Abbreviations used
Date February 7 1835
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.
Melancholy Accident! Tuesday, as David HAMM was entering, alone, a Mill at South Bay,Westfield parish, he fell through a trap door in the floor to the bottom of the pit,a distance of 22 feet, and was killed on the spot. He was found about an hour after the accident, his skull much fractured, age 42, left wife, four children.