Abbreviations used
Date November 9 1893
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.
Friday morn. the dead body of William DOAK, a native of Doaktown, N.B., was discovered in a field and partly resting upon him was a large stone. The deceased was working for John TIERNEY in this town and at the time he lost his life he was excavating beneath the stone, intending to sink it - a way wary farmers have of getting rid of large field stones or bowlers - when the stone started and caught him before he had time to get out of the way. His age was about 40 years. Dr. Boyd of Linneus, coroner was summoned, viewed the body and deemed it unneccessary. - 'Pioneer', Houlton, Me.