Abbreviations used
Date March 7 1877
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Daily 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.
A letter received by Policeman Richard EVANS announces the drowning of Robert CUNNINGHAM of Pisarinco (St. John) from American schr. "Royal Arch", while on passage from Alexandria to Boston. Deceased was 53 years of age and had been following the sea for the past 40 years. He leaves a wife who is at present in this city.