. . . the German who was drowned in the slough on the opposite
side of the river last Saturday evening was brought to the city yesterday
morning and taken to his late residence on North Hill.
It seems that Mr. Fritshga was returning home from the
Oquawka Junction in company with Mr. Mains, by way of the Railroad, and in crossing
the bridge over the slough, he stopped to shoot at some ducks, at that moment
flying over his head. In looking upward
he missed his foothold, fell into the water, and sank immediately. Mr. Mains could do nothing to save him being
himself unable to swim. The slough was dragged
but until this morning without success.
No inquest has yet been held upon the body.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 29, 1862, p. 1
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