Abbreviations used
Date July 28 1862
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Morning 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.
Two men named John LEWIS and Albert CORKUM went bathing in a lake near Sherbrooke, N.S. on 11th inst. Both drowned. LEWIS, age 43, left family. CORKUM, age 22, was single.