Abbreviations used
Date July 15 1854
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier
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.
A young man named Robert McLEOD, an apprentice on board the brig "Leadbeater" lying at Wharf at Water St. (St. John) jumped overboard Tuesday last and was drowned.