Iowa
Old Press
Dubuque Herald
Dubuque, Dubuque co. Iowa
July 16, 1869
A man and wife, a team, an emigrant wagon, a mule, and a thousand
dollar jackass, tried to cross a slough five miles above
Bellevue, and got into fifteen feet of water. The mule and jack
were both drowned, and the man and woman would have been, but for
the courage of Miss Leonora Smith, residing nearby, who seized an
old skiff nearby, partly full of water, paddled it with a stick
to the scene of the disaster and rescued them. The horses and
wagon were finally saved, but the most of their goods and some
money was lost, the total loss amounting to over $1,500.
[transcribed by K.W., October 2013]