15 Oct 1891
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1891
Page
1
A furious gale rages over England Ireland and southern Scotland for hours wrecking many ships and damaging houses and chimneys. Channel boats cannot cross Helensburg is flooded as waves batter the pier and lighthouse.
A Alexandria dispatch notes General Lee’s condition improving slightly. A Wyoming man in Casper jail set fire to his cell. Florida horticulturalists seek three acres for an orange grove and exhibit at a world fair. London reports Irish steamer Norwegian docking Glasgow with crew from Devonshire abandoned west of Tory Island. Dallas ruling challenges alien land law with alien company note on land payment. A New York Beach tragedy follows a young girl found murdered at Bedloe’s Island. A negro found guilty of poisoning attempts in another tale, then saved by medical aid after self-harm. The Wonderful Herrmann announces a new stage show with illusions and novelties. Atlanta Journal reports three new depots ordered by the railroad commission. A social party honors Miss Hattie Clarke at 118 Prince Street.
In a typhoon the Archus of New Chwang was wrecked at Nasgaski harbor with all hands lost. The crew were Chinese except for European captain and officers. Fourteen escaped Russian railway convicts killed three farm residents for clothes. a French officer and a Russian band master were killed. None of the convicts recaptured at latest report.
Henry Harrison son of Gypsy chief Isandé Harrison died in a Dayton boarding house after typhoid fever. Tribesmen plan a spring funeral near Dayton with the young man’s furniture wagon and possessions placed in a tomb per custom. The report also notes local fire deaths and several unrelated incidents and meetings from Oct 14.
The consecration at Trinity Church marked a historic Episcopal ceremony with Bishop John Williams presiding. Rev. Arthur and Rev. John Colton Brooks attended. Brooks faced opposition before election. Brooks, born in Boston in 1836, rose from Harvard to lead Trinity Church and is famed for his rapid pulpit delivery and Low Church views.
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