Death in CA in 1862: WM. MALCOLM STEWART, a miner
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Stockton Daily Independent
Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
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>>WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 1862<<
WM. MALCOLM STEWART, a miner on the Middle Fork of Feather river, was drowned at Rich Point on Friday, July 25th, while assisting in making a foot bridge.