Abbreviations used
Date March 8 1879
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Saint John Globe
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
The Halifax Chronicle says the name of the sailor lost overboard from the "Geo. E. Corbett" is Patrick DRISCOLL and that he belongs to Carleton (St. John).