Abbreviations used
Date July 1 1843
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier
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.
Sunday eve, six men were coming down the St. John in a canoe and attempted to run down the rapids about 40 miles above this place known by the name of Meduknakick (ot Ingram') Falls, but unfortunately the boat upset and two of them were drowned viz., Alexander ROSS, native of Scotland whose parents are living in P.E.I. and an Irishman named POWERS.