Abbreviations used
Date February 2 1863
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper 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 PRESCOTT, age 17 and Olden R. SEATON, age 10, were drowned by falling through the ice at Lower Musquodoboit, N.S. on Monday eve. week. - Halifax Express