Posted by SFgenealogy on Friday, September 18, 2009 at 19:26:48 :

BY STATE TELEGRAPH

Body Identified in San Francisco - Arrived and Sailed.

SAN FRANCISCO, January 4th.

A man who was found drowned in the bay near the junction of Main and Harrison streets New Year's morning has been identified as Frank O'BRIEN, an inmate of the county hospital. He was last seen alive on Tuesday evening, and it is supposed he got drunk and fell overboard. The Coroner?s Jury this afternoon returned a verdict of accidental
death.

Source: Sacramento Daily Union, 5 Jan 1875. Transcribed by Betty Loose.