#366 North Brother Island: New York's Forbidden Place
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
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The Most Famous Injuries of the 19th Century
In 19 32, its neighbor, ricker's island, became a city jail. Now for decades, determined patients on north brother island attempted to break free and swim to shore. Most of them were caught. The most famous incident was a man named walter zell at rikers for petty larceny, who escaped the vicility vi a coal chute, jumped into the river and swam to north brother island,. where he was apprehended by the house keeper. In 19 38, mary suffered a stroke and was then confined inside the hospital. She died on november eleventh, 19 38. She willed all her savings, all the money that she had made working
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