Pinedale, WY Girl Scouts Drown, Aug 1928
FOUR DROWNED IN WYOMING.
BODIES OF GIRL SCOUTS TO BE BROUGHT TO ROCK SPRINGS.
Pinedale, Wyo., Aug. 7. -- (AP) -- Four girls were drowned and six other girls rescued from a similar fate last night, in Fork Lake, south of here, when a boat in which they were rowing capsized.
The dead:
MINNIE FERNENEO.
MARGARET CARD.
RETA TOLTON, all of Rock Springs.
RETA ANGELL of Superior, Wyo.
Their ages ranged from 10 to 12 years.
The names of the other six, who were rushed to a Rock Springs hospital, have not been learned.
The six girls were rescued by BILL THOMAS of Pinedale and JOSEPHINE RUSSELL of Laramie, a former University of Wyoming swimming star.
The girls were rowing in the lake after dark and other girls in the Girl Scout camp at the lake heard their screams when the boat overturned. Rescue was difficult owing to darkness.
Ogden Standard-Examiner Utah 1928-08-07
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!
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