The News of Richmond Hill

New York, 1895

Miss M. Cornwell, of Jefferson avenue, is confined to her home by an attack of grip.

Mrs. Ida Van Brochle Vanderhof, aged 98 years, who last week fell on the floor at her residence and dislocated her hip, is slowly recovering. She is under the care of Dr. Scovil.

Mrs. William Cunningham, of Hamilton avenue, dropped dead while attending to her household duties on Saturday from heart disease. Her funeral took place on Tuesday from St. Benedict's church, Morris Park.

Thomas Harvey of Clarenceville died at his home on the Brooklyn and Jamaica road Friday afternoon after an illness of a few hours from pneumonia and heart failure. His funeral took place Tuesday from St. Benedict's church, Morris Park. The interment was in Calvary cemetery.

Charles Evans, a carpenter employed by Haugaard Brothers of Richmond Hill, while at work on a building on Myrtle avenue Tuesday afternoon fell from a scaffold to the ground, a distance of 25 feet. His hip was broken and he received internal injuries. He was taken to the Jamaica emergency hospital.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Jan. 25, 1895, p. 12.