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 appeared in Canadian Champion, 16 Jun 1870, p. 2     DEATH OF CHARLES DICKENS. The death of this celebrated novelist and writer occurred suddenly on the 9th inst., and has cast a gloom not only over the community with which he was more immediately connected, but wherever the English language is spoken. The profound regret ...

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 30 Jun 1870, p. 2     WASHED ASHORE. - A body, from description supposed to that of Jas. Belyea of Bronte, who was swept from his uncle's vessel last fall during a severe storm, was washed up on the southern shore of Lake Erie last week. - Argus...

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 30 Jun 1870, p. 2     DEATH FROM SUNSTROKE. - On Saturday the heat was so intense that William May, while ploughing for Mr. McCartney, Trafalgar, was prostrated by sunstroke, and died in a very short time. Deceased was a native of England, and has no relatives in this country....

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 30 Jun 1870, p. 2     ACCIDENTAL DROWNING. - On Tuesday night about 9 o'clock Samuel McKee, a Blacksmith in the employment of Mr. Donald McKinnon of Georgetown, was drowned while bathing in the water at the foot of Mr. Joseph Barber dam. The body was not recovered until it had been in the water over …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 30 Jun 1870, p. 2     The Funeral of Dickens. Nothing could have been more appropriate or in better taste that the way in which the funeral of Charles Dickens was yesterday conducted in London. In a simple hearse, "without the usual English trappings," says the dispatch, the remains of the great ...

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 7 Jul 1870, p. 2     FATAL ACCIDENT. - An accident, which resulted fatally to one man and seriously injured another, occurred at the raising of a barn on Mr. Alexander Nairn's farm, in Erin township, on Thursday afternoon. The first bent had been raised, and the men were in the act of raising the second, …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 7 Jul 1870, p. 3     Death from Overwork. The New York Standard thinks that Dickens overworked himself both at the desk and on the platform, taking, besides, too much fatiguing exercise, when perhaps rest would have been more suitable: "In addition to his ordinary untold labours, Mr. Dickens held ...

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 8 Sep 1870, p. 2     SUDDEN DEATH. - A sudden death, caused by excessive drinking, occurred near Wellington Square last Thursday morning. While proceeding to that village, James Ireland, a resident of the Township of Nelson, fell down dead. The Coroner's jury which was empannelled returned a verdict of "died from ...

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 20 Oct 1870, p. 2     The Barrie Assizes. THE BRENTWOOD MURDER - THE PRIS- ONER ACQUITTED. The prisoner Robinson Moore was placed on his trial on Wednesday morning last, at the opening of the Court, before His Lordship Mr. Justice Gwynne. Kenneth McKenzie, Esq., Q.C., assisted by J. R. ...

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 20 Oct 1870, p. 2     FATAL ACCIDENT. - We regret to learn that on Tuesday, the 11th inst., an accident resulting in the death of a boy namemd Alfred Baird took place near the Acton Station of the Grand Trunk Railway. It appears that a number of the village boys practice the very dangerous amusement …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 8 Dec 1870, p. 2     INQUEST. - An inquest was held last Sunday, at the village of Georgetown, before Dr. Wright, Coroner, on the body of William Garnham. The facts elicited before the jury, was that the deceased had been drinking heavily for about a month previous to his death, and about 1 o'clock last …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 27 Jan 1870, p. 2     Dr. Howitt's Funeral. The funeral of this much lamented gentleman took place on the 16th inst., and we believe was the largest ever known in Guelph. The (?) following the corpse must have been nearly a mile and a-half in length, comprising upwards of 200 vehicles. ...

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 10 Feb 1870, p. 3     DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN. - Francis McCuskeo died at Streetsville on Monday last, at the advanced age of one hundred and five years. He had been ill only two days, and retained his faculties to the last....

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 17 Feb 1870, p. 3     ANOTHER PIONEER AT REST. - This week it is our melancholy task to record the decease of one of the oldest settlers in this part of Canada, Mr. James Rixon, who died on the 9th inst., in the seventy-fifth year of his age. The deceased was born at Woolwich, County …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 24 Feb 1870, p. 3     FATAL ACCIDENT. - Mr. John Sweetman, a well known and highly respected resident of Guelph Township, came to an untimely end on Friday night under the following circumstances: It appears that on returning from the discharge of his duties as assessor for Guelph Township, he left town to walk home …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 10 Mar 1870, p. 3     ANOTHER OLD LANDMARK GONE. - We regret to have to chronicle the death of John Triller, Esq., of Wellington Square. Deceased was one of the early settlers in Hamilton, and he resided there a great many years. In his early days he was connected by marriage with the Gage family. …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 24 Mar 1870, p. 3     AN interesting case was brought before the Division Court at Streetsville on Thursday (10th inst.) It appears that some two or three years ago, a little boy of ten years age, a son of Mr. Wm. Sibbald, of Trafalgar, was run over by a wagon, and Dr. Woods, of Streetsville, …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 19 May 1870, p. 2     ARREST. - The tavern-keeper at Brentwood, Robinson Moore, has been arrested for the murder of the unfortunate man, William Breakenread. It is supposed that he mistook Breakenread for a man named Lees against whom he had a grudge. Breakenread was a very inoffensive man, and had few or no ...

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 26 May 1870, p. 2     Sibbald vs. Wood. To the Editor of the Champion. SIR, - That "interesting" case, with which your columns and your readers are well acquainted, was concluded in the last Division Court held in Streetsville, on the 12th inst., and though ably defended by Mr. Appelbe, of ...

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 2 Jun 1870, p. 2     SUDDEN DEATH. - We regret to have to record the melancholy and sudden death of Mr. Joseph Fessant of this town, which took place on Tuesday the 24th ult. Deceased was as well as usual in the morning, and eat a hearty breakfast; and it being a holiday he availed …