Abbreviations used
Date July 6 1870
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.
Two boys, sons of David ANDERSON, 10 and 12 years of age, were drowned Monday at Musquash (St. John) in the pond of C.F. CLINCH's mill. They were playing on the logs, slipped off, and being unable to get from under the logs again, were drowned.