Abbreviations used
Date December 24 1887
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.
Truro, N.S., Dec. 23 - At 6:25 this morn., a terrible accident occurred at Brookfield lime quarry. The result of the explosion is the following list of deaths: Alexander McDONALD, James HOFFMAN, Edward WESSEL, Finlay McDEARMID. The wounded are Harry HINDS, badly injured; Mary HARRIS, slightly wounded. Alexander McDonald was 45 years of age and leaves a wife and five children (see original)