Abbreviations used
Date October 23 1879
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.
Yesterday Coroner Robinson held an inquest on the body of Hugh JAMIESON who died on the street Tuesday eve. Dr. McFarlane deposed that the cause of death was congestion of the lungs, produced by disease of the heart. The jury brought in a verdict of death from natural causes.