The Diary of Mary Ann Denham

Wootton Bridge 1857 -1859
September 27th, 1858 by Mary Ann

Monday 27th September 1858

I went blackberrying. Yesterday afternoon three young men from Mr. Way’s in Newport went to Cowes in a little boat, coming home the boat capsized and two of them was unfortunately drowned. It quite throw a gloom over the whole town.