By Mrs. H.C. Inman
Fairmont, Aug. 8—Miss Lillie Kyle came very near losing her life Sunday at McDowell’s Beach, White Lake, when a solider from Fort Bragg fell from the slide and struck her in such a way as to cause the back bone to be badly bent in two places. Miss Kyle had started up the slide, not knowing anyone was on the top. There were two soldiers from Fort Bragg on the top, and they were trying to push each other off when Miss Kyle started up. She had just turned around to Mrs. Brown and children and told them to watch her slide down when the man hit Her. He must have struck her with his elbow or knee, for there was only one place which was so badly hurt. He weighed over 200 pounds, so if he had fallen his full weight it would in all probability been more serious.
Mr. Jim Barden of Warsaw was helping her up the steps and managed to hold her hand and bring her up out of the water and carried her to the hotel, where medical aid was given by Dr. Robeson of Wallace, who had gone over to White Lake for the day. She was kept at White Lake Sunday night and brought to the Baker sanatorium Monday morning, Dr. Robeson and Miss Pearson accompanying her. Dr. Baker says unless unforeseen trouble arises, she will be able to go home some time next week, and with several weeks of rest she will be able to go to Red Springs to take up her duties as Math teacher in the city high school.
From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, August 10, 1925
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