Abbreviations used
Date July 31 1879
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Saint John Globe
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
Mrs. Alex. YOUNG of Fort Howe, Portland (St. John) received a despatch from Boston, yesterday afternoon, which stated that her son-in-law, John DISTELL, had been killed in the Boston Custom House at 9 o'clock that morn. Mrs. Young left by this morn. train and will probably return with the family of the unfortunate man. Distell was a carpenter by trade.