1849. Great fire at Owego, N. Y., which destroyed the place so completely that but three shops were left standing.
1849. The fortress of Comorn, in Hungary, one of the strongest in Europe, taken by the Austrians.
1854. The steamer Arctic, captain Luce, when about 50 miles distant from cape Race, came in collision with the French screw steamer Vesta, in a dense fog, by which her bows were stove in, and she filled and sunk in about five hours. The Arctic had 410 persons on board, including the crew, of which 22 passengers and 65 of the crew were saved, and 212 passengers and 110 of the crew were lost; of the 61 women and 19 children on board, not one was saved. The conduct of the crew is said to have been selfish, mutinous and dastardly.
1855. John Adamson died at New-Castle-upon-Tyne, aged 68; an English author of a work upon the life and writings of Camoens, and devoted to literary and scientific pursuits, and to antiquarian research.
SEPTEMBER 28.
490 B. C. Battle of Marathon is said to have occurred at the full of the moon on this Julian day. (See [Aug. 6].)
351. Battle of Murza, on the Drave, in which the emperor Constantius defeated Magnentius in a most desperate conflict.
855. Lothaire I, emperor of Germany, died. He seized the person of his father, and confined him in a monastery, and waged a bloody war with his brother, during which 100,000 men fell in a single battle.
1014. Nearly the whole of Flanders was immersed by a storm.
1066. William of Normandy (the Conqueror) arrived at the coast of England, on his memorable invasion.