Abbreviations used
Date April 21 1868
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Morning 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.
On Sunday morn. a soldier of the 15th Regt. named John MORRIS was found drowned in the pond at the rear of the new Baptist Meeting House, Carleton (St. John) He was one of the detach -ment stationed at the Round Tower and was absent from roll call Saturday night. When his comrades were going to church on Sunday, they found his remains at the place above named.