New Islands Discovered
A NANTUCKET whaling vessel has discovered a new island in the South Pacific Ocean. It is situated about two hundred and fifty miles south of Desolation Island, and the ship…
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Horta, In Azores, Wrecked By Quake
Many Houses on Fayal in Ruins—Cable Line Junction Is Injured.
LISBON, Portugal. August 31.—A violent earthquake which shook the Island of Fayal in the Azores today reduced part of the town of Horta to ruins. There were some deaths, dispatches say, and many were injured. Details are lacking.
The Treacherous Coast
The wreck of the Glenelg is another of those coasting disasters which must always be looked for when unusually rough weather comes on, just so long as such small vessels…
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Nooks And Corners Of Old England – The Hemlock Stone, Bramcote Hills
Here is a prominent object in the landscape, which attracts the eye of the tourist between the Bramcote Hills. It has an eccentric form, rude, rocky, and picturesque; and affording…
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Are Cougars Friendly?
From the Adventure Magazine. The cougar is, next to the wolverine, the oddest jigger among the wild thinkers, barring human savages, of course. A quirk is characteristic of the cougars…
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Nooks And Corners Of Old England – Alum Bay
Alum Bay derives its name from the quantity of that mineral found on the shore. A huge angle of rock, forming the Needle Point, is the boundary of the bay…
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Hundreds Join In Fight Upon Forest Fires Through West
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif July 19.—Hundreds of men continued today to fight the fires in the five government timber preserves in California, and the numerous brush and grass fires on state…
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Dozen Die Of Heat
CHICAGO, July 19.—Upward of a dozen persons died today from the record-smashing heat wave which overspread the middle west yesterday and brought the mercury to new high levels today.
The middle west and northwest probably will have another hot day tomorrow, weather bureau officials indicated tonight. Some hope for relief was held out with the prediction of possible thunder showers for some of the sweltering states.
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Angling – The Eel
To the Editor of the Illustrated London News. The eel has a long smooth body, moistened all over with & viscous liquor, which renders him very slippery. He is found…
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Icebergs In The Atlantic
Lieutenant Parsons, R.N., superintendent of the mails on board the British and North American Royal steam-ships, reports, that in the passage out in the Acadia, Captain Alexander Ryrie, on the…