Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Undertaker Rouff Fined

New York, 1895

The board of health of the village of Jamaica Friday fined Leonard Rouff, an undertaker at Ozone Park, $25 for burying a body without a permit. The body was that of a Professor Miller, who died suddenly in Dietz's saloon while drinking a cup of coffee.


Death of Mrs. Clegg

Mrs. Victoria L. Clegg, aged 91 years, widow of the late James Clegg, died at her home on Union Hall street, Jamaica, on Sunday. Funeral services were held in Grace church on Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. William M. Bottome officiating. The interment was in Grace churchyard.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 22, 1895, p. 8.

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