Abbreviations used
Date November 22 1879
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.
It is now reported that six persons were drowned at Advocate Harbor, N.S., instead of three as stated in a despatch in yesterday's 'Telegraph'. The persons supposed to have perished are Henry MORRIS and his sister, John WINTERS, John LOVELY and brother and a man named HUNTER.