Abbreviations used
Date December 13 1888
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily 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 Monday, Joseph CORMIER, age 12, went on the ice off the railway wharf to skate. The ice was weak and he broke through. Efforts to rescue him were made by pushing poles across the ice to him, but he became exhausted and sank. His body was recovered shortly after - Newcastle (North. Co.) 'Advocate'