Storm Rescue and Family Tragedy Across Woodstock River
A family battles a violent April storm in New Brunswick, using a shingle raft to reach Woodstock. The father and son fight the river’s current to save the mother and baby, but the family perishes in the night. a later telegram confirms the wife and children were saved, and the household reunites days later.
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