Abbreviations used
Date May 18 1876
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Daily News
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.
On Saturday morn., Wm ROBERTSON who belongs down river, and an Indian, belonging to Eel Ground, went to work on the landing of Robert FORSYTH and John FORSYTH, Little South West. While at work the men were injured by being jammed between the logs and the landing. Robertson had both his thighs broken. The Indian was fatally injured about the chest and died in about 12 hours after the accident. - 'Newcastle Advocate'