Abbreviations used
Date May 16 1876
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 boy named John MULLALY was drowned in Lee's Cove, a small inlet from Spurr's Cove (St. John) yesterday morn. about 10 o'clock. He was playing with two or three other boys on a floating boom. The deceased had caught hold of a twig to pull him in toward the shore, but the twig breaking, he fell backwards into the water. The other boys appeared to have been powerless to render any assistance. They saw him rise twice and sink and then started for Miller & Woodman's mill, where the lad's father worked. Assistance arrived too late. An inquest was held before Coroner Robinson. The witnesses examined were Samuel LOCKHART, James O'MARRAH and Michael O'BRIEN