Cyclone in the Indian Ocean Disasters 0 8 min readThe ship Pendragon, an iron vessel of 1278 tons register, was owned by Messrs MacDiarmid, Greenshields, and Co., of Drury-buildings,...
Sears Roebuck Mail Order Catalogue Advances 2 9 min readLong before the internet and online ordering, mail order catalogues were one of the only ways that the American rural...
Female Emigration to Australia 1833-1837 Emigration 21 11 min readLondon Emigration Committee Between the years of 1833 and 1837, a total of fourteen ships sponsored by the London Emigration...
Ty Newydd Colliery Flood of 1877 Disasters 7 15 min readOn Wednesday evening, 11 April 1877, as the miners were getting ready to leave the Ty Newydd Colliery at the end...
Escaped from the Hulks Crimes 2 15 min readNotorious robber Huffey White, alias Hufton White, alias Huffham White, alias Houghton White, alias William Evans, escaped from the hulks near Woolwich no...
300 years ago in England Community 0 16 min readOnce upon a time, about 300 years ago, my British ancestors were farmers, living off the land, battling against nature to...
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Community 0 8 min readChristmas Eves of my childhood were spent down in my Nana’s basement apartment, curled up on the couch, watching ‘A...
Mishap on the Underground Railroad Advances 0 7 min readApril in 1860 began with a cold snap in Nashville, Tennessee and there were fears that the peach crop would...
Carrington Solar Flare of 1859 Disasters 3 8 min readIn mid-August of 1859, astronomers were excited by the appearance of a large solar spot on the sun which first...
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children People 0 17 min readWhile the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded in the UK in 1824, by 1880, there...
