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Date 7 mai 1856
Comté Saint John
Lieu Saint John
Journal Morning News
Le langage employé dans les textes est tel qu’il a été transcrit par Daniel F. Johnson à partir des entrées dans les journaux originaux.
From Correspndent at Shippegan (Glouc. Co.) 25th ult.: On 13th, Hubert MALLET of this place went down to the beach on the Gulf shore to shoot wild fowl, and on his return after a day's hunting, going to the house of Joseph's MALLET to remain for the night, he had two guns loaded and cocked on his shoulder. On approaching Mallet's house, his son Joseph opened the door to go outside, when one of the guns went off and lodged the contents in his body entering on the left side parallel with the lungs. He imediately cried out "O Hubert, you have shot me!" he lived only four hours in great suffering. A quiet inoffensive man, age 26, he leaves a very poor widow and four small children. An inquest held by Thomas S. Baldwin, Esq. returned a verdict of accidental death. Last April, Mrs. DUGAN and infant were shot and left a husband and five children. (see original)