businessman drowns
85 years ago…
March 9, 1921 – Prominent Tampa businessman Joseph B. Byron drowns when his fishing boat is overturned by a large wave 75 yards off the Bayshore seawall near Willow Avenue.
Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.
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March 9th, 2006 at 2:57 pm
Sorry to hear about the Byron family loss.
I hope things are better for them now.