Abbreviations used
Date August 21 1844
County York
Place Fredericton
Newspaper The Head Quarters
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.
Two young men, John MORRIS and Roderick CHISHOLM, natives of Nova Scotia stationed in a gun boat in the attack on Hong Kong were killed. - Halifax Recorder.