Abbreviations used
Date July 2 1873
County Northumberland
Place Newcastle
Newspaper Union Advocate
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.
On Friday last, a young man named Duncan McRAE s/o John McRAE, Black River (North. Co.) was injured by a beam falling upon him while in the act of taking down an old barn. His injuries resulted in death on the following day. Last spring, Mr. McRAE lost a daughter who was drowned while crossing the ice at Black Brook in April last.