Show swollen river claims many lives Ale nominee alach the swollen menominee river claimed lives of five michigan and minnesota workmen on the gigantic dam dain being built at white rapids when a coffer dam crib whose foundation was undermined co lapsed the men drowned in the swift current of the river twenty miles above the twin cities of menominee and marinette avis wis when they were thrown or jumped into the water with two other members of the crew who were rescued fatalities brought total deaths in construction of the dam to seven |