Abbreviations used
Date February 5 1872
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.
As John McLELLAN of Broad Cove, Co. Inverness, C.B. was on his way home from Whycocomah, on the night of 24th ult., it appears he missed his way on Lake Ainslie ice, and perished from exposure, as he was found the following morn. lying on his sled frozen to death. An inquest was held before Duncan McLean, Esq. The deceased was about 56 years of age.