Abbreviations used
Date December 29 1862
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Morning 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.
Joseph BISHOP, master of schr. Robert drowned Christmas Day while in the act of stowing the jib of his vessel on the passage from Harvey (Albert Co.) to St. Martins.