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1904

1904:

[1904-1906 /] 1907 (Aug 31) / An Sup of / That ac to papers, Marconi had been receiving at Cape Clear, same message every night between midnight and 1 p.m. for some months. [IX; 815. “Camille Flammrion's Latest Views on Martian Signaling.” Scientific American Supplement, 64 (no. 1652; August 31, 1907): 137. Flammarion, Camile. “Communications Avec Mars.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 20 (1906): 489-492. “London Letter.” Gloucester Journal, February 17, 1906, p. 5 c. 2-4. “Mr. Marconi tells a weird story in connection with his system wireless telegraphy. There is a station off Cape Clear, the utmost point land to the westward the British Isles. Here are received final messages despatched by ships outward bound, and the first hail of vessels that have crossed the Atlantic steering east. To this lonely station there comes shortly after the stroke of midnight a mysterious message, untranslatable, incomprehensible. But always at a certain point, varying night by night, there is delivered one word that is ever the same. It is recognisable only its unvarying sign. It belongs to no language known this planet. For two years the mysterious communication has never missed arriving invariably between midnight and the stroke of one in the morning. Mr. Marconi’s explanation of the phenomenon is as striking as is the incident itself. believes it is Mars endeavouring communicate with its sister planet. Why the message should exclusively reach this particular spot on earth, what Mars wants to say, and wherefore the unrequited patience of nightly repeating the communication through two years, are matters to be guessed at. That the mysterious message arrives at the times and in the manner indicated is a fact for which Mr. Marconi vouches.”]

1904 / Mrs John Bennett, Gloversville, NY / See May 23, 1914. [C; 585. See: 1914 May 23, (D; 780).]

1904 / (Wlf) / It looks as if hundreds of persons having heard of the escape of a wolf, not knowing that it was only a cub, began to visualize a marauding animal—and generated a wolf, or that it appeared by teletranslation from Siberia. Also in Kent—animals. This not much more marvellous than that a girl thnks she drank paraffin and died as if poisoned, or—stigmata, for instance. / So in cases of “flames”, especially “pursuing flames”, as if girls had intensely or passionately wished harm, “hell fire” perhaps, to employers and relatives, and the flames have appeared. [C; 722.1, 722.2, 722.3.]

1904-[190]5 / Wlf / “Welsh Tiger”, ab. Dec., 1901, South Wales. Newry bear in 1895 / Daily Mirror, ab. Dec 15, 1904. [C; 910. “No Wolf.” London Daily Mirror, December 17, 1904, p. 4 c. 3.]

1904 / frgs / Spokane, Wash / R.H. Tingley, N.Y. American, Jan. 31, 1926. [VIII; 2043. (Richard Hoadley Tingley. New York American, January 31, 1926.)]

1904 or 1905 / (Liv snakes) / Ground at Hawthorne, Mass., after a shower covered with speckled snakes, about 5 inches long, after a shower, ac to Miss Margaret MacDonald, of Hawthorne, in Boston Post, Aug 2, 1925. [VIII: 2044.1, 2044.2. (Boston Post, August 2, 1925; not @ Newspapers.com.)]

1904 / about / At Bangalore, several live fish fell on a lawn in rain. Ac to J.P. Mackenzie, 80, Goldington-ave, Bradford. / D. Mail, Oct. 5, 1921. [VIII; 2046. (London Daily Mail, October 5, 1921.)]

1904 Jan 3 / Dublin / Quadrantids more numerous than year before / Nature 69-272. [VIII; 2047. Henry, John R. “The Quadrantid Meteor Shower of 1904.” Nature, 69 (January 21, 1904): 272.]

1904 Jan 5 / Explosion near St Ives / Knowledge, NS, 1/-94. [VIII; 2048. Davison, Charles. “Recent Explosions.” Knowledge, n.s., 1 (May 1904): 94-95.]

1904 Jan. 15 / Mets still falling at Coon Butte / Am J. Sci 4-21-348. [VIII; 2049. (American Journal of Science, s. 4 v. 21 p. 348.)]

1904 Jan. 26 / 9:05 a.m. / Holyhead / 12:04 a.m. / Napton, Warwickshire / q / Geol Mag '08/308. [VIII; 2050. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1904-1907.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 5 (1908): 296-309, at 308.]

1904 Feb. 7 / Great Baltimore fire. [VIII; 2051. (Ref.???)]

1904 Feb. 10 / In the Garo Hills, at Rongmudu Flats, India, booming sound like of beating of distant gongs, and water in a glass seen to tremble. / Nature 73-464. [VIII: 2052.1, 2052.2. Galloway, W. “Earth Tremors in India.” Nature, 73 (March 16, 1906): 464.]

1904 Feb 11 / Sound—q / Abercarn (Monmouthshire) / very local / Geol Mag 1908-306. [VIII; 2053. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1904-1907.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 5 (1908): 296-309, at 306.]

[The following two notes were clipped together by Fort. VIII: 2054-2055.]

1904 Feb 24 / Sea / Ascending meteorites / 159 / D-284. [VIII; 2054. The note copies information from page 284 of The Book of the Damned. Schofield, Frank Herman. "Remarkable Meteors." Monthly Weather Review, 32 (no. 3; March 1904): 115. “The near approach of these meteors to the surface and the subsequent flight away from the surface appear to be most remarkable, especially so as their actual size could not have been great. That they did come below the clouds and soar instead of continuing their southeasterly course is also equally certain, as the angular motion ceased and the color faded as they rose. The clouds in passing between the meteors and the ship completely obscured the former. Blue sky could be seen in the intervals between the clouds.” “The meteors were in sight over two minutes and were carefully observed by three people, whose accounts agree as to details.”]

1904 March 9 / N.Y.T., 1-2 / Meteors / Lieut Schofield. [VIII; 2055. “Navy Officer Sees Meteors.” New York Times, March 9, 1904, p. 1 c. 2. “In a report to the Navy Department received to-day, Lieut. Frank H. Schofield, commanding the Supply, from Guam for San Francisco, tells of the observance on Feb. 28 last of three meteors which he says appeared near the horizon and below the clouds, travelling in a group directly toward the Supply.” “Lieut. Schofield reports that at first their motion was rapid and the color a rather bright red. As they approached the ship they appeared to soar above the clouds at an elevation of about forty-five degrees.”]

1904 Feb. 24 / near Avezzano, Italy / q. / great damage / Nature 69-422. [VIII; 2056. “Notes.” Nature, 69 (March 3, 1904): 421-424, at 422.]

1904 Feb 27 / Feb 28 / qs / N. Brunswick / and Dec 17, 1903 / Bull-Amer 1-44. [VIII; 2057. Reid, Harry Fielding. “The Earthquake of Southeastern Maine March 21, 1904.” Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 1 (1911): 44-47, at 44. Kain, Samuel W. “Recent Earthquakes in New Brunswick.” Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, 5 (1903-1907): 243-245.]

1904 March 1-2 / Germany / Straw and sand / Met Zeit 21/341. [VIII; 2058. "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 21 (1904): 324-343, at 340-341. No straw, but a very fine, orange-yellow dust. “Es müssen also auch in dieser Zeit Staubmassen vom Wind mitgeführt worden sein, die Färbung des Rauhreifs, besonders aber der Schneemassen war durchaus gleichmäßig und homogen, die Farbe selbst war orangegelb, ohne das Auge unangenehm zu berühren. Leider liet sich wegen der Mischung mit dem Schnee keine Staubprobe sammeln, ohne Zweifel aber waren diese Staubmassen nicht aus der Umgebung des Gebirges, sondern weiter hergekommen, denn sie waren so fein, dal kein Staubkörnchen zu unterscheiden war, sondern nur die Schneemassen, wie gesagt, homogen gelb aussahen; dies war sowohl auf der Schneekoppe wie auf dem Kamme der Fall.” ]

1904 March 3 / (Sound) / 1:05 p.m. / Penzance / q / Geol Mag, 1904-487 / Davison said much resembled cannonading but several correspondents had stated that there were no battleships in the Bay at the time, and ac to the Secretary of the Admiralty there was no record of gun-firing there upon March 3rd. [VIII: 2059.1, 2059.2. Davison, Charles. “The Penzance Earthquake of March 3, 1904.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 1 (1904): 487-490, at 487 & 489.]

1904 March 4 / 5:30 a.m. / Violent qs / Italy / Nature 69-468. [VIII; 2060. “Notes.” Nature, 69 (March 17, 1904): 468-473, at 468-469.]

1904 March 4 / [LT], 8-d / q / Cornwall. [VIII; 2061. “Earthquake Shock.” London Times, March 4, 1904, p. 8 c. 4.]

1904 March 4 / 5:20 a.m. / Violent q. / Lima, Peru / Nature 69-442. [VIII; 2062. “Notes.” Nature, 69 (March 10, 1904): 441-446, at 442.]

1904 March 6 / 10 h, 45 m (local time) / Assiniboia, Canada / brilliant fireball / Mems. BAAA 14/12. [VIII; 2063. “Section for the Observation of Meteors.” Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association, 14 (1906): 1-19, at 12. Sintaluta, Assiniboia, is now identified as Sintaluta, Saskatchewan.]

1904 March 15 / 8:30 p.m. / Madeira / Met toward the north moving slowly—gave the effect of daylight for about 20 seconds. / Cosmos, N.S., 50-482. [VIII; 2064. Schmitz, Ernesto. “Un bolide exceptional.” Cosmos, s. 4 (n.s.) v. 50 (April 16, 1904): 482.]

1904 March / Birds—over a long distance / starved / May, 1864. [VIII; 2065. See: (1864 May).]

1904 March / Birds / Ap. 19, 1927. [VIII; 2066. See: (1927 Ap. 19).]

[The following twenty-one notes were clipped together by Fort. VIII: 2067-2087.]

1904 March / Birds / See March 29, 1911. [VIII; 2067. See: (1911 March 29).]

1904 March / Birds / Shower of dead birds / Sept 28, 1885 / May 8, 1886. [VIII; 2068. See: (1885 Sept 28), and, (1886 May 8).]

1904 March / Shower of unknown dead birds / th. storm / Sept 1, 1883. [VIII; 2069. (See: (1883 Sept 1).]

1904 March / Shower of dead birds / Chicago / May 8, 1886. [VIII; 2070. See: (1886 May 8).]

1904 March / Strange bird / Dec 8, 1898. [VIII; 2071. See: (1898 Dec 8).]

1904 March / Many dead sea birds / June 24, 1913. [VIII; 2072. See: (1913 June 24).]

1904 March / Dead birds and cosmic dust. / Oct, 1846 (?). [VIII; 2073. See: 1846 Oct 16-17, (II; 1053), and, 1846 Oct 16, 17, (II; 1055).]

1904 March / Birds / See March 29, 1911. [VIII; 2074. See: (1911 March 29).]

1904 March / Dead birds and cosmic dust / March 9, 1901. [VIII; 2075. See: (1901 March 9).]

1904 March / Dust and birds / See birds and dust, Pelée, May 8, 1902. [VIII; 2076. See: (1902 May 8).]

1904 March / Dead sea birds washed ashore / June 24, 1913. [VIII; 2077. See: (1913 June 24).]

1904 March / Birds and dust / Oct 12. / Oct middle, 1876. [VIII; 2078. See: (1876 Oct 12).]

1904 March / If insects of 1869 from Elsewhere, see landrails, Sept, first week, 1869. [VIII; 2079. See: (1869 Sept).]

1904 March / Birds / See March 23, 1924. [VIII; 2080. See: (1924 March 23).]

1904 March / Dead insects / Aug., 1869 / Aug 7, 1886. [VIII; 2081. See: (1869 Aug), and, (1886 Aug 7).]

1904 March / N. Amer birds to France in hurricane? / Oct 23, 1834. [VIII; 2082. See: (1834 Oct 23).]

1904 March / Birds with mets, dust, hot winds, deluge / Oct 17, 1846. [VIII; 2083. See: (1846 Oct 17).]

1904 March / Fall dead birds / Sept 28, 1885. [VIII; 2084. See: (1885 Sept 28).]

1904 (?) / March 18 / Shower birds / See Sept. 1, 1883. [VIII; 2085. See: (1883 Sept 1).]

1904 March / Birds / See Ap 1, 1911. [VIII; 2086. See: (1911 Ap 1).]

1904 March 18 / Dead birds / See May 8, 1886. [VIII; 2087. See: (1886 May 8).]

[The following four notes were clipped together by Fort. VIII: 2088-2091.]

1904 March / An account of the Pwllheli birds, in Nature 69-512. [VIII; 2088. Greaves, C.W. Herbert. “Remarkable Destruction of Birds in Cardigan Bay.” Nature, 69 (March 31, 1904): 512.]

1904 March 18 / 1 a.m. / Birds / In Zoologist 4/9/170, O.U. Aplia writes from newspaper accounts of a shower of dead birds. In a quarry, men working overtime. A shower of dead birds fell upon the workmen. In the flare of their lights, others could be seen flying. In the morning, thousands found dead in the quarry. (Quarry at entrance of harbor of Pwllheli, Wales?) Many were injured about the head. So thought that hit the high rocks around the quarry. But then found had fallen on vessels and wharves and that the seashore lined with them, washed ashore. Daybreak, gs glittering with colors of thousands of living ones. [VIII: 2089.1 to 2089.4. (Zoologist, 4-9-170.)]

1904 March 18 / Large numbers of land birds falling dead and dying, at Pwllheli, N. Wales, falling upon ships, striking men at work in quarries. / Not same correspondent as the other. Hundreds dead, cast up on shore of Cardigan Bay (Nature 69-512). Many twigs and branches of trees cast up with them—whether associating or not. [VIII: 2090.1, 2090.2, 2090.3. Greaves, C.W. Herbert. “Remarkable Destruction of Birds in Cardigan Bay.” Nature, 69 (March 31, 1904): 512.]

1904 March / Birds / Cleveland / Sept. 28, 1885. [VIII; 2091. See: (1885 Sept 28).]

1904 March 17 / Heaviest fall of hail at New Orleans / except Ap 16, 1879 / and Ap 17, 1924 / M.W.R. 1924-205. [VIII; 2092. Dyke, R.A. “Heavy Hailstorm and Local Squall at New Orleans, La....” Monthly Weather Review, 52 (no. 4; April 1924): 205. “Previous to the recent storm, the heaviest falls of  hail in New Orleans occurred on April 16,  1879, and March 17, 1904; but these were far less heavy  and damaging than the hail of April 17,1924.”]

1904 March 21 / S.W. Germany / 8:22 p.m. / Bull Soc Astro de F, June, 1908 / great met. [VIII; 2093. “Trajectoire d;un brillant météore.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 22 (1908): 289.]

1904 March 21 / q / Maine / Bull Amer 1/44. [VIII; 2094. Reid, Harry Fielding. “The Earthquake of Southeastern Maine March 21, 1904.” Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 1 (1911): 44-47.]

1904 March 21 / Trib, 12-3 / 22-6-2 / 22-3-1 / qs, New England. [VIII; 2095. "Earthquake in New England." New York Tribune, March 21, 1904, p. 12 c. 3. "Extent of the Earthquake." New York Tribune, March 22, 1904, p. 3 c. 1. "The Earthquake." New York Tribune, March 22, 1904, p. 6 c. 2.]

1904 March 22 / N.Y.T., 8-3 / q. / N.Y. City. [VIII; 2096. “Earthquake in New England.” New York Times, March 21, 1904, p. 1 c. 4. “Two Earthquake Shocks.” New York Times, March 22, 1904, p. 5 c. 4. “Earthquake in New Jersey.” New York Times, March 24, 1904, p. 8 c. 6. An earthquake shook New England and New Jersey; and, an hour later, another earthquake shook Baltimore. “If an Earthquake Came to New York.” New York Times, March 22, 1904, p. 3 c. 3.In the absence of any earthquake at New York City, an observation was made that steel-framed buildings, bridges, the North River tunnel, and the Subway would suffer less damage than buildings built of) masonry or wood.]

1904 March 21 / Ascend met / Astro. Nachrichten, 1906 / 4008 / 4039. [VIII; 2097.1. “Helles Meteor von 1904 März 21.” Astronomische Nachrichten, 167 (1905): 385-390. Moschick, Paul. “Bemerkungen zu dem Artikl Helles Meteor von 1904 März 21' in Astr, Nachr. 4008.” Astronomische Nachrichten, 168 (1905): 39-40. Rosenberg, H. |”Helles Meteor von 1904 März 21.” Astronomische Nachrichten, 169 (1905): 105-108.]

1904 March 31 / “buicht” over a q / See Hoernes, Q's Regional. [VIII; 2097.2. See: (Rudolf Hoernes).]

1904 Ap. 2 / Liege and other towns / 20 h., 15 m / to 21 h / 3 luminous bands in the neighborhood of Castor and Pollux. Were attributed to reflections from usines. / Bull Belge Soc d'Astro 9/162. [VIII: 2098.1, 2098.2. Dehalu, Marcel. "Phénomène lumineux étrange." Bulletin de la Société Belge d'Astronomie, 9 (1904): 162. "Usines" are factories.]

1904 / April (?) / Easter Monday / diastrous q / Balkans / N.Y. Sun, May 16-5-2. [VIII; 2099. (New York Sun, May 16, 1904, p. 5 c. 2; not found here.)]

1904 Ap. 4 / morning, early / qs / Belgrade and Philippopolis / Greece / Ap 5 / Nature 69-539. [VIII; 2100. “Notes.” Nature, 69 (April 7, 1904): 539-542, at 539. The earthquakes at Philippopolis occurred between mid-day and 1 P.M.]

1904 Ap 4 and 10 / q. / Servia / BA '11/52. [VIII; 2101. Turner, H.H., et al. "Seismological Investigations." Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1911, 30-67, at 52.]

1904 Ap. 7 / 6:30 a.m. / Metite / Okana, Tamba, Japan / Nature 91-514. [VIII; 2102.1. “A Meteorite Seen To Fall and Found.” Nature, 91 (July 17, 1913): 514. This is the Okano meteorite.]

1904 Ap. 7 / 6:30 a.m. / Metite / Okano, near Sasayama (Tamba), Japan / Nature 91-514. [VIII; 2102.2. “A Meteorite Seen To Fall and Found.” Nature, 91 (July 17, 1913): 514. This is the Okano meteorite.]

1904 Ap. 13 / Essex / Cylindrical / “ball lightning” like Tower ghost? / J. Roy. Met 30-307. [VIII; 2103. (Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 30-307.)]

1904 Ap. 15 or 17 / S / D-222 / Dark / Wimbledon / London / Eng / 122. [VIII; 2104. The note copies information from page 222 of The Book of the Damned. Single, Stanley. "The Remarkable Darkness of April 15th." Symons' Meteorological Magazine, 39 (May 1904): 69.]

1904 April 17 / 1:45 p.m. / Chateaudun / great tube-like trombe / Bull Soc. Astro de F., July, 1904. [VIII; 2105. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, July, 1904.)]

1904 Ap. 22 / Hautes-Pyrénees / See Ap., 1872. / pollen / Cosmos, NS, 50/544. [VIII; 2106. “Pluie de soufre.” Cosmos, s. 4 (n.s.) v. 50 (April 30, 1904): 544. See: 1872 Ap 18, 19, 20, (IV; 759), and, 1872 Ap 18, etc., (IV; 760).]

1904 Ap. 28 / metite / Gumoschnik, Bulgaria / S. Kens. [VIII; 2107. This is the Gumoschnik meteorite]

1904 Ap. / Dr Cate date is Ap 28, in 1903. / Herald, Dec 27, 1905. [C: 586. (New York Herald, December 27, 1905.) See: 1903 April 28, (C; 571).]

1904 Ap / Put this Ap. 28, 1903. [C; 587. See: 1903 April 28, (C; 571).]

1904 May 5 / Tornado / Oklahoma / N.Y. Sun 6-1-4 / and destructive cloudburst. [VIII; 2108. “Tornado Hits Oklahoma.” New York Sun, May 6, 1904, p. 1 c. 4.]

1904 May 5 / Terrific rains and electric storms in N.W. Texas / N.Y. Sun 6-1-4. [VIII; 2109. “Tornadoes in Texas.” New York Sun, May 6, 1904, p. 1 c. 4.]

1904 May 5 / Trib, 1-5—Ind / 5-6-4—L.I. / 12-10-1—Ill / 20-6-3—N.J. / 23-12-1—Ohio / 31-6-5—Tenn / Explosions. [VIII; 2110. "Powder Mill Blows Up." New York Tribune, May 5, 1904, p. 1 c. 5.

"Explosion Hurts Three." New York Tribune, May 5, 1904, p. 6 c. 4. "Explosion Kills Five." New York Tribune, May 12, 1904, p. 10 c. 1. "Explosion Wrecks Shop." New York Tribune, May 20, 1904, p. 6 c. 3. "Fireworks Blow Up." New York Tribune, May 23, 1904, p. 12 c. 1. "Dynamite Kills Four." New York Tribune, May 31, 1904, p. 6 c. 5.]

1904 May 14 / 9 h, 55 m [PM CST] / Chattanooga, Tenn. / Brilliant meteor from Hercules / Pop Astro 12-426. [VIII; 2111. Smith, H.L. “Brilliant Meteor.” Popular Astronomy, 12 (no. 6; June and July 1904): 426.]

1904 May 18 / Williamsburg, Virginia / Tornado / N.Y. Sun 19-1-6. [VIII; 2112. “Tornado in Virginia.” New York Sun, May 19, 1904, p. 1 c. 6.]

1904 May 18 / 9:30 p.m. / If no mistake almost identical with May 18, 1903. / Pubs Astro Soc Pacific, 17-19—large fireball over the North Sea. Train formed a gigantic M visible ½ hour. [VIII; 2113.1, 2113.2. Köhl, Thorvald. “Astronomical Observations in 1904.” Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 17 (no. 100; February 1905): 16-20, at 19. Both fireballs were observed at 9:30 P.M., (if it was not the same fireball reported in two different years). See: 1903 May 18, (VIII; 1875).]

1904 May 23 / 11 h, 45 m / Boston / Solar prominence / Pop Astro 12-455. [VIII; 2114. Coit, Judson Boardman. “A Solar Prominence.” Popular Astronomy, 12 (no. 7; August and September 1904): 455-456.]

1904 May 23 / by Mr. J.B. Coit, of Boston University / Cloud-like prominence on Sun / Nature 70-560. [VIII; 2115. “A Rapidly Moving Solar Prominence.” Nature, 70 (October 6, 1904): 560.]

1904 / spring / Violent rappings in a house in S. Sweden / long article / An. Psy. Sci., Sept., 1905. [C: 588. Wijk, Hjalmar. Karin: An Experimental Study of Spontaneous Rappings.” Annals of Psychic Science, 2 (no. 3; September 1905): 143-180. Bjerre, Poul. Fallet Karin. Stockholm: Bonnier, 1905.]

1904 June 28 / near Bristol / Whirl took up nearly a ton of hay. / Daily Mail, June 29, 1904. [VIII; 2116. (London Daily Mail, June 29, 1904.)]

1904 June 28 / North Cadbury Rectory, Somerset / Whirl whisked up about a ton of hay, which it dropped. / Symons Met 39/134. [VIII; 2117. Boys, H.A. “A Whirlwind.” Symons's Meteorological Magazine, 39 (August 1904): 134.]

1904 June 28 / (London) / Field near Willesden Green—“in the midst of sunshine and calm,” whirl swooped and bore away hay to a great height. / Daily Mail, June 29, 1904. [VIII; 2118. (London Daily Mail, June 29, 1904.)]

1904 June 29 / Sep. 7, '71. [VIII; 2119. See: 1871 Sept 7, (IV; 511). Buss, Albert Alfred. "List of 25 exceptional Eruptive Prominences." Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 18 (1907-1908): 326.]

1904 July / Aug., early / On summits of Mt. San Gorgionio and Mt. Whitney, separated by Mojave desert—180 miles—in a snowstorm—a tourist killed on each. / 2 days apart / by lightning / Ciel et Terre 29-120. [C; 589. “Phénomènes électriques sur les sommets des montagnes.” Ciel et Terre, 29 (1908): 120-123.]

1904 July 3 / 11:08 p.m. / q. / Derby / Geol Mag 1905-85. [VIII; 2120. "Reports and Proceedings." Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 2 (1905): 84-89, at 85.]

1904 July 3 / Trib., 10-6 / Explosion / Worcester. [VIII; 2121. "Explosion Hurts Many." New York Tribune, July 3, 1904, p. 10 c. 6.]

1904 July 4 / [LT], 10-d / (q) / Davenham / Derby / Leftwich / Matlock Bath / Mid-Cheshire / Sandback / Sheffield / 5-10-e. [VIII; 2122. “Earthquake Shock.” London Times, July 4, 1904, p. 10 c. 4. “The Earthquake.” London Times, July 5, 1904, p. 10 c. 5.]

1904 July 4 / near Hamburg / Kite struck by lightning / ac to Das Wetter / Ciel et Terre—35/398. [VIII; 2123. (Das Wetter, ca. July 1904.) (Ciel et Terre, 35-398.)]

1904 July 10 / 10:55 p.m. / Fireball / Denmark / Norway / Sweden / Finland / With loud detonations, exploded over Dalsland, Sweden / Pubs-Pacific 17-19. [VIII; 2124. Köhl, Thorvald. “Astronomical Observations in 1904.” Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 17 (no. 100; February 1905): 16-20, at 19.]

1904 July 13 / Bagnères and Grenoble / q. / La Nat 1904/2/127. [VIII; 2125. De Villedeuil, Ch. “Académie des Sciences.” La Nature, 1904 pt. 2 (no. 1626; July 25): 127-128. “Correspondance.” Comptes Rendus, 139 (1904): 182. Marchand, E. “Sur le tremblement de terre du 13 juillet 1904 dans les Pyrénées centrales.” Comptes Rendus, 139 (1904): 276-277. Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France.]

1904 July 13 / Aberystwith / 10:28 a.m. / q. / Geol. Mag. 1908-308. [VIII; 2126. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1904-1907.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 5 (1908): 296-309, at 308.]

1904 July 19 / Sept 7, 71. [VIII; 2127. See: 1871 Sept 7, (IV; 511). Buss, Albert Alfred. "List of 25 exceptional Eruptive Prominences." Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 18 (1907-1908): 326.]

1904 July 26 / 12:30 a.m. / Brilliant meteor / southern Minnesota / Pop Astro 12-253 / loud explosive sound. [VIII; 2128. “Professor Winchell's Notes on a Very Brilliant Meteorite.” Popular Astronomy, 12 (no. 8; October 1904): 553-555, (misprinted as 253-255). “General Notes.” Popular Astronomy, 12 (no. 7; August and September 1904): 499-504, at 499. “The brilliant meteorite that probably fell within a few miles of Northfield, Minn., during the month of July last has not yet certainly been identified. Several people have picked up stones resembling meteorites, but all, so far as we know, lack the certain evidence of identification in regard to time and place to make any claim reasonably sure.”]

1904 July 18 / Trib, 1-6 / Aeronaut Lost / St Lawrence. [C; 590. "Aeronaut Falls Into St.Lawrence." New York Tribune, July 18, 1904, p. 1 c. 6.]

1904 July 24 / Mt Gorgonio / 26—Mt Whitney / M.W.R., Sept., 1904. [C; 591. “A Pack Trail on Mount Whitney.” Monthly Weather Review, 32 (no. 9; September 1904): 420. “On July 26, eight days after the completion of the trail, one man was killed by lightning at the summit during a sudden snowstorm, and two of his companions were rendered unconscious. The Redland Facts records a similar occurrence on July 24 on Mount San Gorgonio, at an elevation of 9500 feet, the first case of the kind in the history of the county.”]

1904 July 29 / Aug 9 / Sept 8 / q's / New Zealand / BA '11/51. [VIII; 2129. Turner, H.H., et al. "Seismological Investigations." Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1911, 30-67, at 51.]

1904 July 29 / Aug 9 / Sept 8 / q's / New Zealand / BA 1911-51. VIII; 2130. Turner, H.H., et al. "Seismological Investigations." Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1911, 30-67, at 51.]

1904 July 31 / See Oct 2. [VIII; 2131. See: (Oct 2).]

[The following two notes were folded together by Fort. VIII: 2132-2133.]

1904 July 31 / (Moon) / and Aug 2 / A bright hazy object upon floor of Plato. On Aug 2, a black, eliptical shadow in its place. / Nature 70-512. [VIII; 2132. “Variations in the lunar Landscape.” Nature, 70 (September 22, 1904): 512.]

1904 July 31 / On floor of Plato a light hazy object by Pickering. On Aug. 2, instead a black elliptic shadow was seen. / Jour BAA 15-52 / See Aug. 25 / See Oct. 2. [VIII; 2133. "Changes in the Moon." Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 15 (1904-1905): 52. Pickering, Edward Charles. “Veränderungen auf dem Mond.” Astronomische Nachrichten, 166 (1904): 91-92. See: (Aug 25), and, 1904 Oct. 2, (VIII: 2159).]

1904 July 31 / moon / by Prof Pickering / Mt Lowe Observatory / A brilliant spot in Plato, not there upon the 28 and June dates—Aug 2, its place a black obj of elliptic shape. / La Nature 63/334. [VIII: 2134.1, 2134.2. “L’activité lunaire.” La Nature, 1904 pt. 2 (no. 1639; October 22): 334.]

1904 / from last of July / Polts at Upholland. Raps. 3 boys in the house. Objects thrown. / Stones pushed out of wall, ac to police report. / Jour Soc 12/137 / R. Ac. 3834/2 / near Wigan, Lanchashire. [C; 592. “Two Poltergeist Cases.” Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 12 (October 1905): 124-142, at 124-137. The three “boys” were Henry, Peter, and Thomas Winstanley, (“their ages about 14, 17, and 24 respectively”), who worked as miners. (Swithaine, Swithin Saint. “The Haunted House at Upholland.” Wide World Magazine, 14 (February 1905): 502.)]

1904 August—early in / That, ac. to newspaper report, a star or appearance [word missing] a planet, had appeared suddenly in the sky of Nevada—that it appeared and disappeared at intervals of five min[utes]. / E Mec 80/60. [VIII: 2135.1, 2135.2. Hollis, H.P. “A Curious Planet.” English Mechanic, 80 (no. 2057; August 26, 1904): 61. “A Remarkable Star.” London Globe, August 13, 1904, p. 7 c. 2. “Nevada Sees a Strange Star.” New York Sun, August 13, 1904, p. 1 c. 4. “The star appeared to be travelling toward the south, and its form varied sometimes having the appearance of a winged wheel. The phenomenon would perhaps be explained by the statement that it was balloon were it not for the fact that from Winnemucca, Wadsworth, Virginia and Carson the same stories were received. They all agreed in one particular, that the star appeared and disappeared at intervals of from one to five minutes. Added to this is the fact that seldom before have falling stars been so numerous. They fell in constant showers all last evening. There also was considerable sheet lightning.” “The Red Star.” Carson City Appeal, August 14, 1904, p. 3 c. 3. No mention is made regarding this star's position in the sky with relation to the Moon, the other planets, or to any other stars. About this time, from the eastern horizon, Jupiter would rise, (about 3 hours after sunset), followed by Aldebaran, the Moon, Betelgeuse, and, Mars, (which would rise about 90 minutes before sunrise). As Venus and Mars were close to the Sun, Jupiter and Aldebaran were the most likely “red” celestial objects that might account for this “star,” (if it was not a newspaper yarn).]

1904 Aug 8 / 11 p.m. / Slight q / Lisbon / Nature 70-350. [VIII; 2136. “Notes.” Nature, 70 (August 11, 1904): 350-353, at 350.]

1904 Aug 9 / 10:22 a.m. / Severe q. / Wellington, N.Z. / Nature 70-350 / Considerable damage both islands. [VIII; 2137. “Notes.” Nature, 70 (August 11, 1904): 350-353, at 350.]

1904 Aug. 9 / by Denning / 2 brilliant white spots on Jupiter / See The Observatory / or Bull Soc Astro de F., Nov., 1904. [VIII; 2138. Denning, William Frederick. “South Temperate Spots on Jupiter.” Observatory, 27 (1904): 345-346. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, Nov., 1904.)]

1904 Aug 9-14 / Perseids at Nice—1041 / With them were 143 “sporadic meteors”. / Nature 70-512. [VIII; 2139. “Observations of the Recent Perseid Shower.” Nature, 70 (September 22, 1904): 512.]

1904 Aug 10, 11 / Wilmington, N.C. / Perseids / marked 25 to 30 an hour / fewer 12th and 13th / Pop Astro 12-499. [VIII; 2140. “General Notes.” Popular Astronomy, 12 (no. 7; August and September 1904): 499-504, at 499.]

1904 Aug 11 / Barre, N.Y. / Perseids / 154 in 3 hours / Radiant seemed to shift westward. / Pop Astro 12-500. [VIII; 2141. Wetherbee, Weston. “August Meteors Observed at Barre, N.Y.” Popular Astronomy, 12 (no. 7; August and September 1904): 500. “They were often seen to travel in pairs, with parallel paths, both being about the same magnitude. The radiant seems to have shifted to the westward, being not far from the Star 'Iota' Persei, which is some ten degrees from the place given by Mr. Denning.”]

1904 Aug 10 / Observations both at Nice and at Barre, New York, upon the meteors coming in groups. / Nature 70-536. [VIII; 2142. “Observations of the Recent Perseid Shower.” Nature, 70 (September 22, 1904): 512. “Further Observations of the Recent Perseid Shower.” Nature, 70 (September 29, 1904): 536. On August 11, at Barre. See: 1904 Aug 11, (VIII; 2141).]

1904 Aug 10 / Trib., 3-2 / q's / Portugal and New Zealand. [VIII; 2143. "Earthquake in Portugal." New York Tribune, August 10, 1904, p. 3 c. 2.]

1904 Aug 10 and 11 / At Wilmington, N.C., bet. 25 and 30 Perseids an hour. Few 12 and 13th. None Aug 14. / Nature 70-536. [VIII; 2144. “Further Observations of the Recent Perseid Shower.” Nature, 70 (September 29, 1904): 536.]

1904 Aug 11-12 / Perseids / Maximum this year. Very numerous at Nice, France. / Nature 70-512. [VIII; 2145. “Observations of the Recent Perseid Shower.” Nature, 70 (September 22, 1904): 512.]

1904 Aug 12 / Det. Met / 2 a.m. / Meadville and Titusville, Pa / “Terrific explosion” in sky—seen in a region 80 miles long—and concussion. / NY Times, Aug 13-1-2 / Because of concussion, it was thought a meteorite had fallen. [VIII: 2146.1, 2146.2. “Meteor Lands in Meadville.” New York Times, August 13, 1904, p. 1 c. 2. “A terrific explosion accompanied the compact with the earth, followed by a high wind, lasting fifteen seconds.”]

1904 Aug. 13 / Shelburne, Ontario, Canada / (F). [VIII; 2147. Fletcher, 107. This is the Shelburne meteorite.]

1904 [Aug. 15] / [Fantastic Auroral Displays.] / Flaming Sword, Dec. 6. [VIII; 2148. Newspaper clipping. (Unidentified source.)]

1904 Aug 15 / morning / Severe q / Suez / Nature 70-388. [VIII; 2149. “Notes.” Nature, 70 (August 18, 1904): 387-390, at 388.]

1904 Sept / Polt / Lancashire / Jour Soc 12./124. [C; 593. “Two Poltergeist Cases.” Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 12 (October 1905): 124-142, at 124-137.]

1904 Sept 3 / Trib, 1-4 / Vesuvius. [VIII; 2150. "Vesuvius in Eruption Again." New York Tribune, September 3, 1904, p. 1 c. 4.]

1904 Sept 6 / [LT], 7-e / q / Cornwall. [VIII; 2151. “Earthquake Shock.” London Times, September 6, 1904, p. 7 c. 5.]

1904 Sept. 15 / Trib, 1-2 / qs / Georgia and N.Y. [VIII; 2152. (New York Tribune, September 15, 1904, p. 1 c. 2; not found here.)]

1904 Sept. 18 / 4:07 a.m. / Dunoon (Argyleshire) / q / Geol. Mg 1908-297. [VIII; 2153. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1904-1907.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 5 (1908): 296-309, at 297.]

1904 Sept 20 / [LT], 6-a / q. / Scotland. [VIII; 2154. “Earthquake in Scotland.” London Times, September 20, 1904, p. 6 c. 1.]

1904 Sept 23 / Eruption of Vesuvius greatest in 10 years—Frequent explosions on 25th. / Nature 70-533. [VIII; 2155. “Notes.” Nature, 70 (September 29, 1904): 533-536, at 533. The Vesuvius volcano.]

1904 Sept 28 / Big q.—S.E. shore of Lake Baikal, affected area of 4500 sq. miles. / Nature 71-231. [VIII; 2156. “Notes.” Nature, 71 (January 5, 1905): 230-233, at 231.]

1904 Oct. / [The Ghost of Corpus Christi.] / [The Sunday Express, December 5, 1926.] [C; 594. Newspaper clipping. (“The Ghost of Corpus Christi.” London Sunday Express, December 5, 1926.)]

(1904) [Oct.] / BO / In Liverpool, the City Council censured “certain so-called religious meetings, which create [a] danger to life and property”. / Liverpool Echo, Oct. 5. [C; 766. “Religious Disturbances in Liverpool.” Liverpool Echo, October 5, 1904, p. 5 c. 7.]

1904 [Oct.] / (young wolf) / Wlf / In the Hexham Herald, Oct. 15—“A Wolf At Large—A young grey Siberian wolf, aged 4½ months, has been reported to the police, as having escaped from Elm Park, Shotley Bridge.” / 4½ verified. [C; 793. (Hexham Herald, October 15, 1904.)]

1904 Oct 2 / See July 31. [VIII; 2157. See: 1904 July 31, (VIII: 2132, 2133, and 2134).]

1904 Oct / Sun / See Jan 28, etc., 1905. [VIII; 2158. See: (1905 Jan 28, plus).]

1904 Oct. 2 / To two observers with good visibility, details upon floor of Plato observed. “It is, therefore, fair to assume that the obscuration of well-known detail was caused by some kind of fog or vapour.” / (a shadow?) / Mem B.A.A. 13/71 / See July 31. [VIII: 2159.1, 2159.2. “Section for the Observation of the Moon.” Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association, 13 (1904): 65-93, at 71. See: 1904 July 31, (VIII: 2132, 2133, and 2134).]

1904 Oct 12 / A telescopic met-train / La Nat 1905/1/150. [VIII; 2160. Touchet, Em. “Observation d’une Trainée Météorique au Télescope.” La Nature, 1905 pt. 1 (no. 1654; February 4): 150. Shackleton, William. “Telescopic Observation of a Meteor Trail.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 65 (November 11, 1904): 89-90.]

1904 Oct 15 / 3:23 a.m. / Met and train / Bull Soc Astro de F, Nov., 1904. [VIII; 2161. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, November, 1904.)]

1904 Oct 21 / Trib, 1-2 / Baltimore / (qs) / 15 shocks. [VIII; 2162. (New York Tribune, October 21, 1904, p. 1 c. 2; not found here.)]

1904 Oct 21 / Trib, 4-1 / q / St. Louis. [VIII; 2163. (New York Tribune, October 21, 1904, p. 4 c. 1; not found here.)]

1904 Oct 21 / ab. 6:05 a.m. / Beddgelert, Carnarvonshire / q / Geol. M. 1908-297 / like thunder. [VIII; 2164. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1904-1907.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 5 (1908): 296-309, at 297-298.]

1904 Oct. 23 / q / Norway / BA '11/51. [VIII; 2165. Turner, H.H., et al. "Seismological Investigations." Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1911, 30-67, at 51.]

1904 Oct 24 / [LT], 4-b / 25-3-e / q. / Scandanavia. [VIII; 2166. “Earthquake Shocks in Scandinavia.” London Times, October 24, 1904, p. 4 c. 2. “The Earthquake in Scandinavia.” London Times, October 25, 1904, p. 3 c. 5-6.]

1904 Oct. 23 / strongest recorded q in Norway / Nature 94-64. [VIII; 2167. “Notes.” Nature, 94 (September 17, 1914): 62-65, at 64.]

1904 Oct 23 / 11:15 a.m. / Shocks / Norway, Sweden, Denmark / Nature 70-631. [VIII; 2168. “Notes.” Nature, 70 (October 27, 1904): 630-634, at 631.]

1904 Nov. ab. / Black shape at Pulborough, Sussex / See Nov. 22, 1905. [C; 595. See: (1905 Nov 22).]

[1904 Nov] / (The revival) / A meeting described in Barmouth Advertiser (Nov 13) of a densely packed audience of a thousand—oh, what a meeting! To describe it would be impossible. The vast audience was swayed, like a forest before a mighty wind. Miss John's singing baffled description. “Drinking, swearing, etc., is left to a very few of the lowest characters in the place and a few respectable(?) professing Christians(?)” But our concern not with drinking, swearing, and etcing. [C; 717.1, 717.2. (Refs.???)]

1904 [Nov] / BO / Denbigh Asylum / This represents only a tithe—In Liverpool Echo, Nov 25, 4 cases told of insane revivalists under restraint in own homes. [C; 764. “The Welsh Revival.” Liverpool Echo, November 25, 1904, p. 7 c. 5.]

1904 [Nov] / BO / Nov 17, 1904 / Liverpool Echo of / People near Dover frightened by an apparition. [C; 767. “Ghost Hunt.” Liverpool Echo, November 17, 1904, p. 8 c. 6.]

1904 [Nov] / Young wolf / In Nov in Northumberland there were severe storms and unusual coldness. In Hexham Herald, Dec 3, an account of hundreds of sheep buried in snow drifts. Same issue tells of several persons who had died of exposure. In other issues, several accounts of farmers and tramps who had died in severe weather. [C; 814.1, 814.2. (Hexham Herald, December 3, 1904.)]

1904 Nov 6 / 4:30 a.m. / Serious q. / Formosa / Nature 71-36. [VIII; 2169. “Notes.” Nature, 71 (November 10, 1904): 35-39, at 36.]

1904 Nov 4-Jan 2 / On 14th, near Bonin Island, South Japan, a great rumbling. Ab. 28th, fire and smoke at sea. Dec 5, a little island appeared, and to Jan 2nd, changed in shape. / Madras Mail, Ap 12, 1905. [VIII: 2170.1, 2170.2. (Madras Mail, April 12, 1905.)]

1904 Nov. 6 / The four-masted schooner Quinebang left Savannah, Ga., for N.Y. with a cargo of lumber. / (News of the World, March 19, 1905—3-2) / On 8th, another four-masted schooner bound for N.Y., from Darien, a port 30 miles from S. Second vessel was the Charles E Wilbur. “The disappearance is quite unaccountable for both are new vessels and no bad weather prevailed at the time.” But it is said that the stern of a vessel marked “Clara E. Wilbur” had been found on the coast of Bermuda. [C; 596.1, 596.2, 596.3. (New of the World, March 19, 1905, p. 3 c. 2; not online.) “Two Missing Ships.” Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, March 16, 1905, p. 9 c. 2. “A North Atlantic Mystery.” Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette, April 3, 1905, p. 4 c. 6. “The Bermudan report stated that the appearance of the wreckage which had drifted on to the reefs seemed to indicate that the forward portion of the vessel to which it had belonged had been cut off by collision with some other craft. As it is known that the Quinebang would be in about the same latitude at approximately the same time, it is not unreasonable to hazard the opinion that the loss of these two sailers may have been caused by their having collided and foundered, with all hands, in mid-ocean.”]

1904 Nov. 9 / Italy / transportation of the Italian boys. [C; 597. (Refs.???)]

1904 / second week in Nov. / A male otter killed on a railroad near St. Peters after duck-killing. The duck-killing continued.  female trapped on Coleman farm, Dec 28. / Newcastle Daily Journal, Dec 29-4-5. [C; 656.1, 656.2. (Newcastle Daily Journal, December 29, 1904, p. 4 c. 5.)]

1904 Nov, middle / Plague appeared in the Ural territory, Russia. In 2 districts, 190 persons dead by Dec. 26. / Liverpool Echo, Dec. 29. [VIII; 2171. “Plague in Russia.” Liverpool Echo, December 29, 1904, p. 6 c. 6.]

1904 Nov 15 / morning / Co. Down, Ireland / Mets not equal 1903, but 20 to 25 per hour. / Nature 71-83. [VIII; 2172. Milligan, William Henry. “Observations of the Leonid Meteors, 1904.” Nature, 71 (November 24, 1904): 83.]

1904 Nov. 21-28 / 914 new cases of cholera in province of Erivan, Russia / Liverpool Echo, Dec 2. [VIII; 2173. “Cholera Ravages in Russia.” Liverpool Echo, December 2, 1904, p. 3 c. 7.]

1904 Nov. 25 / q—sound / (+) / Near borders of Hampshire and Berkshire east of Salisbury Plain. / Geol Mag 1908-309 / See N[note cut off]. / Dr Davison says he was informed there was gun practice on the Plain. [VIII: 2174.1, 2174.2. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1904-1907.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 5 (1908): 296-309, at 308-309.]

1904 Nov 21-28 / By Denning—a well defined shower of Andromedids—if represented debris of Biela's Comet, was not true to its time, says Denning, and not to be expected till 1905 or 1906. / Nature 71-139. [VIII: 2175.1, 2175.2. Denning, William Frederick. “Shower of Andromedids from Biela's Comet(?)” Nature, 71 (December 8, 1904): 139.]

1904 (Nov. 25) / Newbury (Glos (?)) / 3 or 4 rumbling sounds thought by cor subterranean / E Mec. 80/410. [VIII; 2176. Davies, Charles D.P. “The Recent Earthquake.” English Mechanic, 80 (no. 2072; December 9, 1904): 410. Newbury, where the earthquake occurred, is in Berkshire; and, Fretherne, where the subterranean rumblings “like distant thunder” were heard, is in Gloucester.]

1904 Nov. 26 / (otter) / The otter killed on the Riverside Railway, bet. North Shields and Newcastle, by a “live rail”, about a mile from the poultry farm. Told in The Field, Dec 3, p. 955. Here a discussion—seems that though otters feed upon fish, might eat poultry, etc., sometimes. [C; 657.1, 657.2. "The Food of Otters," and, "Unusual Death of an Otter." Field, December 3, 1904, p. 955.]

1904 Dec / Wales / strange star / Oc Rev. 1/289. [C; 598. Evans, Beriah Gwynfe. “Merionethshire Mysteries.” Occult Review, 1 (no. 6; June 1905): 287-295, at 289-290. “The Fire-Ball Stories.” Yorkshire Evening Post, February 17, 1905, p. 6 c. 3. “The Revival.” Llangollen Advertiser and North Wales Journal, February 24, 1905, p. 5 c. 4. “Mr. Bowen, the Towyn Station master, has been watching a remarkable 'star' for four or five weeks. When first seen, it had a yellowish ring about a foot in diameter around it, similar to that observed around the moon, which is generally accepted as an indication of a coming storm. One night it remained practically in the same position from 6.30 to 7.50 p.m. When sought for again, a few minutes after eight, it had travelled in twelve minutes to the north-west, and opposite, so far as he could judge, to Bardsey Island. The 'Star' is not to be seen on cloudy or wet nights. Mr. Bowen noticed the phenomenon before knowing that any connection with the Revival was claimed for it.”]

1904 Dec / Haunting  flames, after a woman / Oc Rev 27/1[note crumbling]. [C; 599. “Notes of the Month.” Occult Review, 27 (no. 1; January 1918): 1-18, at 16-17.]

[1904 Dec] / Revival / Wales / D News, Dec 17 / In one great crowd tight-packed, when it dispersed 5 or 6 women fell to the ground; they had fainted, but had been held upright. [C; 705. “Welsh Revival.” London Daily News, December 17, 1904, p. 7 c. 5. “A woman who fainted could not be got out, and had to lie on the pulpit floor for over half an hour. When Mr. Roberts sought to get the people in the aisles to pass out, the crowd outside sought got in, and the crush was awful. There were screams and faintings and at least half a dozen women remained upright but unconscious in the press for twenty minutes.”]

[1904 Dec] / [Revival] / In Wales—Shop girls in their shops, suddenly starting up prayer meetings—coal mines closed down. Angry employers threatening to keep them closed—the miners away rejoicing. / D News, Dec 16, '04. [C; 708. “Welsh Revival.” London Daily News, December 16, 1904, p. 7 c. 5.]

1904 Dec / Revival / One in Scotland and Ireland, 1859. [C; 714. (Ref.???)]

1904 Dec / Revival / Wales / Someone rushing around Merthyr, exhorting all fallen women he met to behave themselves—finally carted off to police station, where all night long he exhorted everybody.—However, this pronounced drunk and disorderly—10 s. and costs. / At Cwmdare the public confession of sins brought on an investigation; found that some of the more monstrous crimes confessed had never been committed. One pentitant who went around “returning” here, a necktie, there a handful of nails that he never stole, was put away for a while. Someone else staggered into a police station and tried to convert the policmen to save costs. [C; 715.1, 715.2, 715.3. (Refs.???)]

1904 [Dec] / Revival / At Tunbridge, Owen Russell, taking literally a passage in the Sermon on the Mount, chopped off his right hand. / D Mail, Dec 22, 22-3-3. [C; 716. (London Daily Mail, December 22, 1904, p. 3 c. 3.)]

1904 [Dec] / The Revival / Rev “holy dancers” driven out of London. / D. Mirror, Dec. 10. [C; 718. “Terrified Holy Dancers.” London Daily Mirror, December 10, 1904, 4 c. 3.]

1904 [Dec.] / BO / At South-end there were processions at conflicts with Catholics that brought on legal proceedings. / Liverpool Echo, Dec. 29. [C; 765. “Sectarian Feuds in Liverpool.” Liverpool Echo, December 29, 1904, p. 7 c. 4-5.]

[1904 Dec] / BO / Lawsuits as people in public meetings prayed for their enemies, telling why, listing their sins. / Liverpool Echo, Dec 17. [C; 768. (Liverpool Echo, December 17, 1904; not found here.)]

[1904 Dec] / BO / (See Dec 12.) / Add this altogether 80 [sheep] killed or seriously injured. / Echo, 13th. [C; 769. “The Allendale Wolf.” Liverpool Echo, December 13, 1904, p. 4 c. 5.]

1904 [Dec.] / Wolf / First news in Hexham Herald is Dec. 10. Said that since last of Nov. been hue and cry of a wolf at large. was supposed to be the one that had escaped from Shotley Bridge. [C; 794. (Hexham Herald, December 10, 1904.)]

1904 [Dec] / Hexham Herald / Probably do this up with D. Mail. / In Hexham Herald, thing is—tremendous appetite. A list of the sheep killed in past week—21 on 8 farms. On one of the farms, 2 remains found, the flesh stripped from the bones. Here it is announced, “The right man is at Hexham.” This was Mr. Briddick, the Indian game hunter, who had come in response to invitation by the North Mail. He arrived with a plaid [shawl] strapped to his back and with a hunting cap with great hood and ear flaps. Mr Briddick drove around from farm to farm taking notes. / 24th—a new character appears—this was Monarch, the celebrated bloodhound. But Monarch, put upon the trail, would not follow it. Many suggestions. One was to tie a bitch in season in a tree in the wolf's haunts, and to lurk nearby with a gun, and the end of the depredations would be certain. So the other hunts—said that Mr. Briddick took no part in them. In the local newspapers his scientific methods were approved—he was going around note-takings. Trouble with the foxhounds was that whenever the trail of a fox crossed trail of thr wolf they never failed to switch to the fox. Marvel is theapetite. Now and then said that tracks of the wolf followed and there found remains of rabbits. [C; 795.1 to 795.8. (Hexham Herald, December 24, 1904.)]

1904 [Dec] / Wlf / D. Mail, Dec 13, '04 / Characters attracted—Mr. William Briddick, Tow Lane, Durham, big-game hunter in India, offered his services—Let him see the tracks and he would kill it in one night. [C; 796. (London Daily Mail, December 13, 1904.)]

1904 [Dec] / Shotley Bridge / In D. Mail, Dec 12-5-6, said that the S. Bridge wolf had escaped about middle of October and that the killing wolf first heard of ab. Nov 20th. [C; 803. (London Daily Mail, December 12, 1904, p. 5 c. 6.)]

1904 Dec / one night in / In Scotland / Seven sheep worried to death by stray dogs. / Farm, Field, and Fireside, Jan 6, 1905, p. 481. [C; 810. (Farm, Field, and Fireside, January 6, 1905, p. 481; not found here (Illinois publication)???)]

1904 [Dec] / Wlf / Carl 1 / Rather new light on wlf in Carlisle Ev. Journal, Dec 29-3-3. / (I Don't think a “new light”.) / Ev. Jour., 29th—That morning of 29th, at Cumwinton, a plate-layer on the Midland Railway had found an animal cut in two. It had the appearance of a wolf, and the finder had communicated with the Hexham Wolf Committee, who had offered a reward of 50 shillings for the body of the animal. / Seems was a wolf—Carl. Ev Jour, Jan 2, that large numbers of persons had gone to Cumwinton to see the wolf, and that sums up to £40 had been offered for its head. That the Railway Company had the head, at Derby. It was stuffed and placed in the office of the Co at Derby. / (So, say I, it was considered the property of the Company.) [C; 817.1 to 817.4. (Carlisle Evening Journal, December 29, 1904, p. 3 c. 3.) (Carlisle Evening Journal, January 2, 1905.)]

1904 Dec / Escaped wolf belonged to Capt. Bains, Shotley Bridge. / D. News, Dec 17, 1904. [C; 823. “Tracking the Wolf.” London Daily News, December 17, 1904, p. 8 c. 4.]

1904 Dec / Wlf / Hexham is 35 miles from Carlisle. [C; 824.]

1904 [Dec] / Wolf / Capt B said the wolf was not like his wolf. In the Field, Dec. 24, '04, says of the Shotley Bridge wolf—“We are told that he was a cub only 9 months old. / Field, Dec 31, p. 1140, said again that though killed wolf was described as full-grown, the one of Shotley Bridge was only 9 months old. [C; 825.1, 825.2. "Hunting Notes." Field, December 24, 1904, p. 1083. "Hunting Notes." Field, December 31, 1904, p. 1140.]

1904 [Dec] / Disaps / Many—2 in Daily Mirror, Dec 12. [C; 893. (London Daily Mirror, December 12, 1904.; not found in search, check pages.)]

1904 Dec 1 / Occultation of Mars by the moon / Pop. Astro., 12-627. [VIII; 2177. “Occultation of Mars Dec. 1, 1904.” Popular Astronomy. 12 (no. 9; November 1904): 627.]

1904 Dec 2 / Dark / Memphis, Tenn. / D-221. [VIII; 2178. The note copies information from page 211 of The Book of the Damned. "Darkness at Memphis." Monthly Weather Review, 32 (no. 11; November 1904): 522. “Daytime Darkness Visits Memphis.” St. Louis Republic, December 3, 1904, p. 2 c. 6. “Meteorological conditions entirely unprecedented held sway in Memphis to-day. During the morning, about 10 o'clock, a dark cloud completely obscured the sun, rendering the streets as dark as they usually are at the same hour at night. Electric lights were turned on everywhere.” “Business was practically paralyzed for the space of fifteen minutes, when the darkness passed away as suddenly as it came. During the interval the wildest consternation prevailed in the schools.”]

1904 Dec 7 / animal / Daily Mail / Many of their sheep having been worried by a supposed spook, farmers of Allendale (Northumberland) had organized hunting parties to search the woods. So mayhem so serious, farmers were housing their sheep and keeping lights burning during the night to scare away the marauder. [C; 800.1, 800.2. (London Daily Mail, December 7, 1904.)]

1904 Dec 8 / See March 26, 1905. / The SS Clonallon left Swansea for Dublin. Usually a 14 hour trip, but, up to 16th, nothing heard of. / D News 16-12-4. [C: 600. “Stories of the Sea.” London Daily News, December 16, 1904, p. 12 c. 4. “Posted Missing.” Croydon Chronicle and East Surrey Advertiser, January 28, 1905, p. 3 c. 5. The Clonallon, a short sea trader from Newry which had a cargo of coal, was posted as missing at Lloyd's. See: 1905 March 26, (C; 967).]

1904 Dec. 10 / (Disap) / (Pony) / Hexham Herald / That Robert Minks, who was lost in the Medomsley Mine, in Durham, was still missing. For two weeks, miners had searched and bloodhounds had unavailingly been put upon the trail. “The loss of Minks is not the only mystery connected with the Medomsley mine. A few years ago a pony, in full harness, mysteriously disappeared whilst the mine was in full work, and no traces have ever been found of it.” / Issue of 17th / That Minks' body was found behind pile of stones, with a small aperture through which he could not have crawled. Whether the stones had fallen after his body there, not known. His head was crushed. Verdict he had committed suicide by placing a detonator to his head and lighting it. [C; 601.1 to 601.4. (Hexham Herald, December 17, 1904.) “Clairvoyants To Find a Missing Man.” Leeds Mercury, December 5, 1904, p. 2 c. 4. “Remarkable Colliery Case.” London Daily News, December 16, 1904, p. 12 c. 5. ]

1904 Dec 10 / D. Mirror / Revival more intense in France and Italy than in Wales. [C; 719. “Religious Revival in Italy.” London Daily Mirror, December 10, 1904, p. 11 c. 2.]

1904 Dec 12 / BO / Liverpool Echo of / In week ending 12th, Wolf had killed 22 sheep. [C; 762. “The escaped wolf in Northumberland....” Liverpool Echo, December 12, 1904, p. 3 c. 1. “The escaped wolf in Northumberland killed twenty-one sheep during last week. An exciting chase was carried out by the farmers of the Allendale district on Saturday, but the animal again escaped.”]

1904 Dec 12 / Daily Mail—that hundreds of persons in the west of Northumberland were hunting the wolf. 3 weeks before, the depredations had broken out. Two months before, a wolf had escaped from Shotley Bridge, 12 miles from Newcastle. Said had been seen and chased several times. / 1904 /Dec 14 / Daily Mail / Farmers, woodcutters, shepherds, gameskeepers uniting. The Haydon foxhounds would meet on the 15th to hunt at Spitalshield (Special Cor to D.M.). Wolf the great subject. Gun stores in Hexham great trade. [C; 838.1, 838.2, 838.3. (London Daily Mail, December 12, 1904.) (London Daily Mail, December 14, 1904.)]

1904 [Dec.] / Identified as a wolf by a representative of Bostock and Wombwell's Circus, who travelled from Edinburgh to see the body. / Liverpool Echo, Dec. 31. [C; 763. “The Allendale Wolf.” Liverpool Echo, December 31, 1904, p. 3 c. 4.]

1904 Dec / Wolf. / I wrote to Capt Bains but the letter was returned to me with “Deceased” written upon the envelope. [C; 839. “The most infamous regional return was that of the Wolf, in the shape of the “Famous Allendale Wolf”, which terrorised the farmers and sheep flocks of Allendale and Hexhamshire at the turn of the 20th century. First reported in the Hexham Courant on 10 December 1904, the wolf eluded experienced big-game hunters, local fox-hound packs, armed gangs of farmers and the lure of two in-season female wolves, used as bait in a trap, before an adult male wolf was killed on the rail track by the Midland Express on 29 December, 1904, at Cumwhinton in Cumbria. The newspapers of the time reported that Captain Bains of Elm Park, Shotley Bridge had lost a male wolf in October 1904, confirmed by Captain Bains in the North Mail of 22 December that year. The question of the day was, did Captain Bains wolf harry the sheep flocks and was the wolf killed at Cumwhinton the same wolf? Reading the contemporary newspaper reports and the internet articles since, the story of the wolf takes on all the trappings of any alien animal story. There were those who denied it ever existed; it was reported to change colour from time to time; there was debate over whether there was more than one; it seemed impossible to agree on its age and even after the dead wolf was found there were those who continued to see it living. What does seem to be agreed is that after the Cumwhinton wolf’s death the sheep killing eventually stopped. http://www.nhsn.ncl.ac.uk/interests/mammals/mammals-north-east/carnivores-of-the-north-east/

Bain or Bains, lived in Elm Park, Shotley Bridge, Northumberland, and ran a small zoo, with small animals and tropical birds.]

1904 Dec 15 / At Holywood, near Belfast, 4 gas explosions, different times in the day. / D. News 16-9-3. [C; 602. “The Holborn Explosion.” London Daily News, December 16, 1904, p. 9 c. 4.]

1904 Dec 15 / D..M. / Great hunt at Dilston—Gameskeepers, woodmen, farmers, local sportsmen, one policeman, a doctor, 2 men on horseback, 2 in “traps, one on a bicycle, several ladies, one in a blue walking dress, stuck to the park all day. Fresh tracks of the wolf were found—but no wolf. / 19th—Still searching. 2 more sheep killed, but on the other side of the Tyne, at Styford. / 20th—2 more, at East Dipton. “Only the legs and fleece of the sheep remained.” Bloodhounds and foxhounds—wolf still at large. [C; 801.1, 801.2, 801.3. (London Daily Mail, December 15, 1904.)]

1904 Dec 15 / At 4:30 p.m., ball of fire seen at Chichester, Sussex. / D Mail 29-4-6. [VIII; 2179. (London Daily Mail, December 29, 1904, p. 4 c. 6.)]

1904 Dec 15 / (?) / Ball of fire was seen in North Wales. / D. Mail 28-4-6. [VIII; 2180. (London Daily Mail, December 28, 1904, p. 4 c. 6.)]

1904 Dec 15 / 4:30 p.m. / Tarporley, Cheshire / Ball of fire fell from the sky. / D Mail 26-5-6. [VIII; 2181. (London Daily Mail, December 26, 1904, p. 5 c. 6.)]

1904 Dec 16 / Wild Man / D. Mail, 3-7 / An extraordinary-looking man “with coal-black face and long matted hair”, at Blackburn. Arrested for frighteneing women and children by his antics. Thought at court, he was an Australian aborigine or a Malay, but he said he was from London. / Coal-black face—dirty. [C; 868.1, 868.2. (London Daily Mail, December 16, 1904, p. 3 c. 7.)]

1904 Dec 17 / Spon Comb / D News, 12-5 / “Yesterday morning, Mrs. Thomas Cochrane, of Rosehall, Falkirk, widow of a well-known local gentleman, was found burned to death in her bedroom.” “A servant observed smoke issuing from the room, and on entering found her mistress sitting on a chair surrounded by pillows and cushions. Life was extinct, the unfortunate lady having been burned almost beyond recognition.” “How the outbreak occurred is not clear, as there was no fire in the bedroom grate.” “It is surmised that the fire was caused while the deceased was attempting to light the gas with a taper. Mrs. Cochrane was apparently suffocated before the flames reached her body.” [C; 633.1 to 633.4. “Scotch Lady's Shocking Death.” London Daily News, December 17, 1904, p. 12 c. 5.]

1904 Dec 22 / D.M. / More sheep at Dilston. [C; 820. (London Daily Mail, December 22, 1904.)]

1904 Dec. 22 / 4:30 p.m. / Minsterley (Salop) / brilliant meteor. / Liverpool Echo, 24-5-3 / In s.w. and moved easterly direction. [VIII: 2182.1, 2182.2. “A Brilliant Meteor.” Liverpool Echo, December 24, 1904, p. 8 c. 4.]

1904 Dec 24 / (Invdr) / Cor to Eastern Daily Press (Norwich), Jan 16, 1908, writes that at midnight 24-25, his bailiff near Aylsham had seen a light like a lantern moving down a lane, close to him, then moved away in various directions. [C; 645. (Eastern Daily Press, (Norwich), January 16, 1908.)]

[1904 Dec 24 /] 1904 Dec 26 / Railroad / Near Whitehaven, Thomas Garrety, aged 22, a plate-layer, killed on railroad line. / D. Mail, Dec 27-3-7. [C: 604. “Christmas Eve Fatality.” London Daily News, December 27, 1904, p. 12 c. 6.]

1904 Dec 25 / Railroad / D. Mail 26-5-3 / “As the Irish Mail passed a fog man between Crewe and Chester yesterday, he noticed a peculiar flash of light from one of the carriages and then saw a door open. Later a man supposed to be Trooper Thomas Wynne, from S. Africa, was found dead on the line. [C; 603.1, 603.2. (London Daily Mail, December 26, 1904, p. 5 c. 3.)]

1904 Dec 27 / D.M. / Wolf—dead sheep, North Tynedale district. / 1904 / Dec 29 / early morning / Daily Mail, Dec 30-5-4 / Killed “magnificent specimen of male grey wolf. Its total length is 5 ft. From the foot to the top of the shoulder it measures 30 inches.” [C; 822. (London Daily Mail, December 27, 1904.) (London Daily Mail, December 30, 1904, p. 5 c. 4.)]

1904 Dec 28 / D. Mail, 5-6 / Hundreds of starving bears are raiding the towns and villages on the east coast of the Kamchatkan Peninsula in Siberia. / N.M. [C; 605. (London Daily Mail, December 28, 1904, p. 5 c. 6.)]

1904 Dec 28 / D. Mail, 3-3 / Mysterious burglaries at Clapham said been traced. [C; 606. (London Daily Mail, December 28, 1904, p. 3 c. 3.)]

1904 Dec 28 / (Otter) / Depredations on a poultry farm near Jesmond Dene, near Newcastle. On 28th an otter was trapped. Rare animal in England. Skin sent to a museum. / (Newcastle Chronicle, Jan. 4-3-2) / (not so rare). [C; 658. "Otter from Jesmond Dene." Newcastle Daily Chronicle, January 4, 1905, p. 3 c. 2.]

1904 Dec 29 / Wild / D. Mail, 5-6 / On Vancouver Island, a young man with long matted hair, has been seen by a party of hunters, at whose approach he fled. [C; 607. (London Daily Mail, December 29, 1904, p. 5 c. 6.)]

1904 Dec 30 / Brixton Free Press, 7-1 / “Outside his father's house, at Merthyr, Ben Owen, a young collier, has been found, lying with a punctured wound below the breast, but when his depositions were taken, he could give no account of the cause of his injury.” [C; 608. (Brixton Free Press, December 30, 1904, p. 7 c. 1.)  “Outside his father's house....” Banbury Advertiser, December 29, 1904, p. 2 c. 6.]

1904 Dec 30 / Newcastle Chronicle, Jan 4, 1905—“On Friday (Dec 30) the sheep-slayer attacked a black-faced ewe on the farm of Mr. Thomas Hall, at Greenridge. The beast ran the sheep into a wire fence, its horns getting fast inthe fence. The wolf bit the ewe on the shoulder and the lower part of the neck, but did not get at the throat. It was seen to leave the sheep, by one of the servant men, and went in the direction of Spatial Shield. “On Saturday morning, a sheep was found worried on the farm of Mr. Brewis, at Hamburn Hall, in Hexhamshire, and it is believed that a wolf did the damage, though it wa snot seen. The people of Hexhamshire are firmly of the opinion that the wolf killed at Cumwhinton is not the sheep-slayer that has been committing damage to their flocks for some weeks past. [C; 802.1 to 802.4. (Newcastle Chronicle, January 4, 1905.)]

[The following 301 notes were tied together with a string by Fort. C: 609 to 909.]

1904 Dec / Wolf / Capt. Thompson / [Letter to Fort, from C Badlers, November 7, 1923]. [C; 609. (Letter.)]

1904 Dec. 24 / (Spon. Comb) / D News of, 9-4 / “An inquest was held yesterday touching the death of Miss Webb, aged 50, a teacher of music, lately residing at Pulross-road, Brixton, who died in the Lambeth Infirmary from the effects of burns.” “Deceased was found in her room suffering from the effects of burns, and could give no account of her injuries. As, however, she had been subject to fits, it was surmised that she had fallen from a chair on to the fire, in one, and had so burned herself.” “A verdict of accidental death was returned.” [C; 610.1, 610.2, 610.3. “Lady's Shocking Death.” London Daily News, December 24, 1904, p. 9 c. 4.]

1904 Dec 24 / D.M., 3-4 / Ghost at Brighton struck notes on piano and guitar. D.M. not publish name of occupant nor address, but interview published. [C; 676. (London Daily Mail, December 24, 1904, p. 3 c. 4.)]

1904 Dec 24 / Daily Mail of, 3-4 / Ghost reported at the Deanery of Exeter. / n.m. [C; 680. (London Daily Mail, December 24, 1904, p. 3 c. 4.)]

1904 Dec 25 / Woman and her house burned at Wolverhampton. / D. Mail, Dec. 27-3-7 / Have. [C; 615. (London Daily Mail, December 27, 1904, p. 3 c. 7.)]

1904 Dec 26 / D. Mail, 5-4 / Wolf had severely bitten 4 sheep on Low Eschells Farm and killed one at Sedham. [C; 837. (London Daily Mail, December 26, 1904, p. 5 c. 4.)]

1904 Dec 29 / D Mail, 5-7 / At Lewisham a child died, and in the opinion of the doctor called in, it had been scalded to death. But ac to another doctor, was a mysterious disease, unnamed in textbooks, but of which four cases were known. [C; 621. (London Daily Mail, December 29, 1904, p. 5 c. 7.)]

1904 Dec. 29 / BO / Whether hinting that the body been placed there or not, in Liverpool Echo, Dec. 30, it is said: “It is a curious fact that in the fields close to where the animal was killed there were two fields of sheep uninjured. [C; 771. “The Wandering Wolf.” Liverpool Echo, December 30, 1904, p. 2 c. 6.]

1904 Dec 29 / Animal / At Hexham, Northumberland, many sheep killed by an unknown animal thought be a wolf. / Field—Jan 7-28-1 / Wolf was killed by railroad train near Cumwhinton. Said to have escaped from Shotley Bridge—said that a wolf or big dog been seen 3 times since wolf was killed. / 1904 / Dec 12 / [LT], 6-f / Sensational Report. [C; 808.1, 808.2. "The Stray Wolf." Field, January 7, 1905, p. 28 (c. 1). (London Times, December 12, 1904, p. 6 c. 6; not found here.)]

1904 Dec 31 / Other killing / Hexham Herald of / On a farm in East Lothian 13 sheep killed or so mutilated that they had to be killed. Said been by a St Bernard dog from a neighboring farm. “The St. Bernard was discovered lying exhausted beside one of his victims.” [C; 669. (Hexham Herald, December 31, 1904.)]

1904 Dec 31 / D.M. / “Mystery of a Wolf. Hexham Marauder Said To Be Still At Large.” “Although a wolf was found dead on the Midland Railway at Carlisle, on Thursday, several people assert that they have since seen the animal which caused so much excitement at Hexham. Also—The owner of the Shotley Bridge wolf says that the wolf killed at Carlisle was larger and more sleek-looking than his. [C; 818.1, 818.2. (London Daily Mail, December 31, 1904.)]