People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1896 — STUDENTS DROWNED. [ARTICLE]

STUDENTS DROWNED.

Sad Accident on Lake Mendota, Wisconsin. Monday afternoon, a mile out on Lake Mendota, a squall struck two shells manned by oarsmen of the University of Wisconsin’s crew. One man was drowned and two others are in a Critical condition. The dead: JOHN DAY, Janesville, Wis., only son of Mrs. Jeanette Day. The injured: Lester Streeter, Dixon, 111. Curran C. McConville, La Crosse, Wis. Late in the afternoon the boats started out for a short working trip for the men. At the time the weather did not seem squally and the lake was fairly caljn. Within a few moments after the boats left shore, however, the wind began to rise, and just as one of the boats was about to make the turn it was struck by the squall.