Passengers and crew of a New York Central passenger train had a fortunate escape when a broken rail on a curve derailed three passenger cars and sent them down a twelve foot embankment about a mile and a half from Auburn, New York.  The cars suffered heavy damage but remarkably no-one was killed or fatally injured, although some passengers suffered severe bruising and broken bones.  (By John Osborne)

Small boats gathered in Baltimore Harbor to give a celebratory send-off to the voyage to Liverpool of the brand-new steamship Somerset. The voyage inaugurated a new Baltimore and Liverpool Steamship Line, partnered with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, between Baltimore and the major British port of Liverpool, the first regular service from Maryland direct to any destination on the other side of the Atlantic .  (By John Osborne)

On the way to Washington, D.C., the new Tunisian ambassador, General Hashem and his party, spent a few days in New York City, staying at the Astor House. The United States Navy arranged for a visit to the Brooklyn Naval Yard during which the yard commandant, Admiral Bell, gave the party a personal guided tour.  Hashem also met with the mayor of New York during the visit.  (bY John Osborne) 

A massive celebration featuring a 1,500 person parade was held in Cedar Falls, Iowa to celebrate the groundbreaking for the Iowa Central Railroad.  The ambitious project which sought to forge a direct north to south rail link between St. Paul, Minnesota in the north and St. Louis, Missouri in the south was never able to compete fully with east-west lines and in 1912 became part of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Rialroad.  (By John Osborne) 

Famed gymnast, Harry Leslie, who had become a national sensation when he walked a tightrope over Niagara Falls, outdid himself with a stunt over Central Park in New York. During an evening flight, starting at 300 foot and reaching a height of around 2000 feet he suspended himself below the gondola of Professor T.S.C. Lowe's balloon and performed gymastics for twenty minutes.  (By John Osborne) 

General Gerardo Barrios had been president of El Salvador between March 1859 and October 1865.  He had a strong reputation as a liberal reformer who often clashed with the Catholic hierarchy.  He had been deposed when defeated in a war with Guatemala in 1863 and replaced by Francisco Dueñas.  In exile he had fallen into the hands of Nicaraguan conservatives who had him extradited to his homeland where he was tried and shot.  (By John Osborne)