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leaf 1895 Social Notes

Paper Date Event
Frid Mar 29, 1895
Renfrew Mercury
Mr. Neil Stewart, an old resident of the township of McNab, died on Tuesday of last week at Webbwood, Algoma. He had been a sufferer for several months. He leaves a widow and family, residing at Webbwood, to mourn his loss. Deceased had many old friends in Arnprior and McNab who will be pained to learn of his death.
Fri Apr 19, 1895
Renfrew Mercury
A Young Man's Death in a Lumber Camp

The following particulars of the late Hugh G. McLean are from the Pembroke Observer; "One of those sad events that cast a gloom over the whole community occurred on the 27 March by the death of a young man named Hugh G. McLean, of Westmeath, in a lumber camp forty miles from Webbwood. It appears that on Tuesday morning he went out to work in his usual good health and on the way was seized with cramps. However, he went on, thinking it would work off; but about 9 o'clock he was compelled to quit work and return to camp. He continued getting worse, and the foreman, seeing the disease was of an alarming nature, started a man with dogs to Webbwood for a doctor, covering the distance of forty miles in four hours but on arriving at Webbwood learned that the doctor had gone up the line and would not return till Wednesday. When the doctor did come back he went immediately to the camp where McLean was and found the disease to be a dangerous case of inflammation, then past all human skill, and in about two and a half hours after he died. His remains were brought to Webbwood and placed in a handsome casket, which was beautifully adorned with handsome flowers by the good ladies of Webbwood. The body was placed in the Maccahee Hall, where service was conducted by a Presbyterian minister. They then formed in procession and marched to the station, when the train bore the remains to Cobden. Deceased was a son of the late Donald McLean of Westmeath, and was the youngest of a family of eleven, who all still survive him. Mr. Mclean was of a quiet, unassuming and yet jovial disposition that gained the good will of all with whom he came in contact. He has worked for the last nine years in the region of Spanish River, and has always been engaged in the lumbering business. He has always been employed by American companies as foreman and bush-ranger. The bereaved mother and family have the heartfelt sympathy of the whole community in their sad affliction. The funeral took place on Sunday morning form the residence of his brother, James McLean, and was the largest ever seen there."

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