McQuire

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204045
• Misfortune: 1858; froze to death

Notes:

MCGUIRE - (Galt) An inquest was held yesterday at the Police Court before Dr. Scott upon the body of an infant. Information was given on Monday last to Sergeant Smith that a child had been born in Brook's bush and that both it and the mother were exposed to the inclemency of the weather. Brook's bush is known as the resort of abandoned characters and has been more than once the scene of robberies and outrages. It was in this locality that the colored boy, Sewell, was murdered some time ago.

On the sergeant's proceeding thither, a picture scarcely credible presented itself. The unfortunate mother was lying on a little hay saturated with snow and rain and with her dead infant reclining on her arm with no covering of any description. The sergeant at once procured a cab and had the poor woman and her dead offspring conveyed to the City Hall station where every attention was rendered that the case demanded. The woman was next morning removed to the hospital where she now lies. The evidence showed that the child was born alive and that it had died from exposure to the cold. The woman's name is Bridget McGuire and she is a person of abandoned habits.

Hamilton Spectator - 11 Jan 1858

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204043

Notes:

MCGUIRE - (Galt) An inquest was held yesterday at the Police Court before Dr. Scott upon the body of an infant. Information was given on Monday last to Sergeant Smith that a child had been born in Brook's bush and that both it and the mother were exposed to the inclemency of the weather. Brook's bush is known as the resort of abandoned characters and has been more than once the scene of robberies and outrages. It was in this locality that the colored boy, Sewell, was murdered some time ago.

On the sergeant's proceeding thither, a picture scarcely credible presented itself. The unfortunate mother was lying on a little hay saturated with snow and rain and with her dead infant reclining on her arm with no covering of any description. The sergeant at once procured a cab and had the poor woman and her dead offspring conveyed to the City Hall station where every attention was rendered that the case demanded. The woman was next morning removed to the hospital where she now lies. The evidence showed that the child was born alive and that it had died from exposure to the cold. The woman's name is Bridget McGuire and she is a person of abandoned habits.

Hamilton Spectator - 11 Jan 1858