Abbreviations used
Date August 17 1869
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.
Sarah d/o John YOUNG, Sussex, went out for a drive yesterday with her sister and some more young folk. They proceeded to Penobsquis, put up their horses at Grocket's Hotel, ordered tea, and then went out for a walk, were out a short time, and she was suddenly taken ill with cramps. Three quarters of an hour afterwards she was a corpse. An inquest was held this afternoon, verdict - Visitation of God. - received telegram yesterday.