Posted by Adrienne on Tuesday, December 03, 2013 at 11:34:22 :

We copy the following paragraph from the Alta Californian, a paper published in San Francisco:

Accidentally Drowned – We learn verbally Hugh AGNEW, a blacksmith, and formerly a private in Company H., 1st N.Y. Regiment, was accidentally drowned in the Sacramento river, at Sutter’s embarcadero, a few days since. He was originally from Albany, N.Y., where we believe he now has a mother and other relatives.

Source: Jamestown Journal (New York), June 29, 1849, Page 2