Abbreviations used
Date July 8 1878
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.
Howard ARMSTRONG, 17 years old, only s/o Richard ARMSTRONG of Centreville, N.S., while bathing in company with two other young men, was drowned in the 3rd in the Annapolis River about two miles below Bridgetown.