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Crime/Disasters Propeller steamer explodes and sinks in the middle of the night on a stormy Lake Erie
Crime/Disasters Thirteen prisoners escape from the Monroe County Jail in Rochester, New York
Campaigns/Elections State wide elections held across Louisiana
Crime/Disasters Massive grain elevator burns along with 200,00 bushels of grain in Buffalo, New York
Personal Gerrit Smith, one of the "Secret Six," confined in mental institution at Utica, New York
Personal Mary Brown arrives at James Miller McKim's home in Philadelphia
Campaigns/Elections New York State holds statewide and local elections
Campaigns/Elections Republican Governor Alexander Randall re-elected in Wisconsin
US/the World The Prince of Wales celebrates his eighteenth birthday
US/the World Canadians meet in a convention at Toronto to discuss federation
Religion/Philosophy - National Convention of Seaman's Missions holds its annual meeting in New York City
US/the World Treaty negotiations successfully conclude the late war between France, Austria, and Piedmont
Legal/Political Four of John Brown's raiders sentenced to death in Charlestown, Virginia
Cultural Centenary of Schiller's birth celebrated in Europe and North America
Foreign The Treaty of Zurich is signed between France, Austria, and Piedmont-Sardinia
Crime/Disasters Joseph W. Thornton hangs in St. Louis for murder of Joseph Charless
Legal/Political Suspected American slaveship returned under naval guard to New York
Legal/Political Officers and crew of captured American slaveship indicted in New York City
Cultural Jules Léotard performs the first high-flying trapeze act at the Cirque Napoléon in Paris
Science/Technology A large meteor observed over the main island of Hawaii
Legal/Political Deposed president of Costa Rica received in Washington
Science/Technology Large and bright meteor is tracked across the east coast
Business/Industry The Ohio River at Pittsburgh open to navigation for the winter
Campaigns/Elections Mozart Hall Democrats nominate Fernando Wood for mayor of New York City
US/the World The National Rifle Association founded in London
Crime/Disasters - Deadly fire burns overnight in Atlanta, Georgia
Cultural Aleksandr Ostrovsky's play "Groza," or "The Storm," premieres in Moscow.
Crime/Disasters Burned out Buffalo grain elevator collapses and kills two clean-up workers
Legal/Political Burning haystack panics Virginians anticipating an attempt to rescue John Brown
Crime/Disasters Freight train derails on a bridge in Indiana and goes into the river killing two crewmen