The steamer Voyaguer de la Mer saile from Boston for delivery to the Viceroy of Egypt.  Built in the Boston shipyards, the vessel later suffered from various engineering problems. (By John Osborne)

The three hundred year old Exchange building at the port of Antwerp in Belgium was completely destroyed by fire. All the archives of the Chamber of Commerce and those of most of the stockbroker organizations were lost. (By John Osborne)