Made His Own Coffin

New York, 1895

Eccentric Joel Dickerson, of Blue Point, was buried Tuesday. He was nearly 80 years old, and had two attacks of paralysis. He made a coffin for himself.


Philip J. Harper Convalescent

The condition of Philip J. Harper, of Hempstead, formerly the senior member of the firm of Harper & Brothers of New York, who has been seriously ill with the grip and bronchitis, is greatly improved. Dr. Lanehart says that his complete recovery will be but a matter of a few weeks.


His Leg Caught in a Wheel

Anson Hicks, 8 years old, of Inwood, was severely injured Thursday. The boy backed into a passing ice wagon and his left leg was caught in the wheel. He was carried around by two revolutions of the wheel before the driver heard his cries. The leg was broken in two places and the flesh torn so that the bone was bared.


Jumped to His Death

Albert Goldsmith, a brakeman on the Greenport freight of the Long Island railroad, was killed at Bethpage Junction on Friday night while jumping from one car to another. Goldsmith fell to the track and the train passed over his body. His right arm and leg were cut off and his body mangled by the wheels.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 15, 1895, p. 1.

Two Men With Broken Legs

New York, 1895

Charles Lawson, a carpenter of Glen Cove, fell and broke his leg.

Ernst Fuller, or College Point, while trimming a tree, lost his balance and fell from the ladder on which he was standing. He broke his left leg.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Jan. 25, 1895, p. 1.