In the early afternoon, off the eastern coast of England, the Tonning, a steamship transporting hundreds of cattle and sheep to London suffered a massive explosion in its boiler room.  Much of the ship was instantly wrecked and many of its crew of twenty-eight thrown overboard.  Nearby fishing vessels took off the survivors and the injured.  In all thirteen crewmen died and several others were severely injured. The wreck was salvaged.  (By John Osborne)  

Around ten in the morning, at the mouth of the tunnel being used to construct the first of the planned underground railway lines near Kings Cross Station in London, a locomotive pulling cars of excavated soil exploded its firebox.  The engine was thrown from the track and its stack into neighboring streets where a cab driver was injured.  The driver and fireman of the locomotive were killed instantly and another worker badly hurt.  (By John Osborne). 

Democratic candidate Stephen Douglas, accompanied by his wife, continued his final campaign swing through the Deep South.  He arrived in Atlanta, Georgia on October 29, 1860, spoke there, then in Macon and Columbus before giving a speech on the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama on November 2, 1860.  He ended his tour, which historians widely consider to be a plea to the South to accept Lincoln's election, in Mobile, Alabama on November 5, 1860, where he awaited the election results.  (By John Osborne)  

Democratic candidate Stephen Douglas, accompanied by his wife, began a final campaign swing, this time into the Deep South.  He began with a major speech in St. Louis, Missouri, and then spoke at Memphis, Nashville, and Chattanooga in Tennessee and arrived in Atlanta, Georgia on October 29, 1860.  He ended his tour, which historians widely consider to be a plea to the South to accept Lincoln's election, in Mobile, Alabama where he awaited the election results.  (By John Osborne)