Abbreviations used
Date September 18 1885
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 last Lovitt LEBLANC, age about 20, of East Pubnico, accompanied by a small boy named Wm LEBLANC went sailing in a boat in the harbor. When a short distance from shore, a squall struck the boat and she capsized and LeBlanc was drowned. The boy was rescued. LeBlanc's body was recovered. He was the s/o Simon LEBLANC