Massive storms batter the western coast of the British Isles and cause hundreds of deaths

A line of huge storms rolling in from the Atlantic caused havoc up and down the western coast of Britain.  In total, 198 vessels were wrecked and 684 people drowned. The heaviest loss was the passenger steamship Royal Charter, completing a two month voyage from Melbourne, Australia with more than 400 passengers and crew as well as five million pounds sterling in gold from the Australian fields. She was driven up onto the North Wales coast and only 39 people aboard survived.  (By John Osborne) 
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Louis Agassiz donates his collections to the new Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Swiss-born scientist Louis Agassiz had emigrated to the United States in 1846 and had long desired to set up an influential museum of comparative zoology.  The museum finally opened in Cambridge, Massachusetts with the remarkable gift of all of the professor's personal collection in zoology he had been gathering during the decade.  (By John Osborne)
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"Two Incendiaries Caught in Salisbury," Fayetteville (NC) Observer, November 28, 1859

Notes
Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, October 6, 2009.
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Original caption
Two Incendiaries Caught in Salisbury
Source citation
"Two Incendiaries Caught in Salisbury," Fayetteville (NC) Observer, November 28, 1859, p. 3: 1.
Source note
Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.
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