Likely John McKay Jr. who drowned in 1860 [1861 Census]
"Melancholy Accident. Two Men Drowned.
On Monday last two men, Alpheus Knapp, son of R. A. Knapp, Esq., of Montague, and John McKay of Bathurst, were drowned in the River Tay a short distance from Capt. Adams' Mills (Capt. Joshua Adams' Mills at Glen Tay in Bathurst Twp.). They were taking saw logs down the river, and Knapp, while trying to catch a saw log with his pike pole, lost his balance and fell into the stream. McKay, knowing that Knapp could not swim, jumped in to rescue him, when Knapp caught McKay around the waist, and being unable to extricate himself, both sank together. Knapp's body was recovered in about ten minutes; and McKay's in about half an hour, but in both cases life was extinct.
We understand this is the third of Mr. Knapp's sons who have died within a short time, and the second that has met his death by drowning."
[Col. 2, Pg. 2; The Perth Courier, Friday, 8 Jun 1860; Vol. XXVI, No. 35]
"Melancholy Accident. Two Men Drowned.
On Monday last two men, Alpheus Knapp, son of R. A. Knapp, Esq., of Montague, and John McKay of Bathurst, were drowned in the River Tay a short distance from Capt. Adams' Mills (Capt. Joshua Adams' Mills at Glen Tay in Bathurst Twp.). They were taking saw logs down the river, and Knapp, while trying to catch a saw log with his pike pole, lost his balance and fell into the stream. McKay, knowing that Knapp could not swim, jumped in to rescue him, when Knapp caught McKay around the waist, and being unable to extricate himself, both sank together. Knapp's body was recovered in about ten minutes; and McKay's in about half an hour, but in both cases life was extinct.
We understand this is the third of Mr. Knapp's sons who have died within a short time, and the second that has met his death by drowning."
[Col. 2, Pg. 2; The Perth Courier, Friday, 8 Jun 1860; Vol. XXVI, No. 35]
Likely John McKay Jr. who drowned in 1860 [1861 Census]
"Melancholy Accident. Two Men Drowned.
On Monday last two men, Alpheus Knapp, son of R. A. Knapp, Esq., of Montague, and John McKay of Bathurst, were drowned in the River Tay a short distance from Capt. Adams' Mills (Capt. Joshua Adams' Mills at Glen Tay in Bathurst Twp.). They were taking saw logs down the river, and Knapp, while trying to catch a saw log with his pike pole, lost his balance and fell into the stream. McKay, knowing that Knapp could not swim, jumped in to rescue him, when Knapp caught McKay around the waist, and being unable to extricate himself, both sank together. Knapp's body was recovered in about ten minutes; and McKay's in about half an hour, but in both cases life was extinct.
We understand this is the third of Mr. Knapp's sons who have died within a short time, and the second that has met his death by drowning."
[Col. 2, Pg. 2; The Perth Courier, Friday, 8 Jun 1860; Vol. XXVI, No. 35]
"Melancholy Accident. Two Men Drowned.
On Monday last two men, Alpheus Knapp, son of R. A. Knapp, Esq., of Montague, and John McKay of Bathurst, were drowned in the River Tay a short distance from Capt. Adams' Mills (Capt. Joshua Adams' Mills at Glen Tay in Bathurst Twp.). They were taking saw logs down the river, and Knapp, while trying to catch a saw log with his pike pole, lost his balance and fell into the stream. McKay, knowing that Knapp could not swim, jumped in to rescue him, when Knapp caught McKay around the waist, and being unable to extricate himself, both sank together. Knapp's body was recovered in about ten minutes; and McKay's in about half an hour, but in both cases life was extinct.
We understand this is the third of Mr. Knapp's sons who have died within a short time, and the second that has met his death by drowning."
[Col. 2, Pg. 2; The Perth Courier, Friday, 8 Jun 1860; Vol. XXVI, No. 35]
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aged 92 yrs
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John
died
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