St. Thomas Weely Dispatch, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Thursday, April 20, 1876
Page: 02 Column: 05
Date of Event: Wednesday, April 12, 1876
Sudden Death - At 9:00 on Wednesday evening 12, inst., Mr. Walter Brown of Malahide, retired to bed in his usual good health, having partaken of an excellent supper. About one hour aferwards one of the family heard him coughing, and on hastening to the room found the old man dying. He was 85 years of age.
Awfully Sudden Death - Last Wednesday night, about ten o'clock, Mr. Walter Brown of Malahide, died at the age of 85 years. Deceased was well and hearty one hour before, when he retired to rest at his usual time, after enjoying supper with his accustomed good appetite. At the hour mentioned he was heard to cough, and one of the inmates hastened to his room only to find him dying, and before assistance could be called he breathed his last.