Abbreviations used
Date February 19 1863
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Morning Freeman
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 schr. Rouser was lost Saturday night will all hands had on board, besides the crew, several passengers ... From a telegram received by Mr. MARTIN, King St. (St. John) we learn a body was picked up Tuesday, supposed to be a man named BRADLEY, one of the crew. Two trunks and a valice were picked up, from which it appears that Henry STRICKER, W.B. MONROE and George BEACH were the names of some of the parties aboard the ill fated vessel.