Abbreviations used
Date May 29 1850
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Daily Morning 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.
John SWEENEY, Constable of (St. John) city was drowned yesterday at Straight Shore from a small boat while procee ding on a wood boat lying there, left wife and family.