1854. The British transport Europa, having troops on board, was totally destroyed by fire opposite Brest, and 21 lives lost.
1854. Three wagon loads of powder, 11,250 pounds, exploded in the street at Wilmington, Delaware, killing several persons, and badly injuring 75 houses in the vicinity.
1855. Charlotte Nicholls, died; an English authoress under the nom de plume of Currer Bell. Her fame was established by the novel of Jane Eyre.
1855. The propeller Arctic and barque Release, left Brooklyn navy yard under command of Lieut. Hartstein, in search of Dr. Kane and his companions in the Arctic sea.
1856. John M. Niles, a Connecticut statesman, died, aged 68. He commenced the practice of the law in Hartford, in 1816, and was concerned in establishing the Hartford Times, which he principally edited. He held various offices with distinction; among others that of post master general under Mr. Van Buren.
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67 B. C. Jotopata, in Judea, captured by the Romans under Vespasian, on the first of Panemus, in the 13th year of Nero. The city was demolished, entombing 40,000 Jews, the number of slain.