Abbreviations used
Date February 2 1886
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.
A Westport, N.S. correspondent of Halifax 'Chronicle' writes: Robert BAILEY left his home on Wednesday morn. to go duck shooting on Gull Rock. Not coming home at dark, his friends went to look for him and found his gun and mittens on a rock. He and his boat could not be found. He leaves a wife and family.