Abbreviations used
Date August 1 1894
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.
Butternut Ridge (Kings Co.) July 31 - Alexander DUNCAN, formerly of this place, but now of Melrose, Mass., was injured a few days ago. While walking along the street in Boston he stepped on a banana peel and slipped. Falling on the street a coal wagon hauled by four horses ran over him. He is now in a critical condition in the hospital at Boston.