A twenty-eight year old mentally disturbed man of Creighton, St. George¹s died by drowning on Tuesday on the Carenage.
Dead is Canessa Du Bois, the son of Joseph Du Bois.

A police statement said that the dead man left his home in the morning to seek medical help after complaining of not feeling well. According to the report about 9:15 a.m, Du Bois was observed walking along the Carenage Waterfront area, opposite the Jonas Browne and Hubbards building.

It was reported that he removed his clothes, except his jockey-shorts and threw himself into the water. The occupants of a small boat berth alongside the Carenage and other persons in the area helped in fishing the body out of the water.

Police officers rushed to the scene and rendered first aid assistance to DuBois in an effort to revive him. However, he did not make it. Dr. Julie Du Bois, a well-known dentist on the island, arrived on the Carenage to witness her cousin lying on the sidewalk and soon broke down in tears.

The funeral home of La Qua & Sons took the body away and following a post mortem that was conducted it was revealed that Du Bois died from "asphyxia emission or drowning".