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Anastasia, Rev. Mother Superior
Post-Standard, The, Wednesday, January 24, 1900 Syracuse, New York
Sister of St. Mary Lose Their Executive
Rev. Mother Superior Anastasia Dies at Lockpot
Lockport, Jan 23 – Rev. Mother Superior Anastasia died at St. Joseph’s Convent last night, aged 75 years.
She was mother superior of the Sisters of St. Mary of the United States and Canada
Last September she celebrated the 50th anniversary of her consecration.

Foeley, Winifred
Evening Observer, The, Friday, September 08, 1911 Dunkirk, New York
Death Comes Quickly to Lockport Woman
Lockport, N.Y. Sept. 8 – Mrs. Winifred Foeley, mother of ex-Assemblyman Thomas F. Foeley, of Niagara county, and present county clerk, died this morning at her home in this city of heart disease.

Gooding, Melbourne
Olean Times, Saturday, May 22, 1926 Olean, New York
Four Are Injured, One Likely Fatal, On Way to Dance
Jamestown Girl is Among Dead, Dying On Way to Hospital After Machine Goes Into Ditch
Buffalo, N.Y., May 22 – (I.N.S.) – Three persons are dead, one is dying and three others suffering from severe burns as the result of an automobile accident in a ditch eight miles outside Lockport on the Campbell Boulevard.
The dead are: Kathleen Fairbanks, 20, of Jamestown, N.Y., living at the Y.W.C.A., Kenmore, Melbourne Gooding, 23, of Lockport, and Wesley Krinkle, 20, of Lockport.
The injured are: Blanche Sobetzer, 19 years old, of Buffalo, who is in a critical condition from a skull fracture and internal injuries, John Rouse, of Lockport, burned and bruised. Edwin Sands, 21 years old, of Buffalo, burned on the face, head, shoulders and arms, and Lyman H. Wight, 35 years old, of Buffalo, burned on the hands and arms. All four are in the Lockport City Hospital.
The machine, driven by Rouse, fell into a ditch while the party was enroute from Buffalo to attend a dance at Olcott Beach. The gasoline tank was punctured and the car caught fire immediately. The three men who survived were burned dragging the others from the car.
Gooding was killed instantly. Krinkle died while on the way to the hospital and Miss Fairbanks lived only a short while after her arrival at the Lockport institution.

Hoenig, Joseph
Olean Times
Saturday, April 30, 1910 Olean, New York
Joseph M. Hoenig, for years the most prominent labor ? in Niagara county, died Thursday at his home in Lockport. He has lived in the city 28 years, coming from Buffalo.

Jeffery, D. Elwood
Evening Observer, The, Friday, September 08, 1911 Dunkirk, New York
Lockport Lawyer Dead
Lockport, N.Y. Sept. 8 – D. Elwood Jeffery of the law firm of Bring and Jeffrey in this city, died this morning. He was well known and considered one of the most expert surrogates lawyers in western New York.

Krinkle, Wesley
Olean Times, Saturday, May 22, 1926 Olean, New York
Four Are Injured, One Likely Fatal, On Way to Dance
Jamestown Girl is Among Dead, Dying On Way to Hospital After Machine Goes Into Ditch
Buffalo, N.Y., May 22 – (I.N.S.) – Three persons are dead, one is dying and three others suffering from severe burns as the result of an automobile accident in a ditch eight miles outside Lockport on the Campbell Boulevard.
The dead are: Kathleen Fairbanks, 20, of Jamestown, N.Y., living at the Y.W.C.A., Kenmore, Melbourne Gooding, 23, of Lockport, and Wesley Krinkle, 20, of Lockport.
The injured are: Blanche Sobetzer, 19 years old, of Buffalo, who is in a critical condition from a skull fracture and internal injuries, John Rouse, of Lockport, burned and bruised. Edwin Sands, 21 years old, of Buffalo, burned on the face, head, shoulders and arms, and Lyman H. Wight, 35 years old, of Buffalo, burned on the hands and arms. All four are in the Lockport City Hospital.
The machine, driven by Rouse, fell into a ditch while the party was enroute from Buffalo to attend a dance at Olcott Beach. The gasoline tank was punctured and the car caught fire immediately. The three men who survived were burned dragging the others from the car.
Gooding was killed instantly. Krinkle died while on the way to the hospital and Miss Fairbanks lived only a short while after her arrival at the Lockport institution.

Rowe, Patriow
Olean Times, Monday, January 16, 1911 Olean, New York
Patriow Rowe, landscape gardener, died in Lockport, Friday, aged 80 years.

Winters, Raymond
Evening Tribune-Times, Wednesday, August 29, 1923 Hornell, New York
Raymond Winters of Middleport, aged five years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Winters, died at the Lockport City hospital, the result of injuries sustained when he fell from a farm tractor.

 

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