Gloucester woman, 46, and Rhode Island man, 49, identified as Gloucester drowning victims

Gloucester police today identified the two people who drowned when they were swept into the Atlantic Ocean while walking along the rocky shores of Brace Cove near the Eastern Point Retreat House on Eastern Point. Chief Leonard Campanello said 46-year-old Gloucester resident Evelyn Howe and David Machado, 49, of Rhode Island drowned despite rescue efforts by his officers, who launched a newly updated rescue boat, and the Coast Guard.