Abbreviations used
Date October 29 1875
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.
Miss Carrie BARNES of Half Way River, Parrsboro, N.S., the young lady who was saved last spring from a watery grave, at the same time four of her companions were drowned in Half Way River Lake by the upsetting of a boat, died last Friday, after an illness of only a few hours.