Narcisse Belanger, aged about 40, of 176 Ryde (old address) was hit and killed by train at Rose de Lima in St. Henri (surely the GTR line to Bonaventure south of St. Antoine). She was brought to the police station where Abbe Descarries, Montreal's priest, gave her last rites. Her husband came to see her in hospital before she died April 1, 1897.
Mrs. Shanahan's daughter dreamed that her mom would die suddenly the next day and then told others about it jokingly. Then bang, her mom, aged 60, fell down and died suddenly of a heart attack at 4 p.m on Jan. 16, 1896 at 19 Hermine, which sat just west of Bleury, halfway between Craig (St. Antoine) and La Gauch. Andrew Craig, blacksmith, was listed as resident in Lovells.
Amaline Bisthaire, 3, fell into a vat of boiling water at 473 Craig (across from the Champs de Mars behind city hall) and died on 16 Jan. 1896. Mom was working in a job doing washing. The place was listed as Alphone Aube's barber shop in Lovells.
Baker Cleophas Beaulieu of St. Idisore, aka Laprairie, noted that he was unable to bake bread after being cursed by a vagrant, forcing him to employ facilities elsewhere. He seemed to consider this proof of witchcraft, according to this article from 6 May 189
Jockey Cleophas Robillard was sentenced to 15 days in prison or $5 fine for punching a police officer in the face at the Exposition Grounds in 1893. Assaulting officers was treated as a minor offence right up until the 1950s.
Nelson Sut, 9, was sentenced to a $1 fine or eight days in jail for tossing rocks on Hibernia Street. Accomplices Henry Lightfoot, 15, and Cham Lightfoot, 5, were also arrested by Officer Corbett at the same time but their sentences were unknown.
A woman from Boston defrauded a family of $100 by promising to make their daughter a nun.
