Abbreviations used
Date August 23 1864
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Morning Freeman
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.
Thomas s/o Arthur McEWEN, Campbelton, New London, P.E.I. came to an untimely death Sabbath morn. 7th inst. from effects of nibbling and swallowing the combustible matter of the ends of lucifer matches some time during the previous eve. - P.E.I. 'Protestant'.