Abbreviations used
Date February 27 1871
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Daily Morning 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.
William OWENS, Watchman on board a vessel at Charlottetown, P.E.I. was found dead in his berth with foam about his mouth and blood oozing from his nostrils. The jury found a verdict of death from some unknown cause.