Catskill, New York, USA
1869 - BOILER EXPLOSION. A PAPER MILL AT CATSKILL VILLAGE DEMOLISHED - SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED.
Hudson, N.Y., Nov. 15, 1869.
A terrible boiler explosion occurred in Storms' paper mill at Catskill Village at half-past eleven o'clock this morning. The building was completely demolished, and... Read MORE...
New York Herald - New York, New York - November 16, 1869
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1869 - BOILER EXPLOSION. A PAPER MILL AT CATSKILL VILLAGE DEMOLISHED - SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED.
Hudson, N.Y., Nov. 15, 1869.
A terrible boiler explosion occurred in Storms' paper mill at Catskill Village at half-past eleven o'clock this morning. The building was completely demolished, and... Read MORE...
New York Herald - New York, New York - November 16, 1869
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1883 - November 18 – U.S. and Canadian railroads institute 5 standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
UNIFORM TIME
Exactly at noon on Sunday, as has been announced, the new system of uniform time will be put into effect by the leading railroad companies; and, instead of fifty different standards,... Read MORE...
The Courier-Journal - Louisville, Kentucky - November 16, 1883
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UNIFORM TIME
Exactly at noon on Sunday, as has been announced, the new system of uniform time will be put into effect by the leading railroad companies; and, instead of fifty different standards,... Read MORE...
The Courier-Journal - Louisville, Kentucky - November 16, 1883
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San Bernadino, California, USA
1892 - HOTEL BLOCK FIRE.
At San Bernardino, Cal., the Stewart Hotel block, the finest in the city, including the San Bernardino National bank, was burned.
Losses aggregate $200,000, partly insured.
The cause is as of yet... Read MORE...
The Indiana Progress - Indiana, Pennsylvania - November 16, 1892
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1892 - HOTEL BLOCK FIRE.
At San Bernardino, Cal., the Stewart Hotel block, the finest in the city, including the San Bernardino National bank, was burned.
Losses aggregate $200,000, partly insured.
The cause is as of yet... Read MORE...
The Indiana Progress - Indiana, Pennsylvania - November 16, 1892
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Springport, New York, USA (Union Springs)
1884 - Aged 112 Years, and Never Rode in a Railroad Car in Her Life
Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 16. - Mrs. Phoebe Brockway, who, on account of her extreme age, has of late enjoyed the distinction of being, next to Courtney, the oarsman, the greatest natural curiosity of... Read MORE...
The Kansas City Star - Kansas City, Missouri - November 16, 1884
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1884 - Aged 112 Years, and Never Rode in a Railroad Car in Her Life
Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 16. - Mrs. Phoebe Brockway, who, on account of her extreme age, has of late enjoyed the distinction of being, next to Courtney, the oarsman, the greatest natural curiosity of... Read MORE...
The Kansas City Star - Kansas City, Missouri - November 16, 1884
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Fish Cakes - Cold boiled codfish, either fresh or salt, remove the bones and mince the meat; ...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., September 2, 1881
Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
1959 - 2 Boys Perish In Gravel Pit
WELLESLEY, Mass. (AP) - Two young playmates perished yesterday when they were accidentally buried in a gravel pit opposite Wellesley College.
The victims were MARK KETCHUM, 12, one of three... Read MORE...
The Corpus Christi Times - Corpus Christi, Texas - November 16, 1959
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1959 - 2 Boys Perish In Gravel Pit
WELLESLEY, Mass. (AP) - Two young playmates perished yesterday when they were accidentally buried in a gravel pit opposite Wellesley College.
The victims were MARK KETCHUM, 12, one of three... Read MORE...
The Corpus Christi Times - Corpus Christi, Texas - November 16, 1959
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Durham, Connecticut, USA
1956 - Boy, 4, IS DROWNED IN FREAK ACCIDENT
DURHAM, Nov. 16. (UP) Stanley Soule, 4, drowned yesterday in a freak accident near his farm home.
State police said the boy was playing with two other youngsters near a shallow well when he fell... Read MORE...
The Bridgeport Post - Bridgeport, Connecticut - November 16, 1956
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1956 - Boy, 4, IS DROWNED IN FREAK ACCIDENT
DURHAM, Nov. 16. (UP) Stanley Soule, 4, drowned yesterday in a freak accident near his farm home.
State police said the boy was playing with two other youngsters near a shallow well when he fell... Read MORE...
The Bridgeport Post - Bridgeport, Connecticut - November 16, 1956
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1932 November 16 – New York City's Palace Theatre fully converts to a cinema, which is considered the final death knell of vaudeville as a popular entertainment in the United States.
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