More Occupants of Maryville Revealed by Newspaper Article

This article, published in the Edgefield Advertiser on 16 Oct 1907, reports an accident in which a boat occupied by phosphate mine workers from Maryville capsized in the Ashley River. Missing and presumed drowned were Captain Mitchell, Dick Spencer and George Wasp, all of Maryville. Paul Williams and Peter Deveaux were rescued while clinging to the overturned boat. If any of the men listed here are your ancestors, be sure to search for other newspaper articles, as well as death certificates, that may further document this event in your family’s history.