The Maine Warden Service says a man checking the thickness of ice on a wilderness lake crashed into the icy water and drowned. Wardens say Walter Demmons, of Milford, was
Walter Demmons, 62 of Milford, was drilling holes with a friend to check the ice thickness while preparing to fish in Quakish Lake when they heard the ice crack.
A 62-year-old Maine man drowned in Quakish Lake while checking ice thickness. The incident occurred during early season ice conditions, about 8 miles southwest of Millinocket.