Abbreviations used
Date May 11 1893
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.
A Kingston (Kent Co.) correspondent writing under date 9th inst. says: Jeremiah COLLINS, well known throughout the county, was found dead in his bed Monday morn. by George BROOKS and Thomas WHELAN. He had died without a struggle, having a newspaper that he had been reading laid over his face. Mr. Collins had for some time lived alone and was very much liked by all who knew him.