Perth Courier, 29 Nov 1895:
Drowned -- On Monday evening, 18th Nov., a well known resident of Dalhousie named John McDonald, over 60 years of age, living at the Highland Line turn, had been in Lanark Village drinking, and left for his home near McDonald's Corners, with a span of horses and a milk wagon. On Tuesday morning the wagon was found turned upside down. The horses were found on Tuesday evening. Parties in the vicinity where the wagon was found turned out to search for him on Tuesday, but did not find him until Wednesday forenoon, when his body was found in Boulton's Creek, lying in shallow water, his coat being partly above water.
Drowned -- On Monday evening, 18th Nov., a well known resident of Dalhousie named John McDonald, over 60 years of age, living at the Highland Line turn, had been in Lanark Village drinking, and left for his home near McDonald's Corners, with a span of horses and a milk wagon. On Tuesday morning the wagon was found turned upside down. The horses were found on Tuesday evening. Parties in the vicinity where the wagon was found turned out to search for him on Tuesday, but did not find him until Wednesday forenoon, when his body was found in Boulton's Creek, lying in shallow water, his coat being partly above water.
Perth Courier, 29 Nov 1895:
Drowned -- On Monday evening, 18th Nov., a well known resident of Dalhousie named John McDonald, over 60 years of age, living at the Highland Line turn, had been in Lanark Village drinking, and left for his home near McDonald's Corners, with a span of horses and a milk wagon. On Tuesday morning the wagon was found turned upside down. The horses were found on Tuesday evening. Parties in the vicinity where the wagon was found turned out to search for him on Tuesday, but did not find him until Wednesday forenoon, when his body was found in Boulton's Creek, lying in shallow water, his coat being partly above water.
Drowned -- On Monday evening, 18th Nov., a well known resident of Dalhousie named John McDonald, over 60 years of age, living at the Highland Line turn, had been in Lanark Village drinking, and left for his home near McDonald's Corners, with a span of horses and a milk wagon. On Tuesday morning the wagon was found turned upside down. The horses were found on Tuesday evening. Parties in the vicinity where the wagon was found turned out to search for him on Tuesday, but did not find him until Wednesday forenoon, when his body was found in Boulton's Creek, lying in shallow water, his coat being partly above water.
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