Abbreviations used
Date January 5 1878
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Daily News
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.
On Thursday eve. the inhabitants of Indiantown (St. John) were startled by the report that a man had been drowned by falling off the wharf at which the steamer "May Queen" is lying. The name of the unfortunate man was Michael DRISCOLL of Pleasant Point, better known as Michael MINEHAN. He leaves a wife and three children. (see original)