Abbreviations used
Date December 22 1879
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.
About a year ago, a young man named William HAWKES had his knee hurt in a mill in (St. John) city. The injury, although at first slight, never healed, but the unfortunate man died last week at the home of his parents, Black River, from effects of his injury and was buried on Saturday.