Abbreviations used
Date October 5 1871
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Christian Visitor
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.
d. 1st inst., Edward fourth s/o Edward SMITH of Beech Hill, age 13. His death was caused by a gun accidentally discharging while he was in pursuit of partridges in the woods; the contents lodged in his thigh, mangling it fearfully causing intense pain until pain relieved him about 48 hours after the sad occurence.