Abbreviations used
Date October 24 1883
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Daily News
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.
Monday afternoon at Stewart's Cut, Dedham on the Short Line Railway, Thomas HOGAN was buries alive by a falling mass of earth. It was several hours before his body could be dug out by his comrads. The body was placed in a metal casket by Undertaker Hunt and forwarded to Fredericton (York Co.) N.B. The deceased was 22 years old and belonged to Lot 29, Queens Co., P.E.I.