Abbreviations used
Date July 31 1845
County York
Place Fredericton
Newspaper The Loyalist
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.
At Big Cape, P.E.I., Friday, Angus MACDONALD with his four sons and a son of John MACINTYRE, age 14, and a son of Donald McDONALD went out fishing. In the afternnon the wind veered from N. to S. causing a high sea which upset the boat and they were all thrown overboard. After some time struggling in the water, they all drowned except one of the sons of Angus MACDONALD who was washed on shore where he was found in a state of insensibility. He was put in a cart and taken home where he lies in a precarious state (Charlotte town Gazette)