Abbreviations used
Date May 17 1890
County York
Place Fredericton
Newspaper The Gleaner
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.
St. John, May 17 - This morn. about 7:30 a young man named John FLYNN, unmarried, fell overboard from a scow of deals alongside the ship "Vancouver" at the North wharf and was drowned. The body was removed to his father's house Charlotte street. Deceased was 23 years of age. (see original)