Thanks to Judi Wilson:
RED BANK REGISTER NOVEMBER 21, 1878
MONMOUTH COUNTY NEWS
NOT A FEVER VICTIM
LONG BRANCH. NOV. 19—Benjamin Woolley died in Long Branch on Wednesday last of what the physicians pronounced to be genuine yellow fever. He had come from Norfolk, Va., on the preceeding Sunday to attend the funeral of his brother, Joseph Woolley, the well-known Fulton Market fish merchant. While the funeral services were being performed on Friday for Benjamin Woolley, a dispatch was received from Norfolk announcing the death of Joseph Woolley, the dead man's son. A dispatch was sent to the Norfolk telegraph operator asking the cause of death, and the reply was "Yellow Fever". Joseph Woolley had many friends here, and the news of his death was received with sorrow. To the surprise of those who thought him dead, Joseph Woolley alighted from a train here on Saturday evening in perfect health. It seems that he had heard in Norfolk of his father's sudden death, and discrediting the story he telegraphed to Long Branch "Tell me if father is dead." This message, when delivered to the Woolley here, had in some way been changed so as to read that Joseph Woolley (the sender) was dead. Young Mr. Woolley, not receiving a reply, started for Long Branch on Friday night, and arrived here on Saturday evening much to the joy of his relatives—N.Y. Sun.
Thanks to Judi Wilson:
RED BANK REGISTER NOVEMBER 21, 1878
MONMOUTH COUNTY NEWS
NOT A FEVER VICTIM
LONG BRANCH. NOV. 19—Benjamin Woolley died in Long Branch on Wednesday last of what the physicians pronounced to be genuine yellow fever. He had come from Norfolk, Va., on the preceeding Sunday to attend the funeral of his brother, Joseph Woolley, the well-known Fulton Market fish merchant. While the funeral services were being performed on Friday for Benjamin Woolley, a dispatch was received from Norfolk announcing the death of Joseph Woolley, the dead man's son. A dispatch was sent to the Norfolk telegraph operator asking the cause of death, and the reply was "Yellow Fever". Joseph Woolley had many friends here, and the news of his death was received with sorrow. To the surprise of those who thought him dead, Joseph Woolley alighted from a train here on Saturday evening in perfect health. It seems that he had heard in Norfolk of his father's sudden death, and discrediting the story he telegraphed to Long Branch "Tell me if father is dead." This message, when delivered to the Woolley here, had in some way been changed so as to read that Joseph Woolley (the sender) was dead. Young Mr. Woolley, not receiving a reply, started for Long Branch on Friday night, and arrived here on Saturday evening much to the joy of his relatives—N.Y. Sun.
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