Abbreviations used
Date July 4 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.
Newcastle (North. Co.) 1st inst. despatch to the 'Globe' says - Yesterday morn. William SICKLES of Douglastown, colored, while intoxicated, went on logs in Alex. MORRISON's boom, Clark's Cove, fell in and was drowned. An inquest was held before Coroner Benson in the morn.