Pneumonia Kills the Entire Family

New York, 1895

A remarkable mortality overtook the family of John Hogan, of Oyster Bay. His wife Johanna died on January 26, of pneumonia; his daughter, Mrs. Hines, of Jericho, died on January 29, of the same disease; he himself died on January 31, of heart failure superinduced by grief. His daughter, Mrs. Wm. Pettit, of Oyster Bay, died on February 4th, of pneumonia. Her husband, who was down with the disease, is recovering.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 22, 1895, p. 4.