Kinkora, NJ Boat Capsized, Oct 1890

Submitted by Stu Beitler

THE BOAT CAPSIZED.

FIVE PERSONS DROWNED AT KINKORA, N.J. YESTERDAY.

Philadelphia, Oct. 12. -- A special from the Ledger from Kinkora, N.J., says:
Five persons were drowned in the river near the sluice at the Knickerbocker ice house at this place today by the capsizing of a boat.
The names of the drowned are:
SOLOMON FLETCHER, aged 32.
JOHN FLETCHER, aged 22.
ANGELO FLETCHER, aged 24, all brothers.
CHEAFFUS MERRY, aged 43.
ALONZO CANNON, aged 22.

Bradford Era Pennsylvania 1890-10-13