Rochester, Monroe, NY Democrat & Chronicle July 16, 1913 BRADFORD MAN IS KILLED AT HORNELL John Troy Hit on Head with Rail at Freight House Hornell. July 15 - While unloading rails at the Erie freight house shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon, John TROY, 35 years of age, an Erie employee, was almost instantly killed. A man that was being unloaded slipped and struck TROY on the head, crushing his skull. He was hurried to St. James Mercy Hospital, but died in the ambulance. His home is in Bradford, Pennsylvania. ** LINDERMAN DURHAM, OF HORNELL, IS DROWNED IN SILVER LAKE Canoe Overturns in 10 Feet of Water - Junior at Cornell University and Exceptionally Bright Perry, July 15 - Linderman J. DUNHAM, a junior at Cornell University, met death at 3 o'clock this afternoon by drowning in Silver lake. Mr. DUNHAM is the oldest son of Dr. Leroy S. DUNHAM and Mrs. Martha Linderman DUNHAM, of Hornell, and is 20 years old. He was spending a short vacation at Silver lake with his grandparents and was enjoying a canoe ride in front of Recreation Inn and opposite the Assembly grounds. DUNHAM was alone in the canoe, which was a short distance from the shore, and the drowning took place in about 10 feet of water. He was known to be an expert swimmer and accustomed to handling all kinds of boats and canoes. Parties on shore saw the accident and hastened to his rescue, but death seemed to have taken place instantaneously. The examination showed that both lungs were full of water and it is thought that he choked as soon as he fell into the water. Young DUNHAM was an exceptionally brilliant student. He was a graduate of Hornell High School and was a successful contestant for a Cornell scholarship three years ago. He would have been a senior in the mechanical engineering course at Cornell next year. His parents at Hornell were notified and arrived in perry by automobile this evening. The body was taken to an undertaking room in Perry where an inquest was held. He leaves besides his parents, a brother, David DUNHAM, and a younger sister. The remains will be taken to Hornell in the morning. ** HIT IN HEAD WITH PULLEY Churchville, July 15 - Fred GEARING, son of George GEARING, who resides four miles northeast of Churchville, while mowing hay in the barn yesterday afternoon, was badly injured. He was standing on the load when a pulley to the hay fork broke and struck him on the side of the head, inflicting a deep gash to the skull. It required several stitches to close the wound. ** MRS. ANDREW GREEN Avon Woman Succumbs to Tuberculosis - End Comes Suddenly Avon, July 15 - Mrs. Ella GREEN wife of Andrew GREEN, died very suddenly at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John BURGETT, in Clinton street, this village, last evening at 8 o'clock, aged 28 years. She leaves her husband; her parents, and four brothers, Officer Frank BURGETT, of the Rochester Police Department, and John, Thomas and Edward BURGETT, of Rush. The funeral will be held from St. Agnes Church in this village Thursday morning at 9 o'clock, the Rev. Father William H. DARCY, officiating. Interment will be made in St. Agnes cemetery. Mrs. GREEN was born in Rush, N. Y., where she lived until two years ago last May, when she was married to Mr. GREEN and they went to Chicago to reside. Last spring she developed tuberculosis, and with her husband they came to Avon, to be near her parents. On the day of her death she was on the street, feeling very well. A few minutes before 8 o'clock, she was seized with a coughing spell, and before the doctors arrived she had expired. ** MRS. DON V. GREEN Nunda, July 15 - Lulu Bennet GREEN, wife of Don V. GREEN, died yesterday at the family home in West Sparta, six miles east of here, after an illness of only a few ---, the deceased was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles BENNET, and was born in the town of Portage thirty years ago. Since her marriage in 1903 she has lived in West Sparta. She leaves, besides her husband, a four-year-old daughter, Mildred; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles BENNET, of Portage, and four sisters, Mrs. Emery CHEESET?RO, Jr., of Dansville; Mrs. Arthur HOWE, mrs. Arthur BICKFORD and Miss Gertrude BENNET, all of Portage. The funeral will be held from the Methodist Church of West Sparta Wednesday at 2 o'clock, Rev. A. PARTINGTON officiating. Mrs. GREEN was a member of the West Sparta Grange, the members of which will attend the funeral in a body. Burial will be made in West Sparta Oak Lawn cemetery. ** THREE INJURED WHEN MOTORCYCLES MEET Early Morning Collision on Road Near Batavia Batavia, July 15 - As the result of a head-on collision between two motorcycles at 12:30 o'clock this morning, Albert and Edward WHITE, both of Buffalo, and William DONOHUE, who is employed as a farm hand by Charles BLOCKER, of the Alexander road, are at the Batavia hospital; DONOHUE is suffering from a scalp wound, while Albert WHITE has a fractured jaw bone, several broken teeth and a badly cut lip. The collision occurred in front of the William TYRELL farm on the state road, just west of Batavia. Albert WHITE was running one machine with his brother riding on an improvised seat in the rear, and DONOHUE was riding the other machine. DONOHUE was coming toward Batavia, and thought that the light on the motorcycle the WHITES were riding was the light on an automobile, so he turned to the left of the road to pass it. All three of the riders were thrown to the ground. They were brought to the Batavia hospital by Eli SIMONDS of T. J. Kennedy's garage. Both machines were badly broken. ** MRS. HERBERT CLEVELAND Mount Morris, July 15 - Mrs. Henrietta CLEVELAND, wife of Herbert CLEVELAND, died at the family residence on the Creek road, south of this village, last evening after a long illness from tuberculosis. She was 55 years of age, was born on the same farm where her death occurred and practically all of her life had been spent there. She leaves her husband, one son, Harold CLEVELAND, at home; one brother, Bert ASHTON, of Good Ground, L. L., and two sisters, Mrs. Walter FOX and Mrs. Alfred AMES, both of Perry. The funeral will be held from her late home to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, and burial will be made in the local cemetery. Rev. George E. PRICE, pastor of the Methodist Church, will officiate. ** SMITH WILL PROBATE Penn Yan Man Leaves $17,025 to Wife and Brothers Penn Yan, July 15 - The will of Charles SMITH, who died in Penn Yan on July 5th was yesterday admitted to probate and letters testamentary granted to Josephine SMITH, his wife, and Frank H. and George E. SMITH, his brothers, who were appointed executors. The estate is valued at $17,025, of which $10,000 is personal property. By the will he gives $1,000 each to his two brothers, Frank H. and George E., his sister-in-law, Florence E. SMITH, his niece, Ada M. SMITH, and his nephews, Lewis E., and Walter SMITH. To his wife, Josephine, the use and income from the balance of his estate during her life. After the death of his wife the residnary estate goes to his two brothers or their heirs. ** MRS. WILLIAM J. YATES Brockport, July 15 - Mrs. William J. YATES, an aged resident of Clarkson died at noon to-day at her home on the Ridge road, following a four-month illness. Deceased was 72 years of age, having been born June 4, 1841. Her maiden name was Sarah Elizabeth LAWRENCE. Mrs. YATES leaves her husband, one daughter, Miss Edith M. YATES, of Clarkson, and three brothers, Andrew J. LAWRENCE, of Hammondsport, N. Y.; William B. LAWRENCE, of Sebetha, Kansas, and George M. LAWRENCE, of Spokane, Wash. The funeral will be held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the house, Rev. L. E. FORD, of the Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be made in West Clarkson cemetery. ** DUFFY- DONNELL Brockport, July 15 - Miss Gladys DONNELL and Maurice DUFFY, both of Brockport, were married yesterday at the rectory of the Church of the N ativity. Rev. R. J. STORY, pastor of the church, performed the ceremony in the presence of a few immediate relatives. George DEAN and Miss Madeline DONNELL, a sister of the bride, were the attendants. After the wedding Mr. and Mrs. DUFFY left on a short Western trip. They will make their home in Detroit, Mich., where the groom is in the employ of an automobile company. ** Find ALL of the News Abstracts for Monroe Co., NY at http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/NY/Monroe/index.html -- GjS