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Date 27 mai 1880
Comté Saint John
Lieu Saint John
Journal Daily News
Le langage employé dans les textes est tel qu’il a été transcrit par Daniel F. Johnson à partir des entrées dans les journaux originaux.
Fredericton, May 26 - At White Rapids, eleven and a half miles below Grand Falls (Victoria Co.) at 9 a.m. today while 13 men, stream drivers in the employ of Messrs Miller & Woodman, Indiantown (St. John) were crossing the river in a scow, it overturned by the bow striking a rock and four men jumping overboard from fright were drowned. Efforts were made to save them but tyhe rapid water carried them under. A horse was also drowned. Grappling will go on tomorrow. The following is the only correct list of names yet published:: Timothy KILLEEn, Timothy CROWLEY, Fredericton; L. BELFLEUR, Michael CROCK, Madawaska.