Lynbrook historical odds & ends: Gold prospector meets an untimely end in 1898

Art Mattson

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Editors note: Lynbrook historical odds and ends is a column that takes a look back at some interesting facts and events in the village from over the years.

Wilbur Doxsey will start on Saturday for Alaska in search of gold.

—South Side Observer April 29, 1898

Gloom has been cast over this village on news of Wilbur Doxsey. He drowned when the schooner Jane Gray sank near Vancouver.  The vessel was bound for the Klondike and was overcrowded with miners and mining equipment. 

—South Side Observer June 3, 1898

Mattson is the official Lynbrook village historian and the director of the Historical Society of East Rockaway and Lynbrook. Additionally, he is the author of “The History of Lynbrook,” which is available on Amazon.com and at local libraries.