Thursday, August 31, 2017

Greenerpasture Daily News - August 31

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Greendale) (Quinsigamond Village) (Tatnuck) (Vernon Hill)

1838  Fire at Worcester.

A fire broke out in the vicinity of School street, in Worcester, about 1 o'clock on Wednesday morning, which destroyed a large block of dwellings, brick machine factory, belonging to T. W. Paine, Esq. and the extensive stable of Messrs. Burt and Billings. All but the stables were insured. We have not learned further particulars. The estimate loss is $30,000.

The Farmers' Cabinet -  Amherst, New Hampshire -  August 31, 1838
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Sutton, Massachusetts, USA

1865  Thank You to Soldiers

A noble woman, by the name of Susan Williams, South Sutton, Massachusetts, gives to every soldier who enlisted from that town, on his return, the sum of five dollars, and the same amount to the families of those who have fallen in defense of their country.

Janesville Weekly Gazette -  Janesville, Wisconsin -  August 31, 1865
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Louisville, Kentucky, USA

1871 - A CRASH AT LOUISVILLE, KY
The Floors of a Grain Warehouse Fall Through to the Cellar - Three Men Killed.

Louisville - August 30, 1871
About ten o'clock this morning the fourth floor of Whitney, Brown & Co.'s grain warehouse gave way under the heavy weight, and the large quantity of grain crashed through the floors into the cellar, killing three men, one white and two colored. Two prominent Main street merchants had... Read MORE...

New York Herald -  New York, New York -  August 31, 1871
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North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

1871 - Should have said Yes?
An aged woman in North Adams, Massachusetts, relates that many years ago, while attending a social dance, a young mechanic asked for her hand for one of the dances. She indignantly refused, feeling very much mortified that he should make such an offer. Years have passed, and she has filled an honorable but humble position in life, while the young man whom she then scorned has been Governor of... Read MORE...

Tri-Weekly Era -  Raleigh, North Carolina -  August 31, 1871
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Chambly, Québec, Canada (St-Joseph-de-Chambly)

1889  Explosion

An explosion occurred yesterday in the packing room of the Beloeil Powder Works at Chambly, Quebec, killing two men, named Joseph Favreault and Samuel Bettie.

New York Herald -  New York, New York -  August 31, 1889
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1893 - July 1 – U.S. President Grover Cleveland is operated on in secret.
The published stories concerning the health of President Cleveland seem to lack some of the essential element of consistency, and they will not excite general credence until stronger confirmatory testimony has been furnished. The American people are just now deeply concerned in the preservation of Mr. Cleveland and the full vigor of physical and mental health, and the subject is one the country... Read MORE...

Reading Times -  Reading, Pennsylvania -  August 31, 1893
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Savannah, Georgia, USA

1893 - MANY MISSING. Only Fifteen Persons Known to Have Been Killed at Savannah.
SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug 31 - The storm injured many buildings in Savannah and did great damage to the trees. Fifteen people are known to have been drowned and more are missing It is impossible to estimate the amount of property destroyed. More than 49 wrecks have been reported so far Fifteen vessels in the harbor and off Tybee were wrecked or badly damaged More than that number of smaller crafts are... Read MORE...

Aberdeen Daily News -  Aberdeen, South Dakota -  August 31, 1893
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North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

1898  MILK DEALER KILLED. Charles Davis Thrown From His Wagon and His Skull Fractured.

North Adams, Mass., Aug. 30 - Charles Davis, aged 41, a milk dealer, was thrown from his wagon, when his horse ran away today, and died three hours later from a fractured skull. He leaves a widow and three children.

Boston Journal -  Boston, Massachusetts -  August 31, 1898
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Port Jervis, New York, USA

1902 - FIRE AT PORT JERVIS, N.Y. DELAWARE HOUSE BURNED AND SEVENTEEN HORSES PERISH - LOSS ESTIMATED AT $75,000, WITH $20,000 INSURANCE.
Port Jervis, N.Y., Aug. 30. - A fire started from spontaneous combustion in the hayloft of Liveryman W. J. COLLIER, on Railroad Avenue, about 3 o'clock this morning, and before the flames were subdued they had reduced three-quarters of a block to ashes and entailed an estimated loss of $75,000, covered by $20,000 insurance.
Twenty-two horses were in the barn under the hayloft, and seventeen... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  August 31, 1902
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

1907  LOST THREE FINGERS

While his machine, a massive steam shear, was momentarily idle, Nogene Mire fell asleep and was awakened by the knives clipping off three of the fingers on his left hand. The accident happened at the Rolling mills last night and Dr. VanBuskirk was called to attend the sufferer.

The Fort Wayne Sentinel -  Fort Wayne, Indiana -  August 31, 1907
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Auburn, New York, USA

1910 - BEST REUNION YET - Ranks of 111th Are Thinning but Old Spirit Is There
WITH OLD COMMANDER AGAIN
Hospitality of MacDougall Home to Be Extended to Survivors Next Year

The survivors of the One Hundred and Eleventh N.Y.V. who attended the reunion of the regiment yesterday have nearly all departed for their homes. Before leaving they expressed themselves as delighted with the success of the gathering and with the cordiality of General and Mrs. MacDougall in inviting... Read MORE...

The Auburn Citizen -  Auburn, New York -  Wednesday, August 31, 1910
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Sullivan, New York, USA (Chittenango)

1912 - TWO ARE HURT, ONE FATALLY, IN AUTO ACCIDENT. Charles B. Hormel and Mrs. Frank Tracy Thrown From Car Near Chittenango.
HORMEL DIES OF INJURIES

Machine Strikes a Post at Side of Road While Descending Hill at High Speed - Driver Is Crushed Against Steering Wheel - Both Victims Prominent Socially.

The turns in the State road east of Chittenango which have always been a peril to motorists driving at high speed, caused the wreck of Charles B. Hormel's car a little after 10 o'clock last night, and the death of... Read MORE...

Syracuse Herald -  Syracuse, New York -  August 31, 1912
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1864  Seven deaths from diptheria occurred in 16 days in one house, occupied by two families, in the town of Shaftsbury, Vermont.

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Lowell, Massachusetts

1886  August 31 - 1st major earthquake recorded in eastern US, at Charleston SC, 110 die
An earthquake of between 7.3 and 7.6 on the Richter scale hits Charleston, South Carolina, leaving 40,000 homeless.
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1888  A Butte, Cal., man who began farming on rented land ten years ago has this year $61,000 worth of wheat to sell.


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Stanford, Kentucky

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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

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Syracuse, New York, USA

1841 - FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE TERRIBLE GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION IN SYRACUSE - EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE.
We have received slips from Albany, Utica and Syracuse, giving us further particulars of the dreadful appalling disaster, which has thrown Syracuse and the nieghboring towns into the deepest gloom.
It appears that the fire broke out last Friday night, in a wooden building situated on the tow path of the Oswego Canal near the County Clerk's Office and occupied as a carpenter's shop. It also... Read MORE...

The Adams Sentinel -  Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -  August 30, 1841
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Greenfield, New York, USA

1843 - Dr. Duncan Acquitted
STRANGE. - Dr. Duncan, who was tried last week at Greenfield, N. Y., on the charge of adultery with Mrs. Kemp, at Shelburne, has been acquitted. The trial excited great interest, and the verdict was received with a strong demonstration of popular approval. According to the Greenfield Gazette, Dr. Duncan was a man of high standing among the people of Shelburne, and had had their entire confidence. ... Read MORE...

The Sun -  Baltimore, Maryland -  August 30, 1843
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA

1884 - A Trained Ditched.
Kansas City, August 29 - Switch engine No. 27, of the Council Bluffs railway, was badly ditched about five o'clock this morning while taking a train of empty stock cars out of the stock yards. The train was on the western track, next to the Kaw river, and was in the rear of the Stock Exchange when a broken rail sent the engine flying from the river bank, breaking it up very badly, and pinning to... Read MORE...

The Atchison Globe -  Atchison, Kansas -  August 30, 1884
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA

1886 - RECKLESS DRIVING. ONE MAN KILLED, FOUR FATALLY AND SEVERAL OTHERS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Boston, August 29. - [Special.] - An accident by which one man was killed, four fatally and several others seriously injured occurred at Jamaica Plains this afternoon by the upsetting of an express wagon.
A party of fifteen young men residing at the Highlands hired a large express wagon this morning and made a trip to Dedham, where they remained several hours. On their way home the driver... Read MORE...

Detroit Free Press -  Detroit, Michigan -  August 30, 1886
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Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush)

1897 - BRAVE POLICEMAN FARRELL Saves Lives of Passengers of a Brighton Beach Train at Risk of His Own. THWARTS TRAIN WRECKERS
Catches Five Boys Wedging Stones in an Opened Switch - Hampered by Two Prisoners, He Works as the Train Approached.

Policeman FARRELL of the Twenty-second Police Precinct, Brooklyn, working under great difficulties, saved the lives of many passengers of a Bright Beach Railroad train last night. He did this at the risk of his own life and the lives of the two boy prisoners, whom he had caught... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  August 30, 1897
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Goshen, New York, USA

1902 - CLOUDBURST AT GOSHEN.
Special to The New York Times.
Goshen, N.Y., Aug. 29. - This section of country was on Thursday night the centre of a remarkable cloudburst. Blinding sheets of rain fell and the lightning played continuously for two hours.

While the tempest raged two and a half inches of rain fell. Hail was also mingled with the raindrops, and the frightened cattle fought for places of protection beneath the... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  August 30, 1902
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Covington, Kentucky, USA

1905  Run Down By a Train.

Covington, Ky., Aug. 28 - Ben Tarvin, 35, was probably fatally injured in the C. & O. yards, beneath the 11th street viaduct. It is said he was attempting to step out of the way of an approaching train and was struck by a yard engine coming from another direction.

Springfield Sun -  Springfield, Kentucky -  August 30, 1905
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Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USA

1928 - RECOVER BODIES AS ALIQUIPPA FOUNDERS - Vesta Coal Co. Craft Goes Down Near Plant For Which It Is Named, Below Pittsburgh - Seek Members of Crew
STEEL KEEL THOUGHT FLOODED SUDDENLY

Boat Believed To Have Struck Snag While Maneuvering With Big Tow of Coal from California Mine, Early This Morning

Divers searching for bodies of 3 persons missing when the towboat Aliquippa overturned in 18 feet of water in the Ohio river at Aliquippa, Pa., early today, recovered the body of CHRISTINA DENLOCK, 19, a chambermaid, shortly before noon.... Read MORE...

The Charleroi Mail -  Charleroi, Pennsylvania -  August 30, 1928
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1936  August 30 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt attends the dedication of Thomas Jefferson's head at Mount Rushmore.

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Greenerpasture Daily News - August 29

L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada

1823  Receives Generous Gift

Mr. Lois Voyer, habitant of the Parish of Ancienne Lorette, in Lower Canada, had the misfortune to lose a barn of 94 feet in length, on the 1st of August, by fire communicated by lightning. Nine days afterward a building of equal extent was finished and delivered over to him by the gratuitous and generous exertions of the inhabitants of this parish.

Daily National Intelligencer -  District of Columbia -  August 29, 1823
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Greenwich, Massachusetts, USA*

1846 - Serious Accident
A Mr. David Lincoln, with his wife and brother, Sylvester Lincoln, of Greenwich, were riding into our village in a buggy, last Wednesday, the forward part of the body holding the dasher gave way, frightening the horse, which ran furiously down the hill, by the brick church; and when at the corner opposite of Mr. Woods House, the individuals were thrown with great violence from the carriage,... Read MORE...

The Newport Mercury -  Newport, Rhode Island -  August 29, 1846
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Lenox, Massachusetts, USA

1866 - Cruel Teacher
The citizens of Lenox, Massachusetts, are greatly incensed against a teacher in one of the primary schools there named Frances Williams, who beat a little child in a cruel manner for mispronouncing a word. The child is not quite four years old, and he was pounded on the 18th day of July, with a ruler, so that twelve days afterward his back, shoulder and arms above the elbows plainly showed the... Read MORE...

Harrisburg Telegraph -  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania -  August 29, 1866
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Whitestone, New York, USA

1890 - PLEASURE SEEKERS DROWN - A Rowboat Capsizes and Five Occupants Perish.
A shocking drowning accident by which five lost their lives, occurred recently off Whitestone, Long Island, N. Y. The employes of the Schaeffer Brewing Company of New York were holding their annual excursion at Stimmel's Pavilion at Whitestone.

While the music and dancing were in progress in the pavilion, a party including JOHN LOGAL, HERMAN HUNG, MARUICE STADLER, MARIE PUNTZ, BERTHA SCHOOP... Read MORE...

The Cranbury Press -  New Jersey -  August 29, 1890
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Preston, Connecticut, USA

1893 - WILLIAM E. CHAPMAN KILLED.; Crushed by a Tree Weakened by Last Week's Cyclone -- Escape of His Son.
One of the victims of the cyclone of last week was William E. Chapman, the well-known President of the Chapman Wrecking Company. Early on Thursday, the morning after the storm, Mr. Chapman left his Summer home at Preston, Conn., with his son, Isaac E. Chapman, for the railway station. As they drove along the road a tree, which had been weakened by the fury of the storm, toppled over and fell upon ... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  August 29, 1893
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New Milford, Connecticut, USA

1911 - TORNADO HITS CONNECTICUT.
Uproots Trees, Wrecks Houses, and Destroys Crops Near New Milford.

NEW MILFORD, Conn., Aug. 28. - A tornado swept through a section three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide here late today, uprooting trees, blowing roofs from houses, and leveling crops. The damage has not been estimated, but it will be large.

On the farm of Walter Leavenworth hundreds of apple trees were uprooted, and... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  August 29, 1911
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Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

1913 - METEOR FALLS IN RIVER. Shock of Its Explosion Breaks Windows in Tiverton, R. I.
FALL RIVER, Mass., Aug. 28. - A meteor fell into the Seaconnett River near Tiverton, R. I., last night, churning up the water and producing and explosion that sounded like the discharge of a twelve-inch gun. The phenomenon occurred during a electrical storm.

The explosion was heard for a distance of twenty miles. In the immediate vicinity windows were broken and crockery shaken from shelves,... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  August 29, 1913
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1965  August 29 - A national record for the month of August was established when 2.5 inches of snow fell atop Mount Washington NH.

Temperatures in New England dipped to 39 degrees at Nantucket MA, and to 25 degrees in Vermont. For many locations it was the earliest freeze of record.

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1885  Ex-Governor Reuben E. Fenton died suddenly Tuesday while sitting at his desk in the First National Bank at Jamestown, N. Y.


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1907  August 29 – The partially completed superstructure of the Quebec Bridge collapses entirely, claiming the lives of 76 workers.

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Monday, August 28, 2017

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Calais, Maine, USA

1870 - Extensive Destruction of Buildings in Calais, Me.
CALAIS, Me., Aug. 27. - A fire broke out this afternoon in the rear of Mr. Samuel Ridout's livery stable, which was destroyed, together with stores occupied by Blake & Taylor, Wm. Todd, Jr., M. Silveston, A. E. Neill, James Perkins, Miss Hill, Boardman Bros., S. S. King & Sons, W. P. Harrison, Wadsworth & Kelley, Nickerson & Ridout, Harton Brothers, Geo. W. Eye, Daniel Hill, C. W. Eye, C. Waite & ... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  August 28, 1870
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Jackson, Mississippi, USA

1885 - WENT THROUGH THE BRIDGE. A TRAIN WRECKED AND MANY PERSONS KILLED AND INJURED.
Jackson, Miss., Aug 27. - The following particulars were received here to-day of a frightful accident on the narrow gauge known at the Little J., which runs from Natchez to Jackson:

The mail and passenger express which left Jackson at 6:30 A.M. went through the bridge over the Pierre Bayou, which is 38 miles east of Natchez. The bridge gave way as the passenger train was on it, and the engine... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  August 28, 1885
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Southeast, New York, USA (Brewster)

1893 - CRASH ON THE HARLEM ROAD. Five Killed and Several Injured, Four of Them Seriously.
Brewster, N. Y., Aug 2 - By the collision which occurred Saturday afternoon on the Harlem Road between trains No. 13 and No. 20, passenger trains between Pond and Dykeman's, the following were killed:

WM. ELLIOTT, engineer train 13.
W. BEST, fireman, train 13.
D. PONETIERE, engineer train 20.
SAMUEL GIBNEY, fireman train 20.
MISS E. REED, daughter of JOHN A. REED, of Brewsters. MR. REED is ... Read MORE...

The Evening Democrat -  Warren, Pennsylvania -  August 28, 1893
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Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

1902 - FIVE PERSONS DROWNED - Steamer Struck Boat in Which They Were Rowing - Victims Employes of a Sanitarium.
Battle Creek, Mich., August 28 - Five employes of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, nurses, probationers and stenographers, were drowned at Lake Goguac last evening as the result of a collision between the steamer Welcome and a rowboat containing a party of young people.

Five girls had been out for a row about the lake with a young man an were returning to the sanitarium villa. The Welcome was... Read MORE...

Brooklyn Eagle -  Brooklyn, New York -  August 28, 1902
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Lewiston, Maine, USA

1903 - WONDERFUL ELECTRICITY. City Hall Has Been Thoroughly Wired and Everything is as Brilliant as Daylight.
The work of wiring City Hall was completed last evening and the lights were turned on for the first time. The large chandelier, in the center of the hall has been removed and a notable improvement made.

The hall was never more thoroughly lighted than last evening when the electrician in charge of the wiring pressed the button and the lights went on. Every part of the work is complete and the... Read MORE...

The Lewiston Daily Sun -  Lewiston, Maine -  August 28, 1903
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA

1908 - FLOODS SUBMERGE N. CAROLINA TOWN - Fayetteville, City of 12,000, Is Now Under Water. Walls Sink In Augusta - Frost Adds Suffering.
Fayetteville, N. C., Aug. 28. - This city, with a population of 12,000, located on Cape Fear river, was almost entirely submerged because of floods of last night and today. Three thousand persons are homeless.

Walls Fall.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 28. - The flood has apparently damaged the foundations of many buildings in the lower part of the city. Today the Central Grammar school collapsed, the... Read MORE...

Waterloo Daily Courier -  Iowa -  August 28, 1908
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Tucson, Arizona, USA

1964 - ARIZONA TORNADO KILLS MOTHER, SON.
Tucson, Ariz., (AP) - A mother and her infant son were killed Thursday when a tornado hit the San Xavier mission area southwest of Tucson.
Killed were MRS. LUCY NORRIS, 31, and her 10-month-old son, MARCIAN.
At least eight others were injured as the small but powerful twister demolished one home and damaged at least two more. Two of the injured were in critical condition.

Several nuns from... Read MORE...

Albuquerque Journal -  Albuquerque, New Mexico -  August 28, 1964
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1907  August 28 - United Parcel Service is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington

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1916  Wire Netting Bathing Suit
A Pittsfield (Mass). man says he will invent a wire netting bathing suit which will be worn in water invaded by sharks.
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Sunday, August 27, 2017

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Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

1846 - Stage Accident.
The Pittsfield Sun states that a bridge near Williamston broke down on Monday evening, precipitating a stage load of eleven passengers 8 or 9 feet into the river. The coach was turned bottom up in its fall, but no one was killed, though all were considerably injured. Among the passengers were Judge Washburn, of Worcester, Rev. Dr. Prime, of New York, Rev. Dr. Davis, of Westfield, and Rev. Dr.... Read MORE...

The Farmers' Cabinet -  Amherst, New Hampshire -  August 27, 1846
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Kittery, Maine, USA

1846  Cabinet Shop Fire

The cabinet shop of Mr. Dame, in Kittery, near Portsmouth, bridge, was destroyed by fire on the 18th, while the workmen were absent at noon. Loss 5 or $600 - no insurance. The fire was caused by a child of four or five years.

The Farmers' Cabinet -  Amherst, New Hampshire -  August 27, 1846
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Greenville, Rhode Island, USA

1851  Passing Counterfeit Bills

In the Police Court this afternoon, Solomon T. Dolbear was examined upon a charge of passing two counterfeit ten dollar bills, one on the Farmers' Exchange Bank of Gloucester, and the other on the Smithfield Exchange Bank of Greenville, R. I. He was held for trial and on default of bail of $2000?, was committed.

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Boston Evening Transcript -  Boston, Massachusetts -  August 27, 1851
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA

1857 - Rescue of the Missing Newburyport Pilot.
The Newburyport Herald of the 25th inst. has the following account of the arrival home of the missing and mourned pilot:-

The day of miracles is passed - so it has, and let it go; but so long as Michael Stevens, Jr., shall live, we shall look upon him as one risen from the dead. While we were all lamenting that this worthy man was gone, and the flags had drooped in mourning for the dead -... Read MORE...

The New York Herald -  New York, New York -  August 27, 1857
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Tiffin, Ohio, USA

1887  Nothing Slow About This Girl.

Celia Forbing, of Kenton, O., was walking through the new court-house at Tiffin with some young friends. Suddenly she stepped up to the marriage record and dared any young man present to take out the papers and make her his. The challenge was accepted by a young man of the party and the know twas tied at Fostoria the same night.

St Joseph Herald  -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  August 27, 1887
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA

1901  TURNED HOSE ON STRIKER. This Was the Revenge Non-Union Men Took Upon a Former Comrade.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 26 - Because Thomas Oldecker, a non-union workman in the Crescent Tin Plate Mill, deserted twenty-five of his non-union comrades, who still remain at work, to-day they turned a water hose on him, drenching him thoroughly...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  August 27, 1901
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Athens, Georgia, USA

1908 - THE DAMAGE AT ATHENS ESTIMATED AT $25,000
Athens, Ga., August 26. - As a result of the flood in the Oconee river the Aichan cotton mills have been forced to close down. The damage to the mill will be about $1,000.

The waterworks plant is also under water, and the damage will reach $1,000.

Four bridges near the city and one in the city limits have been destroyed. The total damage in this vicinity will reach $25,000. No trains have... Read MORE...

The Atlanta Constitution -  Atlanta, Georgia -  August 27, 1908
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1908 - INSULTED - Governor of New York - Saratoga County Fair Sports Refuse To Start Their Horses
So Long as Hughes Was on the Ground - Action is Condemned on All Sides.

Special Dispatch to the Enquirer.
Balston Spa, N.Y., August 26. - An incident unparalleled in the history of the state occurred at the Saratoga County Fair today, when Governor Hughes was humiliated in the eyes of thousands of people by the horsemen, who refused to start their horses while the Governor was on the... Read MORE...

The Cincinnati Enquirer -  Cincinnati, Ohio -  August 27, 1908
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Elgin, Illinois, USA

1911 - 2 KILLED IN ELGIN AUTO RACE - GRANDSTAND COLLAPSES
Elgin, Ill., Aug. 26 - The death of a driver and his mechanician[sic] when their big racing car turned a somersault going at eighty miles an hour and the injury of scores of spectators when a section of the grandstand collapsed, marked the second day of speed madness and record smashing at the great Elgin national road races to-day.

Crowd Wants Excitement.
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The Syracuse Herald -  Syracuse, New York -  August 27, 1911
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1870  The funeral of Admiral Farrigut, at Portsmouth, N. H., on the 17th, was attended by a larger concourse of people than ever assembled in that State on a similar occasion.


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Friday, August 25, 2017

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Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA

1865 - FATAL RAILROAD DISASTER. COLLISION ON THE OIL CREEK RAILROAD. NINE PERSONS INSTANTLY KILLED AND TEN TO FIFTEEN SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
Erie, Penn., Thursday, Aug. 24.
A collision between a passenger and freight train occurred on the Oil Creek Railroad this morning. Nine persons were killed and from ten to fifteen wounded.

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Erie, Penn., Thursday, Aug. 24.
The accident on Oil Creek, near Titusville, was caused by the engineer of the freight train running up on the main track to get on the switch, about the... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  August 25, 1865
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Marklissa, Silesia, Prussia, Germany (Marklissa, Schlesien, Preußen)

1883 - A Little Boston Barber Blown up High
Theodore Voigt, a little German barber, was shaving at the shop of Mr. Chas. Baeumler, No. 25 Avery st. when as Star representative interviewed him. He said: "When I found that my ticket was the lucky one I did not drop my razor and stop work. When I finished I expressed my ticket to M. A. Daupin, New Orleans, La., for collection. $5,000 cash was returned to me for my $1 invested." He is a sober, ... Read MORE...

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Eugene, Oregon, USA

1908  TRAIN STRIKES BULL; 4 PERSONS KILLED

Eugene, Ore., Aug. 24. - Four persons were killed near there last night when the Cottage Grove local train of the Southern Pacific struck a bull on the track and piled up in the ditch. The dead are: John NICHOLS, Portland, engineer; Frank BUTLER, Portland, fireman; Ray SWARTZ, Junction City, Ore.; George BAILEY, Eugene, Ore.

Aberdeen Daily American -  Aberdeen, South Dakota -  August 25, 1908
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Greenwich, Ohio, USA

1927 - BLAST CLAIMS FIRE ON OHIO FARM. GASOLINE CAN EXPLODES IN FARM KITCHEN. MOTHER, THREE DAUGHTERS AND GRANDSON DIE FROM BURNS. SHE USED WRONG CAN. HOUSEWIFE MISTAKES GASOLINE CAN FOR KEROSENE IN BUILDING FIRE.
Norwalk, Aug. 25. - (AP) - Five persons are dead here today as a result of an explosion at a farm house near Greenwich in southern Huron County last night, caused by gasoline which was poured by mistake on a cookstove fire.

The victims were:
MRS. MAY HICKS, 35 years old.
DIVA HICKS, 3 years old, daughter.
MARY HICKS, 8 years old, daughter.
MRS. ROBERT POOL, 18 years old, married... Read MORE...

Newark Advocate -  Newark, Ohio -  August 25, 1927
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Plymouth, Wisconsin, USA

1930 - Fatally Hurt In Attempt To Aid Motorist
Arthur L. Knauer, Farmer In Sheboygan County, Is Death Victim As Result Of Injuries
Struck by an automobile after sliding off a load of hay to give assistance to a motorist whose car had gone in the ditch Saturday afternoon, Arthur L. Knauer, aged 39, of Route 5, Plymouth Hospital at 11:15 p.m., Saturday.

Mr. Knauer and his son, Howard, were on their way to Plymouth on the Krumrey road. Ed.... Read MORE...

Sheboygan Press -  Sheboygan, Wisconsin -  August 25, 1930
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Newton, New Jersey, USA

1948 - 9 SOLDIERS DIE WHEN PLANES CRASH IN AIR.
Newton, N.J., Aug. 25 (AP) - Six U.S. Air Force enlisted men, en route to a religious conference, and three crew members of a C-47 transport were killed yesterday after the big plane swooped out of a cloud bank and collided with a B-25.

The disabled C-47 plummeted to the ground near this northwest New Jersey community, crashed and burned. The B-25, a wing-tip sheared and its three-man crew... Read MORE...

Gettysburg Times -  Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -  August 25, 1948
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Sacramento, California, USA

1972 - SPAN FALL LEAVES MAN CRITICAL.
Sacramento (AP) - One man remained in critical condition Friday after an accident in which tons of construction steel collapsed onto four-lane U.S. 50 from an uncompleted freeway overpass, crushing three vehicles and injuring at least 11 persons.

A spokesman for Sacramento Medical Center said ERNEST DEAN, 25, of Rio Linda was in critical condition with serious head injuries and numerous other... Read MORE...

Star News -  Pasadena, California -  August 25, 1972
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Branford, Connecticut, USA

1865 -ANOTHER RAILROAD DISASTER. PASSENGER TRAIN ON THE NORWICH ROAD THROWN OFF THE TRACK. TEN OR TWELVE PERSONS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
New Haven, Wednesday, Aug. 23.
The Palladium says that about 7 1/ 2 o'clock last night, the evening train from New London ran over a cow, three miles this side of Branford, and the baggage, mail and first passenger cars were thrown from the track.

The baggage car turned a complete somersault down an embankment, and rolled over twice, and was badly smashed.

Almost all the employes of the... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  August 24, 1865
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Potsdam, New York, USA

1889 - A CIRCUS TRAIN WRECKED. BARNUM & BAILEY LOSE VALUABLE TRAINED ANIMALS IN A RAILROAD SMASH-UP. THIRTY-THREE FINE HORSES KILLED.
TWO CAMELS AND A TRICK MULE ALSO PERISHED, AND THIRTY-SIX OTHER ANIMALS WERE INJURED - THE WRECK OCCURRED AT MIDNIGHT ON THE ROME, WATERTOWN AND OGDENSBURG ROAD - ESCAPE OF ATTENDANTS.

(Special To The World.)
Watertown, N.Y., Aug. 23. - Great excitement was caused in Northern New York towns this morning by the report that a section of Barnum & Bailey's circus train had been wrecked between... Read MORE...

New York World -  New York, New York -  August 24, 1889
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Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, USA

1897  BRICK FACTORY FIRE.

Woodbridge, N.J., Aug. 24. - The heavy rain this morning, which did so much damage in this vicinity, was directly responsible for a big fire here. The Salamander fire brick factory was burned to the ground.

Trenton Evening Times  -  Trenton, New Jersey -  August 24, 1897
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA

1907 - RESCUED IN NICK OF TIME.
Miss Lyla Ransom and E. S. Burnett Narrowly Escape Drowning in Lake Mendota.
(Special to The Northwestern.)
Madison, Wis., Aug. 24. - After one of the most terrible experiences ever recorded on the Madison lakes, during which they clung to an upturned canoe for over two hours in the midst of a raging wind and thunder storm on Lake Mendota, Miss. Lyla Ransom of Wingra Park and E. S. Burnett,... Read MORE...

The Daily Northwestern -  Oshkosh, Wisconsin -  August 24, 1907
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Providence, Rhode Island, USA

1908  Luxury Tax on Bachelors

The Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, has issued an "irade" declaring that bachelors should be taxed. Evidently His Honor believes that single-blessedness is a luxury that should be paid for. However that may be in Providence, Rhode Island, it certainly does not hold good in Scranton.

The Scranton Truth -  Scranton, Pennsylvania -  August 24, 1908
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Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

1955  Fall Proves Fatal

St. Petersburg, Fla., (AP) – Mack HOPEEN, 37, a construction worker, rolled off a divan where he was sleeping, struck his neck on the ragged edge of a coffee can used as an ash tray and bled to death. He severed the jugular vein in his neck and died 35 minutes later.

Abilene Reporter News -  Abilene, Texas -  August 24, 1955
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Corona, California, USA

1957 - Train Wrecks Plane
CORONA, Calif. (AP) — Gene Maxwell’s light plane is a wreck. It seems that a train hit it.

Maxwell, 31, was practicing landings when he lost power, brushed some trees and made a near-perfect forced landing—except for one detail. He landed on the Santa Fe right-of-way.

While he was checking his plane and his only injury, a scratched arm, he heard a train whistle. He and several bystanders... Read MORE...

The Milwaukee Sentinel -  Milwaukee, Wisconsin -  August 24, 1957
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Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Ste-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (St-François-Xavier-de-Batiscan)

1841  Boat upset by steamer

On the 16th inst. a small boat crossing from Batiscan to St. Pierre les Becquet, Quebec, was upset by a steamer - three females were drowned; Mrs Radeau, Mrs Cote and Miss Mailbat. They were going to assist at a wedding.

Daily Atlas -  Massachusetts -  August 23, 1841
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1882 - A MURDERER CAPTURED
Arrest of James Conroy for Killing Peter M'Cann, of Saratoga County.

PITTSBURG, Aug. 22. - Several weeks ago a circular was received at Police Head-quarters, in this city, offering a reward of $500 for the arrest of James Conroy, charged with the murder of Peter McCann, at Jobville, Saratoga County, N.Y., on 22d December, 1880. Detective Harrison took charge of the case, and soon secured a... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  August 23, 1882
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Rochester, Minnesota, USA

1883 - DEATH-DEALING CYCLONE. GREAT DESTRUCTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN MINNESOTA. A TRAIN LIFTED FROM THE RAILS AND MANY OF ITS PASSENGERS EITHER KILLED OR FEARFULLY WOUNDED.
Winona, Aug. 22 - A cyclone struck Rochester about 7 o'clock last evening, and one-third of the city is in ruins. All north of the track is devastated, including the Methodist church, Horton's elevator, and many other buildings. The railroad bridge was swept completely away. A freight train ran into a building which was blown on the track at Zambrota Junction, and the fireman, HIGGINS, is... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  August 23, 1883
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1885 - MARY FOLHART'S STORY. Why a Brooklyn Girl was Arrested for Theft.
She Visits a Female Friend to Attend Her Through Illness and Receives a Proposal of Marriage from a Married Man - Going to Saratoga County to Face Her Accuser.

A lank, knowing looking countryman dropped into Police Headquarters yesterday afternoon and asked with an air of great importance for the Superintendent of Police. He was shown into Chief Campbell's room and then reveled his... Read MORE...

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle -  Brooklyn, New York -  August 23, 1885
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Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA

1889 - A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. Three Men Killed by an Accident to a Threshing Machine.
A terrible accident occurred about noon at the farm of CHARLES DINSMORE, eighteen miles southwest of Aberdeen, Dakota. Three men were killed and several others seriously injured by the explosion of a threshing machine engine boiler.

The engineer, FRANK ARHSWOLDT, aged twenty-nine years, was blown seventeen rods and instantly killed. WILLIAM SHEELER, aged twenty-three, was blown twelve rods,... Read MORE...

The Cranbury Press -  New Jersey -  August 23, 1889
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Sharon, Massachusetts, USA

1898 - ONLY FOUR KILLED IN WRECK.
CASUALTIES AT SHARON NOT SO NUMEROUS AS AT FIRST REPORTED - TWO MAY NOT RECOVER.

Sharon, Mass., Aug. 22. - In the excitement and confusion attending the clearing away of the wreckage caused by last night's collision on the New York, New Haven & Hartford road it was reported that seven were killed, four of them being given as unknown. Today it was learned definitely that the total number killed ... Read MORE...

Omaha Daily Bee -  Omaha, Nebraska -  August 23, 1898
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Bakersfield, California, USA

1952 - NEW QUAKE JARS SOUTHLAND, BAKERSFIELD LOSS IN MILLIONS. 2 DEAD, 32 HURT, BUSINESS AREA LEFT SHAMBLES. RESCUERS DIG INTO WRECKAGE, MORE TEMBLORS FEARED.
Bakersfield, Calif. (UP) - Another earthquake rattled windows in Southern California today as Bakersfield dug out of the debris left by the bomblike earth shock that caused the deaths of two persons yesterday, injured at least 32, and made a shambles of the business district.

Police and sheriff's switchboards were deluged with telephone calls from frightened Southern Californians shaken awake... Read MORE...

San Mateo Times -  San Mateo, California -  August 23, 1952
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In his barn is a huge pile of newspapers, an it is said that every newspaper he had received in sixty years lies in that heap. - Hartford Post.

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1894  All the members of the school board in Tiverton, R. I., are women; and the superintendent says the schools of that town are the best conducted in the state.


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Sunday, August 20, 2017

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Concord, New Hampshire, USA

1870  Saw-Mill and Railroad Bridge Burned at Concord, N. H.

SAW-MILL AND RAILROAD BRIDGE BURNED. CONCORD, N. H., Aug. 19.- FARNUM & MARTIN'S steam saw-mill, in West Concord, was destroyed by fire today. The loss is $7,000; insurance, $4,000. The railroad bridge, near by, was also burned. Loss, $2.000.

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  August 20, 1870
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Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

1870  Fire

OTTAWA, Ont., Aug. 19. - Several wealthy farmers have been burned out recently, losing from $8,000 to $10,000 each. GILMOUR'S piling-ground for lumber has been burned with 6,000,000 feet of lumber. The loss is $40,000. The destruction of property by fire within twenty miles of this city is estimated at above $800,000. The city is in considerable danger from fire.

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  August 20, 1870
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North Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA (North Kingston) (Wickford) (Davisville)

1870  The oldest Episcopal church in New England and probably in the United States, is at Wickford, R. I., although it is no longer in use.

It is called St. Paul's and was built in 1707, at North Kingston, about five miles north of Wickford, whence it was removed in 1800 to its present location. During the Revolution it was used as barracks for American soldiers.

St Joseph Herald  -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  August 20, 1870
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Auburn, New York, USA

1870  Planing Mill Fire

AUBURN, N. Y., Aug. 19. - At 12 o'clock last night a fire broke out in the sash and blind factory and planing-mill of EVARTS BROS. The building, which was of wood, and the valuable machinery contained in it, were destroyed. The loss is $15,000, and the insurance $8,000.

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  August 20, 1870
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Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

1890 - DEAD BY DOZENS. THE GRIM TERROR REAPS A GHASTLY HARVEST. FRIGHTFUL DISASTER ON THE RAIL. SIXTEEN SOULS HURRIED TO ETERNITY AND MORE THAN A SCORE OF PEOPLE SCALDED AND MUTILATED.
Boston, Aug. 20. - The Cape Cod and Woods' Hole train on the Old Colony railway was wrecked at Quincy, just the other side of the President's bridge at 1 p.m. yesterday. The disaster was a frightful one, resulting in the death of about twenty persons and the wounding of many others, some of whom are terribly scalded or mutilated. The train was express to Brockton, and from Brockton express to... Read MORE...

Evening Gazette -  Sterling, Illinois -  August 20, 1890
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Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

1900 - BRIDGEPORT'S BOY HERO. Robert Germain, Aged 10, Saved His Little Sister's Life.
Bridgeport, Aug., 20 - Rena Germain of Whiting Street, is at the Bridgeport hospital suffering from probably fatal burns. She is only five years old and if she lives she owes her life to the heroic actions of her brother Robert, aged 10. While playing with matches early yesterday the little girl ignited her night-robe. The inflammable material blazed up in a second and she was enveloped in... Read MORE...

New Haven Register -  New Haven, Connecticut -  August 20, 1900
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Seymour, Connecticut, USA

1955 - Hurricane Diane
...At Seymour, Conn., flood victims watched the angry Naugatuck River undermine a cemetery, upending tombstones and digging out concrete vaults and coffins. Cemetery workers carried corpses from broken coffins.

While downstream communities built hasty sandbag dikes and evacuated low lying districts, strickin cities upstream reported with relief that the flood crest there had been... Read MORE...

Chester Times -  Pennsylvania -  August 20, 1955
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Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

1955  Hurricane Diane

...Flood waters apparently hit hardest at Stroudsburg, Pa., with at least 20 counted dead, and Waterbury, Conn., where at least 15 persons were reported to have lost their lives. The Naugatuck River roared through Waterbury, tearing out power lines and sweeping away buildings. It was "the worst disaster Waterbury has ever seen," said Fire Chief FRANCIS T. SCULLY...

Chester Times -  Pennsylvania -  August 20, 1955
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Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

1955 - RHODE ISLAND DAM BURSTS.
Woonsocket, R. I., (AP) - This industrial city of 50,000, third largest in Rhode Island, was under a state of emergency today with some 500 families evacuated after rain-swollen Horseshoe Dam burst, flooding a four mile square congested tenement and small store area. Gov. Dennis J. Roberts and Woonsocket Mayor Kevin A. Coleman both declared a state of emergency last night. Roberts ordered three... Read MORE...

The Capital -  Annapolis, Maryland -  August 20, 1955
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Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA (Valley Falls) (Ashton) (Cumberland Hill)

1853 - AWFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. FOURTEEN LIVES LOST. THIRTY OR FORTY SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Disagreeable necessity obliges us to shock the sensibilities of our readers, by the recital of another horrible calamity from a collision of Railway trains.

At 8 o'clock, yesterday morning, a collision occurred on the Providence and Worcester Railroad, which caused the death of fourteen persons, and seriously injured about forty more. The collision occurred between the regular up train and the ... Read MORE...

The Ohio Organ -  Cincinnati, Ohio -  August 19, 1853
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Andover, Massachusetts, USA

1857 - Watched People Search for Her
The Andover Mass. Advertiser tells a story of a woman belonging to that town, who had a falling out with her husband, and threatened to drown herself in the 'great pond.' Her husband was not at first alarmed, but at length she disappeared; soon her bonnet and shawl were discovered at the water's edge, the alarm spread throughout the neighborhood; diligent search was initiated. Several persons... Read MORE...

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Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

1865 - EXTENSIVE FIRE. The Spirit of Fire After Connecticut Buttons - Heavy Loss.
NEW-HAVEN, Friday, Aug. 18.
The large button factory of MALTBY, MORTON & Co., in Waterbury, Conn., was totally destroyed by fire this morning at 3 o'clock.

The building was entirely of wood, three stories high, and it burned like a cinder. The loss is $80,000. Insured $40,000.

The fire was probably the work of an incendiary.
A large number of hands are thrown out of employment.
The... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  August 19, 1865
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Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro)

1886 - THE BRIDGE GAVE WAY. A FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT NEAR BRATTLEBOROUGH, VT.
BRATTLEBOROUGH, Vt., Aug. 18. - An accident occurred on the narrow gauge railroad here to-night, in which the engineer of a train and one passenger were killed and seven other passengers were seriously injured. The scene of the accident was one mile from the village, at the mouth of West River, where a bridge, constructed of wood and iron, 200 feet long, spanned the stream 60 feet above the... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  August 19, 1886
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1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)
Aspirin Discoverer Dies an Unknown Man

"CHICAGO (UPI) - In these days of deadlines and taxes and other headaches, offer a cheer for Felix Hoffmann, one of the world's great painkillers.

Hoffmann solved a problem and narrowed the odds in mankind's fight with misery He developed our most popular drug - acetylsalicylic acid, better known as aspirin.

By whatever name, its annual worldwide... Read MORE...

Simpson's Leader-Times -  Kittanning, Pennsylvania -  August 19, 1971
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Davenport, Iowa, USA

1897  EXPLOSION IN A SIRUP REFINERY. Causes a Fire and Loss of Life.

Davenport, Iowa - August 19 - An explosion of dust knocked out two walls of the elevator of the Davenport Sirup Refinery to day. John RAPP and John RAHN, two men in the cupola, were forced to jump sixty feet and were badly injured. Wm. WOLF, a farmer, was fatally crushed, and his seven year old daughter was killed. Frank STEVENS was also injured. The building took fire and was destroyed.

Madison Courier -  Madison, Indiana -  August 19, 1897
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Athol, Massachusetts, USA

1907 - WRECK AT ATHOL.
Engine and Five Freight Cars Derailed - Wreck Crew Has Ten Hours Task Clearing Up.

The Boston & Maine wreck train was called out from this city early Sunday morning and the crew were given a 10 hours' task in clearing up a bad freight wreck which had occurred in the freight yards at Athol half an hour after midnight, in which a large freight locomotive tipped over and slid down a small... Read MORE...

The Fitchburg Sentinel -  Fitchburg, Massachusetts -  August 19, 1907
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1914 - Married 52 Years - Mr. and Mrs. George W. Salisbury will observe anniversary tomorrow
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Salisbury, who reside at No. 1 ½ Lewis Street are congratulating themselves that if they live until tomorrow they have reached the fifty-second anniversary of their marriage. Although for the first three years of their married life they did not see each other and were thus forced to dispense with what is commonly known as the honeymoon, Mr. Salisbury says that they have... Read MORE...

The Auburn Citizen -  Auburn, New York -  Wednesday August 19, 1914
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Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

1929 - SIX LOSE THEIR LIVES IN BLAZE. SEVERAL OTHERS INJURED WHEN FIRE DESTROYS ROOMING HOUSE AT LITTLE ROCK.
Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 19 - (AP) - Six persons were burned to death and several others injured or burned in a fire in a rooming house here today.

Explosion of a gas cooking stove started the fire which trapped the victims in their upstairs rooms. The house was a fourteen room frame structure and the blaze spread rapidly through it.

The dead are:
SAMUEL J. ARCHER, 17.
HIRAM EVANS.
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Centralia Daily Journal -  Centralia, Washington -  August 19, 1929
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Plymouth, Wisconsin, USA

1930 - Kick By A Dead Horse Puts Man In The Hospital
Plymouth. - Paradoxical as it may seem, Walter Brickner was confined to the hospital here today as the result of being kicked by a dead horse.
Brickner, an employe of the Edward W. Bohnsack company at their rendering plant outside the city limits, was watching two workmen remove the carcas of a horse. One of the hind legs swing around suddenly, hitting him in the head and rendering him... Read MORE...

The Sheboygan Press -  Sheboygan, Wisconsin -  August 19, 1930
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Torrington, Connecticut, USA

1955  Hurricane Diane

...Connecticut Hit. And in Connecticut, Gov. ABRAHAM RIBICOFF ordered units of the National Guard to Torrington where the Naugatuck River and its tributaries were swollen. Flash floods developed in the Connecticut River Valley from Montague City southward...

Chester Times -  Pennsylvania -  August 19, 1955
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Oswego, New York, USA

1957 - GAS BLAST IN TUNNEL FATAL TO 4.
Oswego, N.Y. (AP) - An explosion tore through a tunnel cut in rock 100 feet below Lake Ontario and killed three construction workers yesterday. The blast turned the 6,250-foot tunnel into a gas-filled death trap that claimed another worker's life today.

The fourth man was overcome as he worked with a crew trying to bring out the bodies of the three blast victims early this morning.
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Chester Times -  Chester, Pennsylvania -  August 19, 1957
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1895  August 19 - American frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas.

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