Thomas L. Marquis, Jr., 19, student, died attempting to save Myrtle Lewis, 18, from drowning, Bartow, Florida, July 1, 1910. Marquis, in darkness, jumped from a launch in Crooked Lake to the assistance of Miss Lewis, who, while in the water, had lost her hold on the launch and was drifting away. Marquis and Miss Lewis were seen side by side but soon sank in water 40 feet deep and were drowned. When their bodies were recovered, Miss Lewis’s hair was down and her side comb was found wedged in Marquis’s belt. 5372-517
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