Abbreviations used
Date May 15 1872
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Daily 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.
John HACKETT seaman of brigatine "Countess" and a native of Liverpool, N.S. was lost overboard 16th March on passage from Halifax, N.S. to Demerara.