Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1901 — Perishes in Bursting Dam. [ARTICLE]

Perishes in Bursting Dam.

Two dams at Wanskuck, just north of Providence, R. 1., burst, carrying away two wooden buildings, containing nine persons. Miss Emily Whimpey and a man were carried down the stream on a raft. They caught In a wire fence. The firemen shouted to Miss Whimpey to hold to the wire. A heavy timber struck her in the back of the neck and she was carried under and was not seen afterward. The man was saved.