Horry County ScArchives Obituaries.....Burroughs, Ruth July 24, 1902
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Horry Herald July 31, 1902
Drowned at Myrtle Beach

Miss Ruth Burroughs Drowned Last Tuesday While Bathing Despite Efforts to Save 
Her From the Outgoing Tide

Miss Ruth Burroughs was drowned while out bathing at Myrtle Beach last Tuesday 
evening, and her remains were not recovered from the waves until about 
daylight yesterday morning, when her body was found by Charley Barron about 
three miles up the beach in the direction of Singleton’s Swash.

The remains were brought over yesterday evening and the funeral will take 
place this afternoon.

Some time about 7 o’clock a party of fifteen or twenty went out to bathe in 
the surf. In the party besides the deceased were H. S. Collins, Mrs. F. A. 
Burroughs, Milton Read, a Mr. Johnson, W. A. Freeman and others well known 
about Conway.

Miss Ruth and Messrs. Read and Freeman were apart from the rest of the party. 
It seems that there was an outgoing tide and a consequent undertow, and they 
were carried out farther from the shore than they suspected. Mr. Read 
discovered that he could not find bottom and went to Miss Ruth’s assistance, 
to keep her above the waves until assistance could come from ashore. Some men 
were getting a boat ready, but there was some necessary delay. Mr. Read became 
exhausted. Miss Ruth was unconscious, and although trying to cling to him for 
support, al large wave swept her out of his reach. She was not found until 
yesterday morning. The boast was too late to render assistance.

Mr. Read was picked up in an exhausted and almost unconscious condition, 
nearly drowned.

The death of Miss Ruth Burroughs is a blow to the entire community. A truer, 
nobler, more Christian than hers is not found among young women of today. She 
was loved by everybody.



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