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Date 15 août 1860
Comté York
Lieu Fredericton
Journal The Head Quarters
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.
Michael DAY of Baileyville, a young man named RICKER of Aroostock and Willard KINCAID of Baileyville were going from Princeton up Big Lake on Tuesday and when opposite White's Island, their birch canoe was upset and the first two named men were drowned. They leave no families. It is reported that they drank freely of liquor on their way. - St. Croix Herald