Abbreviations used
Date August 21 1877
County Westmorland
Place Moncton
Newspaper The Times
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.
A correspondent writing Monday eve. says John McDOWELL who was so badly scalded at the explosion in Snowball's Mill on Saturday eve., died the same night. Robert SWEEZY died on Sunday, making four in all who lost their lives by the explosion. Mr. WHITEHEAD and two others were slightly injured. They were all men with families except Sweezy. Twelve feet of one of the boilers was blown right out of its bed, killing ROSS and POWER instantly. - The body of the engineer Peter ROLAND who was drowned at Chatham (North. Co.) on Saturday morn. 4 o'clock, is not yet found. He leaves a wife and seven children.