Abbreviations used
Date March 24 1871
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.
Yesterday morn. about 10 o'clock, the body of a seaman, supposed to be Thomas JOHNSON late boatswain of the ship "Denmark" drowned on the night of 16th Feb., while attempting to board his vessel, was found near the Custom House Wharf by John DONOVAN and subsequently recovered by John COTTER and conveyed to the Dead House. (see original)