Abbreviations used
Date January 3 1873
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.
Joseph NEWCOMB of Pero, Cornwallis, N.S. was shooting ducks Thursday last, a few rods from his house, when the gun burst and the nipple was driven into his forehead. It dropped out before medical assistance arrived. His recovery is doubtful.