Abbreviations used
Date June 4 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.
Gloucester, Mass, June 3 - Schr. "Rondo", McIntyre, of and from St. John, N.B., for New York arrived here and reports that while off Cape Cod last night, Ansley STEEVES, one of the crew, belonging to Dover (West. Co.) N.B., was struck by the jib and killed. Undertaker Lloyd took charge of the remains which will be buried here tomorrow.