Abbreviations used
Date August 2 1883
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.
Sussex (Kings Co.) Aug. 1 - A painful accident occurred here this afternoon by which Thos. HACKETT, night telegraph operator at this station, lost his life by drowning. Young Hackett and another youth by name of MILMORE went into the river, at the rear of lands owned by Hon. Dr. Vail to bathe. Hackett, age 19, was son of E. HACKETT, M.P. of P.E.I. An inquest was held by Dr. J.N. Burnett.