Abbreviations used
Date June 20 1878
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.
Sussex (Kings Co.) June 19 - Two children belonging to Joseph McKINNON, shoemaker, of this place were severely burned last night by the upsetting of a kerosene lamp. The youngest, a little girl, is not likely to recover.