Abbreviations used
Date October 5 1864
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph
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.
Awful Calamity - The house of Samuel HAMILTON at Kemptville, Yarmouth Co., N.S. was burned to the ground Monday night and his wife and three children perished in the flames. (see original) - Yarmouth "Herald".