Abbreviations used
Date July 5 1845
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier
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.
One day last week, Mathew LITTLE of Little Settlement on Maryland Road (York Co.) while employed in getting hemlock bark found it necessary to disengage from the stump of a tree which had been broken down by the wind; immediately on cutting away the butt, the tree canted over and fell on Mr. LITTLE's back and dislocated the spine; he survived the accident only a few minutes.