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 appeared in Acton Free Press, 19 Jun 1879, p. 2     A two year old son of James Stapley, residing in the 9th concession of Bidney, was drowned on the 9th in a well situated near his father's house....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 19 Jun 1879, p. 3     VIOLENT DEATH. - Tuesday, John Grieve, 4th concession, Eramosa, was taking down an old barn. One of the bents fell, crushing the skull of Thomas, a son of Mr. Grieve, a man of about 30. He lingered until Wednesday morning of last week, when he died. A framer, whose name …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 3 Jul 1879, p. 3     FATAL SUNSTROKE. - On Wednesday last 25th ult., about 11 a.m., Mr. George Valinsce, of Nassagaweya, near Cambellville, was sun struck while plowing. A little boy was in the field with him at the time and noticing his strange actions ran to the house to give the alarm. When he, …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 17 Jul 1879, p. 3     -MRS. RAE, mother of the deputy reeve of Elma, died last week, aged one hundred years....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 31 Jul 1879, p. 2     Benjamin Brown, aged fourteen years, son of Mr. Jared Brown, farmer, residing on the townline of Stephen and Hay townships, seven miles west of Exeter, met with a sad misfortune while out with his gun on the evening of the 18th inst. He was seen to leave the house, gun …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 14 Aug 1879, p. 2     LADY KILLED BY A FALLING TREE. Miss Adams, second daughter of Mr. H. P. Adams, of Hanover, was killed instantly by a tree falling on her, which was blown down by the wind. The young lady, with some friends, were on their way to the Blue Springs to hold a …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 21 Aug 1879, p. 3     -THE death of Mr. James Lynch, who settled in Guelph the year it was founded, 1827, occurred on Saturday, at the residence of Mr. Patrick Ryan....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 4 Sep 1879, p. 2     A Guelph Lad Drowned in the River Speed. On Friday morning last Henry Lingwood aged 12, and his brother Fred, aged 7, were walking along a stone wall at the foot of Mr. R. Melvin's residence on the River Speed, Guelph, when the little boy, Fred, slipped and fell headlong …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 25 Sep 1879, p. 3     SAD ACCIDENT. - Mr. James Hewitson, of Paisley Block, who was kicked by a horse on the exhibition grounds on Wednesday last, died of his injuries on Friday morning. His wife died about a year ago. He leaves a large family of young children....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 23 Oct 1879, p. 2     A TERRIBLE FATALITY. Mr. George S. Barber, of Guelph, Instant- ly Killed on the Railway. On Friday evening last, about 6:15 the body of Mr. Geo. S. Barber, who had the management of the Guelph Fire Hall, was found on the G. T. railway track, opposite his residence, ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 23 Oct 1879, p. 3     -SAMUEL Cunningham, a boy aged about eight or nine years, was out in a field of his father, Wm. Cunningham, of Ennotville, with a horse. What happened is not known, except that the boy was found in the field quite dead....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 6 Nov 1879, p. 3     BURNED TO DEATH. - Mr. Peacock, of Nassagaweya, received, on Saturday night last, a letter from his son-in-law, Mr. Ptolemy, of the State of Wisconsin, which conveyed the sad intelligence that Mrs. Ptolomy, while running to escape the prairie fire, was overtaken and burned to death. Her little ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 13 Nov 1879, p. 2     Fatal Accident. On Monday last an accident occurred between Speyside and Milton which resulted in the death of William Stewart of the former place. It appears that the deceased and James Robinson had been to Milton on business and when returning home deceased got out of the ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 20 Nov 1879, p. 3     SAD OCCURRENCE. - Last week Mr. Z. A. Hall and wife, of Berlin, formerly of Acton, went to Binbrook to attend the funeral of Mr. Charles Wright, brother of Mrs. Hall, and while there their youngest child became ill and died within a few hours, notwithstanding the fact that medical …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 18 Dec 1879, p. 3     DEATH OF REV. JAS. BRECKENRIDGE. - The Rev. Jas. Breckenridge, pastor of the Canada Presbyterian Church, Streetsville, died after a prolonged illness from typhoid fever, on Tuesday evening last. He was an able Minister, and highly esteemed, and his loss will be greatly felt among those who had ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 10 Apr 1879, p. 3     ANOTHER OLD SETTLER GONE.- Still another of the old pioneers has been called away, in the person of Mr. Robert Barber, who was born in Suffolk, England, on the 14th of April, 1814, and at the time of his death was just about sixty-five years of age. In 1836, he …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 10 Apr 1879, p. 3     -THE BODY of the late Mrs. Cameron was brought from Toronto to Acton on Monday, and on Tuesday it was consigned to its last resting place. The entire community expresses sympathy with Mr. Cameron and family in their heavy bereavement....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 17 Apr 1879, p. 3     FATAL ACCIDENT. - Wednesday night the passenger train going east on the Grand Trunk ran over a man named Cameron, who has been in the employ of Mrs. Edwards, near the Grand Trunk station, Georgetown. The body was horribly mangled. An inquest was held by Dr. Freeman, coroner, and a …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 24 Apr 1879, p. 3     Georgetown Poison Case. On Tuesday of last week, Nicholas Armour, jeweller, of Georgetown, was poisoned by taking an overdose of Chloral Hydrate, which drug he was in the habit of taking to produce sleep. Great excitement was manifested as soon as the news got abroad, that he ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 5 Jun 1879, p. 3     -THE FUNERAL of Mr. Samuel W. Weavers, who died at Limehouse on Sunday last, passed through Acton yesterday, on its way to the Catholic cemetery , and was attended by a large number of sympathizing friends....