Wilmington, Aug. 8—Miss Louise Parks Sloan of Statesville, age 21, and Marion Avant of Wilmington, aged 24, lost their lives in the surf at Wrightsville Beach near here shortly after 8 o’clock Sunday morning, having been drawn by the current beyond their depth. Both parties were recovered.
Life guards had not gone on duty when the ill-fated young people with a number of others went in bathing from one of the inns on the beach, and both were beyond help with a hurriedly secured life boat put out to rescue them. The crew picked up the body of Miss Sloan, which was floating face downward in the surf, but the body of Avant disappeared, to reappear half a mile down the beach where it floated ashore. Mrs. A.R. Hardwick of this city, a cousin of Miss Sloan, was also in the surf, but was easily rescued.
Miss Sloan was a daughter of J.L. Sloan of Statesville, and a graduate of North Carolina College for Women at Greensboro. Mr. Avant was an ex-service man and was well known in this city. The remains of the young woman were sent to Statesville Sunday evening.
From The Charlotte News, Tuesday, August 8, 1921
No comments:
Post a Comment