The Steamboat "Riverdale" Blown Up in the Hudson.
Davy Crockett's Almanack, 1838.
Burning of Steamers on the Ohio River at Cincinnati May 17, 1869.
One of the most thrilling disasters at sea that has happened for many years.
Perilous Situation of a Skating Party on the Ohio River Near Zanesville, Ohio.
Startling accident at the draw bridge of the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad, Federal Street, Troy, N. Y., Saturday, Sept 23.
New York City, -- The Steamboat Riverdale blown up, August 28th – Rescuing the passengers.
In the Jaw of the Man-Eaters. James E. Hamilton of Lake Worth, Florida, is Devoured by Sharks.
Gertie Carmo, a Female Aeronaut and Trapeze Performer, Hurled to the Ground and Instantly Killed in Detroit, Mich.
The burning of the steamer John H. Hanna near Plaquemine, Louisiana, by which thirty lives were lost
An unruly horse causes great excitement in the Metropolitan Opera House, this city.
Philadelphia, PA, August 13, 1893 – Ruined and Despondent Ronald Kennedy, a Philadelphia speculator, kills broker Charles H. Page, and then commits suicide.
Charles H. Page, of the firm of E. D. Page & Brother, stockbrokers, 132 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Pa, was recently shot and instantly killed in his office by Ronald Kennedy, a customer, who had been dealing in margins with the firm for two years. Kennedy then placed th pistol to his own head and sent a bullet into his brain.
The murderer and suicide is said to have lost between $15,000 and $20,000 since he began dealing with the firm, and despondency over the losses is supposed to have caused the crime.
Mr. Page was shot while reading the reports of the “ticker.”
Reprinted from The National Police Gazette, August 13, 1893