Saturday, July 27, 2024

Alfred Biggers Drowns on 25th Birthday, July 27, 1924

Alfred Biggers Is Drowned in Catawba

By the Associated Press

Mount Holly, N.C., July 27—Alfred Biggers of Marshall, N.C., was drowned today, his 25th birthday, in the Mountain Island dam in the Catawba River near here. at 9 o’clock tonight his body had not been recovered. It was thought to be lost at a depth of 30 feet.

Biggers is survived by his mother, a widow, who lives at Marshall. He was engaged to be married next month.

From the front page of the Durham Morning Herald, Monday, July 28, 1924

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