Abbreviations used
Date March 2 1883
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily 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.
A sad drowning accident occurred at Case Settlement, Springfield (Kings Co.) on 19th Feb. A little boy, age 7, s/o Isaac FOLKINS and Sarah FOLKINS was the victim. The little fellow was in the act of drawing water from a spring, around which the ice had formed, when he fell in head first. He was dead before he could be rescued.