Abbreviations used
Date August 11 1871
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.
The body of William McCOY who had been missing since the 8th was found yesterday afternoon between 4 and 5 o'clock in the harbour at the end of Tilton's wharf by James LOCKHART and William NIXON who had been dragging for the body. The remains were removed to his residence on Duke St. where an inquest will be held at 11 o'clock this morn.