Abbreviations used
Date May 24 1881
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Daily 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.
A New Brunswicker named Alexander HARPER, lately a resident of Bangor (Maine) was drowned a few days ago while driving logs on the Penobscot River. A jam had formed and four men werte directed to break it. They succeeded in doing so, but by a sudden pitch were all thrown into the stream. The others were rescued but Harper was drowned. He was 34 years and leaves a wife and several children.