Abbreviations used
Date July 24 1882
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.
James ALEXANDER of Leicester, N.S. was drowned while bathing in his mill pond on Monday. verdict: accidental drowning probably caused by disease of the heart, left widow, six children - 'Amherst Gazette' (see original)