Events

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Crime/Disasters A deadly tornado kills four people in Montgomery County, Indiana
Crime/Disasters A derailment in Pennsylvania tosses two carriages down an embankment where they burn
Crime/Disasters A destructive fire in a Jersey City shipyard threatens naval construction there
Crime/Disasters - A devastating fire destroys a third of Charleston, South Carolina destroying hundreds of historic buildings
Foreign A dispute over a British vessel sailing in Chinese waters leads to the second Anglo-Chinese War
Crime/Disasters A disturbance aboard a ship docked in New York City ends with a crewman dead of a gunshot wound
Crime/Disasters A few days after arriving from New York, the transport ship "Aquila" sinks at its wharf in San Francisco
Religion/Philosophy A fourteen-year old girl gathering wood near Lourdes in rural France encounters the first of her visions of "a Lady."
Foreign A French plebiscite confirms popular support for the restoration of the empire
Crime/Disasters A fugitive named Addison nearly kills slave-catchers while running in Illinois
Business/Industry A gold nugget weighting almost 185 pounds dug up in the Australian gold fields
Legal/Political A group of eight slaves from Maryland arrive safely in Canada
Foreign A group of Montreal citizens publishes an "Annexation Manifesto" calling for the incorporation of Canada into the United States
Crime/Disasters - A Gulf of Mexico hurricane causes heavy damage along the Texas and Louisiana coastlines.
Campaigns/Elections A heavy earthquake strikes northern Chile
Crime/Disasters - A heavy earthquake strikes San Salvador in Central America
Crime/Disasters - A huge winter storms blankets New England.
Science/Technology A July heatwave continues across the eastern United States
Crime/Disasters A large force of nightriders terrorize African-American homes throughout Marion County, Kentucky.
Science/Technology A large meteor observed over the main island of Hawaii
Science/Technology - A large new comet, visible to the naked eye, is observed all over the northern hemisphere
Crime/Disasters A large tornado hits Knoxville in the early morning causing heavy damage.
Crime/Disasters A late night fire causes heavy damage to workshops and warehouses in Rockford, Illinois
Crime/Disasters - A late season hurricane smashes islands in the Lesser Antilles and then kills hundreds in Puerto Rico.
Science/Technology A Lunar Eclipse is seen through much of the southern states
US/the World A Maori revolt erupts in New Zealand
US/the World A mass meeting in Ontario calls for annexation of parts of Canada to the United States
Campaigns/Elections A mass meeting of Philadelphia workingmen supports compromise and the Union
Science/Technology A Massachusetts shipyard launches the S.S. Erie, the largest wooden screw steamship ever built.
Crime/Disasters A massive afternoon fire in the port of New York destroys around thirty vessels