Abbreviations used
Date May 5 1886
County Northumberland
Place Chatham
Newspaper The World
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.
A little child of George SMITH met its death under peculiar circumstances the other day. The mother of the child have left it in the house alone while she went across the wayto Henry MORGAN's place. Upon returning no trace of the child could be found anywhere, although a diligent search was kept up for a long time; but at last the lifeless body of the child was found buried beneath some wood near the wood-pile. It is thought the child attempted to climb up on the wood pile, when the wood gave way and fell upon it. The child was about 4 years old. - F'ton Gleaner