Abbreviations used
Date December 29 1887
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.
At Rogersville, Saturday 24th Dec., Joseph POIRIER, a farmer living near Rogersville station, left his home in company with his son to go a short distance back in the woods to cut some lumber where they had been engaged for some days getting railway ties and posts. As usual, at noon, they left the woods togther, the son driving the team while the father walked a short distance behind. The deceased was 55 years of age (see original - A Farmer Drops Dead On The Road)