Abbreviations used
Date April 8 1848
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier
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.
Fatal Accident! On Monday last, age 7, Henry WATT only s/o William WATT of Portland (St. John) was drowned in Thomson's Slip. He was at play on the booms with other children when he fell into the water and before his body could be got out life was extinct.