Drought, Revolutions, and Fires Across continents
From Liverpool to Kentucky to Venezuela and California, reports describe a gunpowder magazine blast in Maysville causing 13 houses to fall and $50,000 to $100,000 in damage, shifting to Venezuela’s Paez rebellion and Garces atrocities, then drought woes and ship news. California endures six major fires across cities including San Francisco Sacramento and Columbia with multi‑hundred thousand dollar losses.
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United States
Canada
Liverpool
Maysville
Kentucky
Puerto Cabello
Revolutionary Party
Venezuela
Garces
Monagus
Paez
Coro
Caraches
Holland
Laguayra
New York
City of
Glasgow
Hollins
Boston
Washington
San Juan
U. S
Santa Anna
Vittoria
Soto la Marina
Havannah
Porto Rico
California
San Francisco
St. Charles Hotel
Sacramento
Columbia
Calaveras County
West Indian emigrants aboard Atrate reach Havannah to Africa
The Royal Mail steamship Atrate arrived with West Indian mails and 81 emancipated slaves bound for Africa from Havannah. The passengers include men, women, and children, some seized from Africa who bought freedom. Many are tattooed to show tribal ties and all speak Spanish.
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West Indies
Royal Mail Company
Atrate
Havannah
Africa
Southampton
Jamaica
Greytown
India
China
Indian Overland Mail
Marseilles
Barmah
Moung Sing
Sarawak
Ava
Grant
Ducoity
Caiu
Russia
Central Asia
Turkey
Persia
Calcutta
Bengal
Council of India
Bombay
Morton
Liverpool
Canara
Byndoor
William Grew
James Thompson
Siddee
William Foster
Japan
Pekin
Nankin
Abergeldie
Rapid
87TH
87Th Regiment
Costelloc
Herusband
Overland Mail
Hygeia
Fornia
Victoria
Hong Kong
Lady Nugent
Bannermann
Madras
25Th Regiment of
Madras Native Infantry
Rangoon
Lady
Gold rush bursts across Tasmanian coast and new digs rise
Reports from Australia note a favorable season with abundant rains and strong settlement progress. New gold fields open at Tarrengower and Omeo Gippsland, where a 19½ ounce nugget was found. Old fields supply steadily. Sir George Grey approves immediate creation of a Western Australia bishopric seated in Perth.
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Australia
Tarrengower
Omeo
Gipps’ Land
Sir George Grey
Western Australia
Perth
Harvest weather and trials mark Irish news from Limerick to Man
The Odessa sails from Limerick to Quebec with 286 aboard as harvests swell and fishery yields rise in the west. Reports touch on Treland’s Estates Court, a longshore auction of the Commercial Journal estate, and O Briens’s Belgian arrival rumor. A Manx teen’s hydrophobia case follows a dog bite, while a Capel Court dock incident leads to two months’ detention. A dramatic funeral amid mockery ends with severe public raucousness over the Church of Rome dispute.
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Odessa
Limerick
Quebec
Ireland
Treland
Luke White
County Longford
Lareen
Ballyshannon
Samuel White
Rillakee
Commercial Journal
Henry Shaw
Robert M. Chamney
Sita O'Brien
Munster
Smith O'Brien
Belgium
O'Brien
Lord Palmerston
van Diemen's Land
Haywood Daly
T. Daly
Eaonistyman
Douglas
Isle of Man
Carrickfergus
Domars
Samuel Mortimer
Ellen Harry
Capel-court Dock
William Bowes
Lord Clarendon
Mortimer
Donnybrook Fair
Thady Connellan
England
Church of Rome
Stafford
Weaver Hills
Couldon Low
Mogan
Cornwall
John Spargo
Geyrteman Kittep
Edward Varnish
Brompton
London
Angel Hotel
Liverpool
America
Atherton Buildings
John Bigley
Stubbs
Varnish
Ganotte Ronsenies Py
Mer
Manchester City
Thomas Dornan
Brown
Garotte
Salford
Liverpool Spring
Thomas Fletcher
Manchester
Myrstenxious
Maggiep Womas
William Bowen
Kilgerran
David Mathias
Cardigan
Cladestine
Sheffield
Frankfort
Hamburg
Madame Anna
Hotham-street
Germany
War Megtino
Newcastle
Russia
Ralph Dodds
George Crawshay
Hanks S and Crawshay
Tyneside
Turkey
Europe
Rioters Go Unchecked at Parish Graveyard Disturbance
In a churchyard ceremony the solemn duty was held with no police present to manage the disturbance or record rioters names, despite notice to a nearby magistrate that a riot might occur, the Achill Missionary Herald reports.
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Achill Missionary Herald
Aberdeen Journal Notes Scottish Telegraph Move and Local News
Aberdeen Journal reports the electric telegraph may be online by late November. The Earl of Eglinton plans a Glasgow City Hall banquet on October 4, while Rev. Alexander Boyd of Crimond dies suddenly. Other items cover Montrose representation rumors, storms in Yester, a Thurso dress theft, Italian crusader visits, a large salmon catch, a Baptists denouncement in Duthil, and various local misfortunes and moral anecdotes.
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TeLecearu
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Journal
Scorist
Bion
Earl of Eglintoun
Council
The
Association For the Vindication of Scottish Rights
Glasgow
Alex. Boyd
Crimond
Cordiner
Memsie
Boyd
Aberdeen Free Press
Hume
Montrose Standard
Fara
Temperstoru
Yester
East Lothian
Edinburgh Courant
Thurso
Wick
Gayazzi
Scotland
America
Lord Cranstoun
Star Hotel
Montrose
Free Church of Duthil
Lynch
Cowgate
Edinburgh
Cupar
Agnes Brogan
Apparent Irish suspects seized in Derbyshire murder case
Two Irish laborers Patrick Mooney and Patrick Fitzgerald were apprehended at Whittington near Chesterfield on charges of aiding in the murder of Private Edward Foyle of the 1st Dragoon Guards. They are to be transported to Liverpool before sailing to Ireland amid official proceedings.
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Patrick Mooney
Patrick Fitzgerald
Whittington
Chesterfield
Edward Foyle
1St Dragoon Guards
Moorfield
Newbridge
Kildare
Hopkins
Walby
Liverpool
Ireland
Calvert
Derbyshire
Staffordshire
High Peak
Ashford
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