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Notable Deaths and Disasters Across the Nation
Obituaries note Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson dies in San Francisco. A Dakota cloudburst drowns four men and two children and kills horses. A judge and ex-chief justice of Nevada’s Supreme Court dies by suicide in San Francisco. Also reported are political, natural, and crime events from across the U.S. including fires, floods, strikes, cholera, and international tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hunt Jackson
San Francisco
Lone Tree Creek
Chardon
Dakota
George Turner
United States
Virginia
Supreme Court of
Nevada
Lick House
Charles Wright
Wethersfield
Conn
Russia
Quelpuert
Yellow Sea
Port Hamilton
Schreiber
Denver
Los Angeles
California
Chautauqua
Pueblo
Colorado
Apishapa
Temple
South Pueblo
Cheyenne
Central Pacific Railroad Land Office
Idaho
Utah
Salt Lake
Boise City
Norwood
St. Lawrence County
Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain
Hoffman’s Ferry
Amsterdam
New York
New York Central
Michigan
Odessa
United Sates
Europe
Mallinckrodt
Wilkesbarre
Pennsylvania
San Jose Safe Deposit Bank of Savings
Middle Park Tage Company
Jersey City
Hop, Kee & Co
Tokio
Columbus, Kansas, Court House
Northern Pacific Railway
Mason
Marseilles
Madrid
Cashmere
Greenwich Township
Reading
Schuylkill River
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Cotopaxi
Afghan Boundary Commission
Herat
Askabad
Akhal-Tekke
Eddyville
Iowa
Durham
Loring
the Treasury
Cleveland
Congress
Glenville
N. J
Sacandaga Turnpike
Montreal
Pittsburg
Richardson
Winnipeg
Chicago Board of Trade
Canada
Chicago