Irish Times Irish Provincial News County Down May 8 1879 DEATH BY DROWNING The dead body of an old blind man named CANNON, a professional fiddler, was yesterday found in the waters of the Newry Canal. An inquest will be held. SAD DEATH IN NEWRY An old man named BURNS was arrested Tuesday night for drunkenness, and placed in lock=up. The sub-constable on guard visited him several times during the night. On the last visit the man was found to be labouring under an attack of illness, and medical aid was at once summoned, but the man was dead before DR M'BRIDE arrived.