The Great Hatton Garden Swindle Ends in Vanished Diamonds
In Hatton Garden, an American posing as a Colonel helps Vanderstroom plan a £3,300 laundering of diamonds. A forged memo signed by Vanderstroom enables a fake secretary to obtain the pocketbook, leaving the diamonds and notes vanished. Scotland Yard links the case to a thief named Flash Cassady. no one is caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crapter
Hatton Garden
London
Cornelius the Lesser
Yankee Vanderstroom
Cornelius
New York Harbor
Tom Tiddler
Arizona
Offica
Vanderstroom
Cornaliva Vanderetroom
Vaneratroom
Himmel
Cornelius Vanderstroom
Scotland Yard
Blatchford
Supreme Court
America
R. G. Dyrenforth
Sahara
New York Press
Secretary of Agriculture
Texas
Warrera
The
New York Tribune
Ardemus Stewart
American Law Register
Notable Dates in Music History Through 1793
A chronological chronicle lists composers and works from 1749 to 1793, noting performances and premieres in Florence, Berlin, London, Paris, Vienna, and Naples. It cites Pergolesi, Clementi, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Gluck, Piccini, Backers, Zingarelli, Cherubini, Cimarosa, and Vasanini with brief event notes and a humorous intervening anecdote about a street vendor.
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Flaminio
Pergolesi
Florence
Clemente
Mozart
Bach
Berlin
Haydn
London
Mara
Gluck
Paris
Marie Antoinette
Burney
Piccini
Backers
Montezuma
Zingarelli
Banario
Naples
Imperial Theater
Vienna
Cherubini
Cimarosa
Leopold HH
Woell
Vasanini
Diverse notes on nations, rulers, and legal theory
Nicaragua's rich resources and diverse exports are noted alongside reflections on California trees, Justice Blatchford, General Wallace on Turkish cavalry, rainmaking claims by R G Dyrenforth, Belgium's Sunday stamp, Missouri river clean up, and evolving legal evidence debates. The mix spans geography, people, and law with multiple named figures.
Wonders of Railroad Wrecking and Recovery
The article describes wrecking methods for derailed cars and engines using derricks and hydraulic jacks. It covers placing cars upon temporary tracks, lifting and shifting components, and handling engines with care. When wrecks lie in rivers, continuous work with rafts and graded banks can take days or weeks to recover and bring the wreck ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Population history debates and biblical era estimates
A writer argues against precise global population figures, suggesting a 13 percent annual death rate would renew the world every thirteen years. Using rough math with a billion as a base, the piece estimates about 462 billion people might have lived since creation, noting modern populations are denser and Christ era data is unavailable.
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Toeu
Christ
Jerusalem
Goldthwaite
Also Mentioned on This Page
Great Hatton Garden
Authors” Alliance
Qreat
Burpowes
Barter
Nicaragua
Buffalo Courier
California
Lew Walllace
Europe
Bull Run Russell
Wallace
Belgium
Leopold II
T. Vandenpeeveboun
Railways, Telegraph, and Poste
Missouri
Sioux Cis
Gen. McPherson
Ord Wits
Scotch Marine Bolier
Auxi
Cepetan
Neerse
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