Abbreviations used
Date August 27 1859
County Carleton
Place Woodstock
Newspaper Carleton Sentinel
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.
Duncan M . PATTERSON, age 29, with a party of five others, was engaged at work, clearing out the Meductic Falls (York Co.) when a boat in which they were struck a rock, filled and he was drowned.