Saturday Evening Gazette/June 7, 1856/Death of a Student

Death of a Student.—We regret to record the sudden death of Mr. Hazen Dorr, of this city, a member of the Sophomore class of Harvard College. On Friday evening some of his classmates visited him, and found him in his usual good health, though somewhat fatigued by severe exercise at rowing during the morning. They left him at 11½ P. M., and a classmate calling this (Saturday) morning, for the purpose of accompanying him to morning prayers, found his stretched upon the floor, with his coat off, apparently lifeless. Dr. W. O. Johnson was instantly summoned, and pronounced life extinct. The indications were that he had died some three hours previously, probably from congestion of the brain. Mr. D.’s family, who reside in Mount Vernon street in this city, were immediately sent for, but they deemed an autopsy unnecessary. Mr. Dorr was a young man of much promise, and highly esteemed for his many amiable qualities. At the early age of 18, he leaves many friends to lament his so unexpected decease. A class meeting will, we hear, be holden on Monday to take the usual measures.