adrift on an ice flow which was moving rapidly toward the open lake. They tied parts of their clothing to their fishing poles and waved for help to fishermen near Long Island who saw their signal and made ready for the rescue. The Long Island fishermen, one of whom was Mr. Erickson of this city, the others Hans Mattson, and Hjalmer Anderson, went to Long Island for a boat and after dragging the boat more than a mile over the snow-covered ice and pushing the boat through thin ice a more than a quarter of a mile they finally reached the floating ice and took the to Madeline Island men to safety. The ice was noticed to be adrift at about 10: 30 a.m. and it was about 3:00 p.m. before the men are back to the island safe. The currents carried the ice floe into the open lake in rapid fashion and had many more hours elapsed before aid had gone to them it would have been difficult to say what might have happened.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:07:52 +0000
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