Abbreviations used
Date October 7 1865
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Saint John Globe
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.
John DAY, age 7, was left in a boat at Reed's Point (St. John) Thursday eve., by his father, who went away for a few minutes to attend some business. The child, taking off his shoes and stockings, jumped out of the boat to play in the water and was drowned. The father, on his return, found the child near the boat quite dead.