Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2017 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Rachael Fuller for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Saline Observer March 20, 1930 Algonac - Starting from his home on Russell's island for the mainland school at Algonac, WILLIAM SMITH, JR., 15 years old, was capsized in mid- stream when his duck boat was struck by a 45- mile-an-hour gale. His plight was discovered by J. R. RAYMOND, ferryman, and SMITH, who was clinging to an ice floe, was rescued. ===========================================================================