Abbreviations used
Date August 1 1868
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Morning Telegraph
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 Wednesday 22nd inst., a young man named George KANE belonging to the barque "Cora Linn" of Belfast was drowned while bathing. He was a native of Magee, County Antrim and was 19 years of age. The body was at once grappled for, but was not found until Sunday forenoon about 100 yards from the place of drowning. - Miramichi 'Advocate'