Abbreviations used
Date April 9 1880
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Sun
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.
The brig "Servia", McDonald, at Vineyard Haven, 5th inst., from Sagua for Boston reports March 29th, Thomas McGRATH, seaman, of St. John's, Nfld., fell from aloft and was drowned.