Abbreviations used
Date September 26 1895
County Westmorland
Place Moncton
Newspaper The Times
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.
Edward KING, a well known resident of Fredericton, lost his life in the Quebec lumber woods while gunning on Sunday last. Deceased stumbled and fell, the trigger of his gun snapped and the whole charge entered his head near the temple, death ensuing in about an hour.