Seymour Johnson Airman Drowned Near Hardy's Bridge, Aug. 18, 1923

Seymour Johnson Airman Is Drowned Near Hardy’s Bridge

At press time Thursday the search by military and civilian authorities continued for a Seymour Johnson Air Base enlisted man who is believed to have been drowned Monday afternoon in Neuse River in the vicinity of Hardy’s Bridge. A capsized boat and motor and other boating items were found late Monday afternoon in a whirls near the bridge, and earlier in the afternoon residents of the area report seeing a single man in the same boat.

Air Force officials have asked that the name of the airman be withheld until notification of his family and until his body has been recovered and identification is positive.

Rescue squads from Mount Olive, Goldsboro, Kinston and the air base are participating in the search, which is made extremely difficult because it is not known where the boat capsized, and it might have drifted a few yards or a few miles from the point where the airman was thrown in the water.

From the front page of the Jones County Journal, Trenton, N.C., Thursday, Aug. 18, 1960