11/21/1859 |
British passenger ship hits the Nova Scotia coast and is lost along with twenty-seven lives |
Crime/Disasters |
01/12/1861 |
In Halifax, Nova Scotia, a killer fire devastates two blocks in the heart of the business district |
Crime/Disasters |
02/16/1862 |
New steamship bound for Canada with British government supplies sinks in a storm in mid-Atlantic |
Crime/Disasters |
07/28/1860 |
On his North American tour, the Prince of Wales stops at Sydney on Cape Breton en route to Halifax, Nova Scotia |
US/the World |
07/30/1860 |
On the first leg of his North American tour, the Prince of Wales arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia |
US/the World |
07/31/1860 to 08/01/1860 |
On the first leg of his North American tour, the Prince of Wales visits Halifax, Nova Scotia |
US/the World |
08/26/1860 |
The S.S. Great Eastern arrives back in Britain after her first trans-Atlantic voyage |
Business/Industry |
08/16/1860 |
The S.S. Great Eastern sails from New York for home after her first visit to the United States |
Business/Industry |