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Autumn begins |
| Crime/Disasters |
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At Troy, New York, a locomotive plunges into the Hudson River off an open drawbridge |
| Education/Culture |
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Sensational rumors of a church being haunted by demons causes turmoil in Jersey City, New Jersey. |
| Education/Culture |
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Two four-man crews race on the Hudson River for a national rowing championship and two thousand dollars |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Samuel Mudd makes a vain attempt to escape from his life imprisonment at Fort Jefferson off the Florida coast |
| Education/Culture |
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Outside Springfield, Illinois, thousands watch the races at the National Horse Fair |
| Crime/Disasters |
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A severe derailment near Auburn, New York destroys three railroad cars but remarkably kills no-one |
| Business/Industry |
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In Maryland, the sailing of the British steamer Somerset inaugurates the Baltimore Liverpool Steamship Line |
| Education/Culture |
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Famous daredevil Harry Leslie performs while suspended from a balloon flying 2000 feet over New York City |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Georgia holds elections for representatives to a planned State Convention in Milledgeville, the capital. |
| Science/Technology |
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At a southern England naval base, American inventors demonstrate their "torpedoes" to the Royal Navy |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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In Utah, the Semi-Annual Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is in session |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Two heavy early afternoon tremors strike San Francisco, California but start no fires and cause no fatalities |
| US/the World |
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Diplomats from Tunisia on their way to Washington D.C. visit New York City |
| Crime/Disasters |
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A massive oil fire destroys wells and installations neat Pithole City in Venango County, Pennsylvania |
| US/the World |
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Riots break out in eastern Jamaica, prompting a bloody response from the white planter led government |
| Crime/Disasters |
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On the Sacramento River, a steamboat blows a boiler and more than fifty people are killed |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Maine, a massive overnight fire destroys large parts of the port of Belfast |
| Education/Culture |
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At the Union Grounds in Brooklyn, the Atlantic baseball club defeats the Eckford Club 35-8 |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In the Atlantic, survivors of a shipwreck aboard a raft have a whale for company till their safe rescue |
| US/the World |
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In Philadelphia, six hundred members of the Fenian Brotherhood meet in convention |
| Education/Culture |
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In Philadelphia, 20,000 firemen march in an unprecedented gala parade |
| US/the World |
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In southern England, two-time British Prime Minister Lord Palmerston dies, aged 80. |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Detroit, Michigan, a fire destroys much of the main building at the Michigan Central Railroad Depot |
| Science/Technology |
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A significant lunar eclipse of the Sun is visible in the morning over much of the eastern United States |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Notorious Confederate guerrilla leader Champ Ferguson is executed for war crimes in Nashville's Old State Prison |
| US/the World |
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After the Morant Bay riots, Jamaica's Governor John Eyre hangs his main legislative critic for high treason |
| US/the World |
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In Haiti, British naval units engage Haitian rebel forces off Cap-Haïtien |
| Personal |
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Lord Palmerston, late British prime minister, is buried in Westminster Abbey after a state funeral in London |
| Crime/Disasters |
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The big Hudson River steamer "St. John" suffers a massive boiler explosion and fifteen people are killed |
