Welcome to our blog, where we embark on a captivating journey through time, exploring the rich tapestry of history and genealogy.
In this edition, we'll delve into the treasure trove of historical news articles dated August 17, unearthing stories that resonate with genealogists and history enthusiasts alike.
From local happenings to global events, we'll uncover the stories that shaped the lives of our ancestors, providing valuable insights for those on a quest to discover their roots.
So, grab your magnifying glass and step into the past as we unravel the August 17 historical headlines that may hold the missing pieces of your family's history puzzle.
Rye, New Hampshire, USA (Rye Beach)
The most serious fire for years at Rye Beach and one that threatened several nearby costly summer residences, occurred early this morning when the Marden House, one of the best hotels on the New Hampshire coast, burned to the ground. The hotel, a three-story structure located on Sea Road, Allen's Corner, took fire shortly after two o'clock in a shed used for the storage of automobiles and spread to the barn, ice house and main building, which are all connected.
The guests were quickly... Read MORE...
The Portsmouth Herald - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - August 17, 1912
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1912 - BIG FIRE AT RYE BEACH. WELL KNOWN MARDEN HOUSE COMPLETELY DESTROYED AT EARLY HOUR THIS MORNING.
The most serious fire for years at Rye Beach and one that threatened several nearby costly summer residences, occurred early this morning when the Marden House, one of the best hotels on the New Hampshire coast, burned to the ground. The hotel, a three-story structure located on Sea Road, Allen's Corner, took fire shortly after two o'clock in a shed used for the storage of automobiles and spread to the barn, ice house and main building, which are all connected.
The guests were quickly... Read MORE...
The Portsmouth Herald - Portsmouth, New Hampshire - August 17, 1912
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Shaker's Blood Syrup
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Old Orchard Beach, Maine, USA
Old Orchard, Me., Aug. 16. - Two lives were lost and five persons were injured, three seriously, in the fire which swept through this seashore resort last night, causing a loss of $800,000, with insurance of about one-third.
The dead are PHILIP PARTRIDGE of Kennebunk, who was killed by a locomotive while crossing the track on the way to the fire, and an unidentified man, who was blown to pieces by the explosion of a soda tank.
Among the injured are the REV. RUFUS H. JONES, pastor of... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - August 17, 1907
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1907 - 2 DEAD IN OLD ORCHARD FIRE. FIVE PERSONS INJURED - THE LOSS $800,000 AND SEASON CLOSED.
Old Orchard, Me., Aug. 16. - Two lives were lost and five persons were injured, three seriously, in the fire which swept through this seashore resort last night, causing a loss of $800,000, with insurance of about one-third.
The dead are PHILIP PARTRIDGE of Kennebunk, who was killed by a locomotive while crossing the track on the way to the fire, and an unidentified man, who was blown to pieces by the explosion of a soda tank.
Among the injured are the REV. RUFUS H. JONES, pastor of... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - August 17, 1907
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Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Another of those terrific accidents occurred yesterday on the Philadelphia and Pottsville Railroad, which can always be avoided by a simple attention to the duty of a Railroad agent: never start a car when a train from an opposite direction is due; let no persuasion induce you to depart from this rule. Yesterday morning about three o'clock, this collision took place about two miles above Reading, between a train of empty ascending cars and a train of descending burden cars loaded with coal. The ... Read MORE...
The Voice Of Freedom - Montpelier, Vermont - August 17, 1843
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1843 - Railroad Collision
Another of those terrific accidents occurred yesterday on the Philadelphia and Pottsville Railroad, which can always be avoided by a simple attention to the duty of a Railroad agent: never start a car when a train from an opposite direction is due; let no persuasion induce you to depart from this rule. Yesterday morning about three o'clock, this collision took place about two miles above Reading, between a train of empty ascending cars and a train of descending burden cars loaded with coal. The ... Read MORE...
The Voice Of Freedom - Montpelier, Vermont - August 17, 1843
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Pickeled Peaches - Nine pounds of peaches, three pounds of sugar and three quarts of good cider vinegar. Peel the peaches and stick two cloves in each peach, then put them in the sugar and vinegar in a porcelain lined kettle. Cook from five...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., August 25, 1880
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
An Engine and Two Cars Plunge From a Trestle Forty Feet Above Ground Near Lincoln, Neb. - The Work of Train Wreckers - Horrible Fate of the Victims.
A fearful wreck, involving the loss of eleven lives, one engine and two cars, occurred five miles south of Lincoln, Neb., on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad where it crosses on a high trestle the tracks of the Union Pacific and Burlington and Missouri River Railroads, shortly after 10 o'clock p. m. All indications point to train... Read MORE...
The Cranbury Press - New Jersey - August 17, 1894
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1894 - DEAD IN A FIERY WRECK. PASSENGERS BURNED IN A RAILROAD DISASTER.
An Engine and Two Cars Plunge From a Trestle Forty Feet Above Ground Near Lincoln, Neb. - The Work of Train Wreckers - Horrible Fate of the Victims.
A fearful wreck, involving the loss of eleven lives, one engine and two cars, occurred five miles south of Lincoln, Neb., on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad where it crosses on a high trestle the tracks of the Union Pacific and Burlington and Missouri River Railroads, shortly after 10 o'clock p. m. All indications point to train... Read MORE...
The Cranbury Press - New Jersey - August 17, 1894
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Ill., Aug. 16. - Five persons were killed and eleven others were injured, three seriously, early today by the collapse of a two-story frame boarding house at 55 Fry Street. Four persons were instantly killed and the fifth died a few minutes after being taken to a hospital. The bodies of the dead were taken from the ruins by policemen and firemen, who risked their lives when compelled to crawl under the wrecked building to reach them.
The dead are:
MRS. ANNIE NOSAL, 35 years old.
Her ... Read MORE...
New York Times - New York, New York - August 17, 1907
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1907 - FIVE KILLED AS HOUSE FALLS. ELEVEN OTHERS INJURED IN AN EARLY MORNING CRASH IN CHICAGO.
Chicago, Ill., Aug. 16. - Five persons were killed and eleven others were injured, three seriously, early today by the collapse of a two-story frame boarding house at 55 Fry Street. Four persons were instantly killed and the fifth died a few minutes after being taken to a hospital. The bodies of the dead were taken from the ruins by policemen and firemen, who risked their lives when compelled to crawl under the wrecked building to reach them.
The dead are:
MRS. ANNIE NOSAL, 35 years old.
Her ... Read MORE...
New York Times - New York, New York - August 17, 1907
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Men
Having made your choice, and obtained the object of your desire, let it be your ambition that both she and those who gave her to you may ever find increasing cause to rejoice in the...Read MORE...
The Young Husband’s Book, 1837
Aurora, Illinois, USA
Aurora, Ill., Aug. 16. - A passenger train on the Northwestern road ran through an open switch here this evening, crashing into a car loaded with carboys of acid. The fluid scattered in every direction adding to the deadly work done by the collision.
The killed are:
THOMAS ROSH, Aurora.
The injured were:
Fred Robinson, Aurora, badly burned by acid
Arthur Robinson, Aurora, frightfully burned
Mrs. Nancy Smith, Chicago, nose broken
Conductor Charlson, Aurora, back injured
Brakeman... Read MORE...
The Aspen Weekly Times - Aspen, Colorado - August 17, 1895
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1895 - BOYS KILLED AT AURORA. A Train Ran Into an Open Switch Where They Played.
Aurora, Ill., Aug. 16. - A passenger train on the Northwestern road ran through an open switch here this evening, crashing into a car loaded with carboys of acid. The fluid scattered in every direction adding to the deadly work done by the collision.
The killed are:
THOMAS ROSH, Aurora.
The injured were:
Fred Robinson, Aurora, badly burned by acid
Arthur Robinson, Aurora, frightfully burned
Mrs. Nancy Smith, Chicago, nose broken
Conductor Charlson, Aurora, back injured
Brakeman... Read MORE...
The Aspen Weekly Times - Aspen, Colorado - August 17, 1895
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Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)
Maker of Bomb Very Depressed - Southbridge, Mass. August 17 (UP) - A scientist who helped develop the atomic bomb said today, with permission of the War Department, that he became so depressed over the possibilities of the projectile, that he hoped its eventual use "would fail".
Dr. E. D. Tillyer and Dr. Alexis G. Pincus, research scientists at the American Optical Company, disclosed today that they kept their work secret even from their wives for the past two and a half years.
"Every few ... Read MORE...
The Citizen Advertiser - Auburn, New York - Friday, August 17, 1945
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1945 - Maker of Bomb Very Depressed
Maker of Bomb Very Depressed - Southbridge, Mass. August 17 (UP) - A scientist who helped develop the atomic bomb said today, with permission of the War Department, that he became so depressed over the possibilities of the projectile, that he hoped its eventual use "would fail".
Dr. E. D. Tillyer and Dr. Alexis G. Pincus, research scientists at the American Optical Company, disclosed today that they kept their work secret even from their wives for the past two and a half years.
"Every few ... Read MORE...
The Citizen Advertiser - Auburn, New York - Friday, August 17, 1945
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1867 August 17 - Sunday before last, at Clarendon, Michigan, while several young people were returning from meeting in a carriage, a furious bull pursued them four miles.
By running the team they arrived at home and drove in the yard just in time to escape him.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn, New York
August 17, 1867
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1852 Destructive Fire at Conway, Mass.
Springfield, Mass., Monday, Aug. 16. The Dye and Storage House of the Conway Manufacturing Company, in Conway, Mass., was burnt this morning with its contents, consisting of about 50,000 lbs. of wool. The loss is about $20,000. Insured from $15,000 to $18,000.
The New York Times
New York, New York
August 17, 1852
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1899 August 17 – A Hurricane San Ciriaco makes landfall in North Carolina's Outer Banks, completely destroying the town of Diamond City.
On August 17, 1899, Hurricane San Ciriaco, one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes in Atlantic history, struck the North Carolina Outer Banks with devastating force. Diamond City, a small settlement on the barrier islands, bore the brunt of the storm's fury. The hurricane, named after the Catholic Saint of Ciriaco, packed winds exceeding 100 miles per hour and brought with it a storm surge that inundated the low-lying coastal areas. Diamond City, already vulnerable due to its...
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August 17, 1899
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By running the team they arrived at home and drove in the yard just in time to escape him.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn, New York
August 17, 1867
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1852 Destructive Fire at Conway, Mass.
Springfield, Mass., Monday, Aug. 16. The Dye and Storage House of the Conway Manufacturing Company, in Conway, Mass., was burnt this morning with its contents, consisting of about 50,000 lbs. of wool. The loss is about $20,000. Insured from $15,000 to $18,000.
The New York Times
New York, New York
August 17, 1852
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1899 August 17 – A Hurricane San Ciriaco makes landfall in North Carolina's Outer Banks, completely destroying the town of Diamond City.
On August 17, 1899, Hurricane San Ciriaco, one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes in Atlantic history, struck the North Carolina Outer Banks with devastating force. Diamond City, a small settlement on the barrier islands, bore the brunt of the storm's fury. The hurricane, named after the Catholic Saint of Ciriaco, packed winds exceeding 100 miles per hour and brought with it a storm surge that inundated the low-lying coastal areas. Diamond City, already vulnerable due to its...
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August 17, 1899
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1915 August 17 - A hurricane hit Galveston, TX, with wind gusts to 120 mph and a twelve foot storm surge.
The storm claimed 275 lives, including forty-two on Galveston Island, with most deaths due to drowning. Of 250 homes built outside the seawall (which was constructed after the catastrophic hurricane of 1900), just ten percent were left standing.
The Weather Channel
August 17, 1915
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1892 Sisters Die in Fire
Yesterday at Lavaltrie, Canada, the two daughters of Amede Lachance, aged 4 and 10 years, were burned to death in their father's house.
Middletown Times-Press
Middletown, New York
August 17, 1892
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The storm claimed 275 lives, including forty-two on Galveston Island, with most deaths due to drowning. Of 250 homes built outside the seawall (which was constructed after the catastrophic hurricane of 1900), just ten percent were left standing.
The Weather Channel
August 17, 1915
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1892 Sisters Die in Fire
Yesterday at Lavaltrie, Canada, the two daughters of Amede Lachance, aged 4 and 10 years, were burned to death in their father's house.
Middletown Times-Press
Middletown, New York
August 17, 1892
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America - Did you know?
In 1565, Saint Augustine, Florida, settled by the Spanish, became the first permanent European colony in North America.
Quebec - Did you know?
In New France, the vast majority of newcomers were either soldiers or indentured workers. Before crossing the Atlantic, the indentured workers had signed a contract providing for a predetermined stay. Most of them saw it as a temporary contract, not ...Read MORE...History of Quebec for Dummies by Eric Bedard, published by John Wiley & Sons, Canada, Ltd.
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