Abbreviations used
Date December 6 1886
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.
Alexander BREWSTER, who for 27 years has been in the employ of the Intercolonial, first as a switchman and in late years in charge of the 40 semaphores in and near St. John station, has of late, through ill health, felt compelled to retire. (see original)