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1905:
1905 July 4 / Sep. 7, '71. [VIII; 2307. See: (1871 Sep. 7). (Solar proms.???)]
1905 July 4 / Cyclone in France / Bull Soc Astro de F, Dec, 1905. [VIII; 2308. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, December, 1905.)]
1905 July 4 / Whirl near Beaugency, France / CR 141/742. [VIII; 2309. Maillard. "Sur la trombe du 5 juillet 1905 dans l'Orléanais." Comptes Rendus, 141 (1905): 742-743.]
1905 July 5 / Daily Mercury of / Schools of Wolverhampton close. Serious epidemic of measles—4 deaths in a few days. / See May 15. [C; 997. (Derby Mercury???, July 5, 1905.) See: 1905 May 15, etc., (C; 976).]
1905 July 6 / D Mail, 7th / th. storms, Germany / Great heat, Austria. In Vienna a factory “set on fire by the heat”. / th storms and floods, Switzerland / tornado, Texas. [VIII; 2310. (London Daily Mail, July 7, 1905.)]
1905 July 9 / 3 distinct shocks but no great damage, Macedonia, and rumbling sounds. / D Mail, 21st. [VIII; 2311. (London Daily Mail, July 21, 1905.)]
1905 July 9 / At Florence Observatory a very severe q in “a distant country” recorded. / D. Mail 10-5-7. [VIII; 2312. (London Daily Mail, July 10, 1905, p. 5 c. 7.)]
1905 July 9 / Derby Mercury of 12th—Town of Weston-on-Trent invaded by bees. / Men, horses, poultry stung. In one place half a dozen fowls killed. [C; 998. (Derby Mercury, July 12, 1905.)]
1905 July 10 / Croydon—The fifth fire in 5 nights. / D. Mail, 11th / But opinion of Supt of Croydon Fire Brigade that the series was “simply an unfortunate coincidence”. [C; 999. (London Daily Mail, July 11, 1905.)]
1905 July 12 / Polt / London / Derby Mercury of / That on the site of building in which the famous Cocklane ghost held forth, now Saracen House, Snow Hill, London, myst phe. Incandescent mantles broken by concussion as if of fall of a heavy object. Upstairs, a locked door opened. [C; 1000.1, 1000.2. (Derby Mercury, July 12, 1905.)]
1905 July 15 / 5:10 a.m. / q / Maine / Trib 16-2-3. [VIII; 2313. "Earthquake in Maine." New York Tribune, July 16, 1905, p. 2 c. 3.]
1905 July 15 / 5:08 a.m. / Gardener, Maine / Terrific explosive sounds and slight concussions. / Sci Amer 93/198. [VIII; 2314. Seavey, Warren W. "An Earthquake Observation." Scientific American, n.s., 93 (September 9, 1905): 198.]
1905 July 15 / Great unidentified q recorded. / Sc. Amer 93/155. [VIII; 2315. "Science Notes." Scientific American, n.s., 93 (August 26, 1905): 155.]
1905 July 15 / Sun / See Oct 14. [VIII; 2316. See: (Oct 14).]
1905 July 15 / See June 25. / Great sunspot—rapid changes / Pop Astro 14-371. [VIII; 2317. O'Halloran, Rose. “The Sun-Spot Maximum of 1905.” Popular Astronomy, 14 (no. 6; June-July 1906): 368-371, at 370. See: 1905 June 25, (VIII; 2302).]
1905 July 16 / 5:30 p.m. / A luminous outburst in a sunspot, by Arthur Mee. / Nature 72-320. [VIII; 2318. Mee, Arthur. “A Solar Outburst(?)” Nature, 72 (August 3, 1905): 320.]
1905 July 16 / At Chorley, fall of sand an inch or more deep, followed by th. storm / Derby Mercury, July 19. [VIII; 2319. (Derby mercury, July 19, 1905.)]
1905 July 19 / Derby Mercury of / Horse-maiming at Greenfield, near Manchester, explained. A milch cow seen in the act of goring a horse. / See Aug. 12. [C; 1001. (Derby Mercury, July 19, 1905.) See: 1905 Aug 12, (C; 1011).]
1905 July 20 / (+) / Animal / D Mail of / At Little Wenlock, Salop, a gamekeeper employed by Sir Alfred Hickman saw a strange animal and shot it, It was a kangaroo. [C; 1002. (London Daily Mail, July 20, 1905.)]
1905 July 22 / Mt. Wilson, Cal., photographic comet. Ast. Nach., Feb 6, (1907). [VIII; 2320. Barnard, Edward Emerson. “Photographic observations of an unknown comet on 1905 July 22 (1905f).” Astronomische Nachrichten, 174 (1907): 3-8.]
1905 July 23 / Symbol-like light, Wales, but by revivalists. / Proc. Eng, 19/157. [C; 1003. (Proc. Eng.???, Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, 19-157.)]
1905 July 26 / D. Mail of / Croydon fires continue. [C; 1004. (London Daily Mail, July 26, 1905.)]
1905 July 26 / [LT], 4-f / Record of a great q. [VIII; 2321. Davison, Charles. “A Record of a Great Earthquake.” London Times, July 26, 1905, p. 4 c. 6.]
1905 July 28 / q phe / 5:15 p.m. / Tarbes, etc. / Violent concussions felt. At Auch, they “coincided” with lightning. / Cosmos 53/139. [VIII; 2322. “Tremblements de terre.” Cosmos, s. 4 (n.s.) v. 53 (August 5, 1905): 139.]
1905 July 28 / ab. 6 p.m. / Basses-Pyrénées / violent q / At Auch it coincided with a strike of lightning. / La Nat Sup, Aug 5-1-1. [VIII; 2323. “Informations.” La Nature, 1905 pt. 2, Nouvelles Scientifiques, (no. 1680, supplement; August 5): 37. ‘Le même jour, vers 6 heures, une secousse a également eu lieu à Auch, et a coïncidé avec une chute de la foudre.”]
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1905 July 28 / D. Mail of. / At Croydon been 102 fires since Jan 1. In other years the average for the period was 45. This compares with 138 calls for Croydon and neighborhood; not with the 102 fires. [C; 1005. (London Daily Mail, July 28, 1905.)]
1905 July / Croydon Advertiser, July 1 / Another fire at Norwood, June 30. Cause officially returned as “unknown”. It was a great fire ina timber stack. / Of the 8th—4 more fires—nothing to be said except cause unknown. / The 29th—“Renewal of the Epidemic. Had been 7 fires since 23rd—several explained—large fire in stable and warehouses—“Cause wrapt in mystery.” One fire, a woman burned to death—said worse for drink and had overturned a lamp. / Aug 5th issue—fires in Croydon and “mysterious fires at Sutton”—afternoon of July 29—in a new, unfinished house and in an engine room of a factory—no known cause. [C; 1006.1, 1006.2, 1006.3. (Croydon Advertiser, July 1, 1905.) (Croydon Advertiser, July 8, 1905.) (Croydon Advertiser, August 5, 1905.)]
1905 July / See D. Mail, Nov. 17, 1906. / Croydon fires / Man confesses, implicating 3 others. That for the excitement of it they had committed the acts of arson. [C; 1007. (London Daily Mail, November 17, 1906.)]
1905 July 30 / Reid disap / [LT], Dec 6-7-a / 9-4-e. [C; 1008. Reid, John A. “Disappearance in Heidelberg of Thomas Reid, Paisley.” London Times, December 6, 1905, p. 7 c. 1. Reid, John A. “The Case of Thomas Reid.” London Times, December 9, 1905, p. 4 c. 5.]
1905 July 30 / D Mail of March 5-7-5, 1906 / (Reid disap) / Austrian confessed murdered him—body found. [C; 1009. (London Daily Mail, March 5, 1906, p. 7 c. 5.)]
1905 Aug / Disap Englishman named Reid in Germany. [C; 1010. (Ref.???)]
1905 Aug 1 / 9:30 p.m. / Began eruption island of Savaii. / Nature 75-351. [VIII; 2324. "The Eruption of Matavanu in Savaii, 1905-6." Nature, 75 (February 7, 1907): 351. The Matavanu volcano.]
1905 Aug 3 / Munster (Alsace) / 10-second bolide / Bull Soc A. de F., Nov., 1905. [VIII; 2325. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, November, 1905.)]
1905 Aug 4 / New volc, island of Savaii, Samoa, intermittently active the rest of 1905 and most of 1906. / N.Y. Sun, 1908, July 19-2-1. [IX; 1. “Island Ruined by a Volcano.” New York Sun, July 19, 1908, s. 2 p. 2 c. 1. The Savai'i volcano.]
1905 Aug. 4 / 8 p.m. / Sharp earthquake shocks registered at Florence. / D Mail, 5th. [IX; 2. (London Daily Mail, August 5, 1905.)]
1905 Aug 4 or 5, to at least Sept 17 / Volc. Savaii, Samoa, burst into activity without warning. But no loss of life. / L.T., Oct. 23-12-c. [IX; 3. “A Volcano in Samoa.” London Times, October 23, 1905, p. 12 c. 3. The Savai'i volcano.]
[1905 Aug 4 or 5, to at least Sept 17 /] 1905 Oct 28 / [LT], 12-c / Volc in Samoa. [IX; 94. “A Volcano in Samoa.” London Times, October 23, 1905, p. 12 c. 3. The Savai'i volcano.]
1905 Aug 10 / Nothing in Nature of Perseids this year. Some were seen at Pavia. / Nature 72-640. [IX; 4. “Observations of Perseids.” Nature, 72 (October 26, 1905): 640.]
1905 Aug 10 and 18 / Between these dates Nova Aquilae No. 2 appeared. Found in Harvard plates by Mrs. Fleming, Aug 31. / Nature 72-640 / Ab. 7th mag when first photographed. Quickly down to ab 11th. / 1905. RA = 18 h -57 – 4 / Dec – 4 -34 – 8 / Nova Aq No. 1 was Ap 21, 1899. [IX: 5.1, 5.2. “Nova Aquilæ No. 2.” Nature, 72 (October 26, 1905): 640. (Ref? for August 10, Mrs. Fleming & position. Try: Harvard College Observatory, Circular no. 106.)]
1905 Aug 11 / Met seemed size of sun. Terrific detonation. / Sofia, Bulgaria / Bull Soc Astro de F, Nov, '05. [IX; 6. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, November, 1905.)]
1905 Aug 12 / dispatch from Hong Kong / At Macao, shocks for 9 hours. / Nature 72-384. [IX; 7. “Notes.” Nature, 72 (August 17, 1905): 384-388, at 384.]
1905 Aug 12 / Hampshire Advertiser of / Mysterious cases of cattle maiming in the Bourne district of Lincolnshire. Horses and cattle in a radius of 3 miles stabbed. Said been happening frequently. / (2 boys caught stabbing sheep near Worcester, one 9 and other 10—H.A.—Sept 12) / See July 19. [C; 1011.1, 1011.2. (Hampshire Advertiser, August 12, 1905.) (Hampshire Advertiser, September 12, 1905.) See: 1905 July 19, (C; 1001).]
1905—Aug 12, etc. / Nature, vol 72 / Sept / (Aug 12) / BO / There was a new star, very small, in Aquila. / Nature 72-611 / At Harvard Observatory / By Mrs. Fleming / On Aug 31, while examining photographic plates—traced back to Aug 12. On Aug 21, was 6.5. Mag fell to 9 or 10. [IX: 39.1, 39.2. “Nova Aquilæ No. 2.” Nature, 72 (October 19, 1905): 611. (Apart from new star, Refs.???)]
1905 Aug 13 / 10:30 a.m. / Shocks at Chamonix / Nature 72-384. [IX; 8. “Notes.” Nature, 72 (August 17, 1905): 384-388, at 384.]
1905 Aug 14 / Noted / D. Mail of / Leopard escapes in Lisbon. / before 14th / A lion in an English town. 2 cases of girls who, fascinated by animals. entered lions' cages. / Also—see 14th—2 lions escape and kill a man at Blackpool. [C; 1012. (London Daily Mail, August 14, 1905.)]
[1905 Aug 14 /] 1900 Aug 14 / qs / [LT], 4-a / Chamonix / 14-4-a / Hong Kong / 14-4-a / Macao. [VIII; 646. “Earthquake Shocks.” London Times, August 14, 1900, p. 4 c. 1.]
1905 Aug 18 / Nova Aquilae, No. 2 / On 31st, discovered by Mrs. Fleming on a photograph of Aug. 18 Mag. 6.5 and quickly diminished. Nov. Aq. No. 1 had been discovered by Mrs. Fleming in July, 1900. / Observatory, 28-433. [IX; 9. “A Nova in Aquila.” Observatory, 28 (1905): 432-433.]
1905 Aug 18 / Beam / Luminous beam at Birmingham, by D. Packer. Like a comet's tail—moved slowly south by east. / Stretched across Pisces Australis through Cetus to Eridanus. / At 12:45 transited Formalhaut. / E Mec 82/88. [IX; 10. Packer, David Elijah. “The Luminous Beam of August 18.” English Mechanic, 82 (no. 2110; September 1, 1905): 88.]
1905 Aug 18 / 10:46 and 11:16 / Saratoga / said been dynamite / Trib 19-1-2. [IX; 11. "Explosions at Saratoga." New York Tribune, August 19, 1905, p. 1 c. 2.]
1905 Aug / Volc. found in Humboldt Co., Nevada. A stream of lava. / Trib, Aug 15-3-4. [IX; 12. "Volcano in Nevada." New York Tribune, August 15, 1905, p. 3 c. 4.]
1905 Aug 21 / morning / Eruption of Samoan islands. Violent at least 5 days. / Nature 72-563. [IX; 13. “Notes.” Nature, 72 (October 5, 1905): 563-567, at 563. The Savai'i volcano.]
1905 Aug 21 / BO / Day of greatest mag. of the nova—violent eruption, Samoa. / Nature 72-563. [IX; 14.1. “Notes.” Nature, 72 (October 5, 1905): 563-567, at 563. (Ref.??? for nova.) The Savai'i volcano.]
1905 Aug 21 / ab 11 p.m. / q / Ill, Ky, Tenn, Ind, Mo. / Trib 23-3-3. [IX; 14.2. "Shaken By Earthquake." New York Tribune, August 23, 1905, p. 3 c. 3.]
1905 Aug 21 / Great eruption / Samoa / Nature 72-563 / See Oct. 28. [IX; 14.3. “Notes.” Nature, 72 (October 5, 1905): 563-567, at 563. The Savai'i volcano.]
1905 Aug. 22 / Op. Saturn. [IX; 15. (Confirm. Nautical Almanac, 1905???)]
1905 Aug 25 / (Blyth News of), 2-9 / House in Peckham, a London suburb, said haunted. Dense crowds collecting. Annoyed residents saying nothing but lights reflected from passing electric cars. “Strangely enough the same explanation is given as to apparitions seen in a house in Gloucester.” [C; 1013.1, 1013.2. (Blyth News, August 25, 1905, p. 2 c. 9.)]
1905 Aug 25 / Phe in Gloucester / See other note of Aug 25. [C; 1014. See: 1905 Aug 25, (C; 1013).]
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1905 Aug 25 / Skeleton of the Abertillery boy, Edwin Pinkcott, found on mt. side, between Cwmtillery and Blaenavon, July 11, 1906. / Western Mail, 12th. [C; 1015. (Western Mail, July 12, 1906.)]
1905 Aug 25 / Clairvoyants write in many cases, probably hoping to strike it right in one. In Liverpool Echo, Sept 4, 1905, published a letter from one, saying she saw the boy, 9 or ten years old and slightly built, fall into a stream. / Boy was 3 years old, remarkably stout, and see 1906 note—not in a stream. (Signed Madame Janna of South Norwood.) [C; 1016.1, 1016.2. (Liverpool Echo, September 4, 1905.)]
1905 Aug 26 / 5:08 a.m. / Augusta, Maine / Two tremndous reports. Small vibration but “terrific” sound. / Sci Am 93-198. [IX; 16. Seavey, Warren W. "An Earthquake Observation." Scientific American, n.s., 93 (September 9, 1905): 198.]
1905 Aug 28 / D. Mail of / Myst sounds of footsteps in a house at Pontypool. One night, sounds as if of a heavy trunk dragged over the floor. [C; 1017. (London Daily Mail, August 28, 1905.)]
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1905 Aug, last / Lost boy of Wales / Willie Pincott, lost, between home and school-house— / body was found. Nothing up to time of Jan 29, 1906, D. Mail of. [C; 1018. (London Daily Mail, January 29, 1906.)]
1905 Aug 31 / D. Mail, 3-5 / Lost boy of Wales. [C; 1019. (London Daily Mail, August 31, 1905, p. 3 c. 5.)]
1905 Sept 2 / D. Mail of / Search for the lost boy abandoned. Said that the search had been exhaustive. Every pond and culvert and every clump of bracken examined. [C; 1020. (London Daily Mail, September 2, 1905.)]
1905 Aug 26 / Disap. / D. Mail of / 2000 Welsh miners searching for Miss Davis, postmistress of Graig, Treharris. Her body found in a river (28-3-6), and a small boy missing (29-3-5). [C; 1021. (London Daily Mail, August 26, 1905.) (London Daily Mail, August 28, 1905, p. 3 c. 6.) (London Daily Mail, August 29, 1905, p. 3 c. 5.)]
1905 Aug 30 / At Portsmouth, New Hampshire (afternoon) 3 distinct shocks at first thought explosion in Navy Yard, but not. / D. Mail, Sept 1-5-6. [IX; 17. (London Daily Mail, September 1, 1905, p. 5 c. 6.)]
1905 Aug 30 / beginning 5:40 p.m. / 3 distinct shocks / Portsmouth, N.H. / severest ever known there / Nature 72-461. [IX; 18. “Notes.” Nature, 72 (September 7, 1905): 461-465, at 461.]
1905 Aug 30 / [LT], 4-b / Stromboli. [IX; 19. “Stromboli in Eruption.” London Times, August 30, 1905, p. 4 c. 2.]
1905 Aug 30 / Great solar protuberance. / Pop Astro 15-314. But in eclipse. [IX; 20. “Great Solar Protuberance, Aug. 30, 1905.” Popular Astronomy, 15 (no. 5; May 1907): 314.]
1905 Sept / Myst. fire / Burford, Oxon. / Eng Mec 82/187. [C; 1022. Foster, R.G. “Spontaneous Combustion.” English Mechanic, 82 (no, 2114; September 29, 1905): 187.]
1905 Sept 2 / Wld Man / At Catherington, Arthur Rodman charged with being a wandering lunatic. / Hants and Sussex News, Sept 6 / Broke into a fowl house. Taken off his clothes and put them on the perches. Said he had been in the park among the elephants where his nussar was “and made other strange remarks”. [C; 1023.1, 1023.2. (Hants and Sussex News, September 6, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 2 / (F) / Modoc, Kansas / See 1829. [IX; 21. Fletcher, 107. See: 1829 Aug 14, (I; 1493). The “1829” reference is simply to Farrington's list of meteorites. Farrington, Oliver Cummings. "Catalogue of the Meteorites of North America, to January 1, 1909." Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, 13 (1915): 1-513, at 17. This is the Modoc meteorite.]
1905 Sept 2 / Uralmich / neo-astro / (Ch) (Q) 130 / dark object near earth / Wales. [IX; 22. (Ref.???)]
1905 Sept. 2 / Saturday / Llangollen, Wales / 4 p.m. / Said that at the Schoolhouse, at Vroncysylite, looked through powerful field glass. / That it had short wings and a movement described as “casually inclining sideways”. Copied from a newspaper. / Cambrian Nat. Observer 1905-35 / Seemed to have four legs—looked to be at least 10 feet in length. Ac to several witnesses it looked like a huge pig with webbed feet. “Much speculation is rife as [to] what the mysterious object was. [IX: 23.1, 23.2, 23.3. (Cambrian Natural Observer, 1905-35.) (Addams, Charles. The Charles Addams Mother Goose. New York: Windmill Books, 1967. "Dickory, dickory, dare! / The pig flew through the air; / The man in brown soon brought him down./ Dickory, dickory, dare!") (Addams, Charles. Homebodies. New York: Simon & Shuster, 1954.) ]
1905 Sept 2 / bet 9 and 10 p.m. / Leoti, Kansas / large det. met / Science, NS, 22-604. [IX; 24. "Falls of Meteors." Science, n.s., 22 (November 10, 1905): 604.]
1905 Sept 4 / Trib, 1-2 / Oct 23-1-1 / US ? / US. [IX; 25. "Heavy Earthquake in California." New York Tribune, September 4, 1905, p. 1 c. 2. "Earthquake Shock in Vermont." New York Tribune, October 23, 1905, p. 1 c. 1.]
1905 Sept 4 / evening. / Leeds—boy aged 13, shot by unseen person—while playing in a yard surrounded by high fence. However some small holes in fence. Name of boy—Albert Moor. / D. News 6-12-6. [C; 1024. (London Daily News, September 6, 1905, p. 12 c. 6.)]
1905 Sept 4 / BO / experiments / D. News, Sept 4, 1905 / Several times Prof. George A. Simcox, Senior Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, had been reported missing. Aug 28, 1905, he went for a walk at Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, and not seen again. A large number of persons searched in vain. Thought he might have fallen into the sea while upon geological work. [C; 1025.1, 1025.2. (London Daily News, September 4, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 4 / LT, 4-b / or D Mail 4-5-6 / Disap on Aug 30 of Prof. Simcox of Queen's College, Oxford. On coast of Antrim, near the Giant's Causeway. Bands of searchers, but without finding a trace, “Professor Simcox having vanished as if a chasm had opened and swallowed him up.” At Ballycastle. / D. Mail—5-3-4 / Said that he had disappeared on other occasions, but such as 3 days when upon a geological exploration. / Mail 6-3-6 / Thought he must have climbed on the cliffs and lost his footing, but the Ballycastle police had sent descriptions of him all around the country. [C; 1026.1, 1026.2, 1026.3. “Ireland.” London Times, September 4, 1905, p. 4 c. 2. (London Daily Mail, September 4, 1905, p. 5 c. 6.) (London Daily Mail, September 4, 1905, p. 5 c. 6.) (London Daily Mail, September 5, 1905, p. 3 c. 4.) (London Daily Mail, September 6, 1905, p. 3 c. 6.)]
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1905 Sept 6 / myst shot. / D. News of 7th / Mrs. Kate Franks, aged 27. Imperial Buildings, Ludgate-Circus. She manager of the Bureau Kennedy. One p.m. In the office was seated a man, a Hungarian, who had been there upon business before and was waiting to meet somebody upon a transaction. Two shots fired, one striking Mrs. Frank. One through her neck and other through hand. She could tell nothing at St Bartholomew's Hospital. Not been any conversation for 5 minutes with the Hungarian visitor. Mrs F could not think revolver ben fired by anyone in the room. Her impression that it came from outside. But revolver found on office floor. The Hungarian, in the excitement, had gone away. Interview with Mr. Frank, who was employed as a tobacconist. Could tell nothing—no known enemies.
[C; 1027.1 to 1027.4. (London Daily News, September 7, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 6 / News, Sept. 15 / William Rety had surrendered himself, at the Brideweel police station, confessing that, because of jealousy, he had shot Mrs. Franks. Letters of hers in his room. [C; 1028/ (London Daily News, September 15, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 6 / W. Retz was a Hungarian. / D. News, 22nd. [C; 1029. (London Daily News, September 22, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 6 / Shooting / This is in Times. / See “Shooting”. [C; 1030. (London Times, ca. September 6, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 6 / D. News, Oct 21 / Rety found guilty—five years. [C; 1031. (London Daily News, October 21, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 6, and before / Shooting / See Oct 1, 1905. [C; 1032. See: (1905 Oct 1).]
1905 Sept 7 / D. Mail of, 5-5 / Violent volc eruption in Samoa reported by a vessel that had just reached Sandwich Islands. [IX; 26. (London Daily Mail, September 7, 1905, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1905 Sept 7 / aid that at Llanelly, a purple-red substance had fallen upon clothes. / Cambrian Nat Observer 1905/30 / ac to a member of Astro Soc of Wales / F.F. Young. [IX; 28. (Cambrian Natural Observer, 1905-30.)]
1905 Sept 7 / Monteleone / Some hours before the q., strong magnetic perturbations. / Nature 75-205. [IX; 31. "Notes." Nature, 75 (December 27, 1906): 205-208, at 205. Rizzo, Giovanni Battista. "Sopra le Perturnazioni Magnetiche Dovite al Terremoto della Calabria dell' 8 Septtembre 1905." Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity, 11 (September 1906): 113-124, at 121. "In occasione del nostro terremoto della Calabria è stato osservato un fenomeno analogo. II giorno 7 settembre, cioè parecchie ore prima del terremoto, un geometra che faceva delle misure con una bussola in campagna, nelle vicinanze di Monteleone, dovette interrompere il suo lavoro a cagione di inesplicabili perturbazioni a cui andava soggetta la calamita. E secondo testimonianze raccolte per lettera ed a voce da persone a cui debbo prestar fede, nel momento della scossa, e anche qualche minuto più tardi, si vide in cielo lungo il versante tirrenico della spiaggia di Monteleone una luce rosea che poi si dileguò a poco a poco."]
1905 Sept 7 / near Havre / Eboulement de la falaise / fall of a cliff / La Nat Supl, Sept 16, p. 1. [IX; 45. “Informations.” La Nature, 1905 pt. 2, Nouvelles Scientifiques, (no. 1686, supplement; September 16): 61.]
1905 Sept 8 / Great met and dust / March 27, 1894. [IX; 27. See: 1894 March 27, (VII: 988, 989, & 991).]
1905 Sept 8 / Pioneer Mail of, p. 31 / Drought most parts of India, but almost daily downpours in Ghazipur. / Sept 8 / Pioneer Mail / Various issues tell of August floods in Burma. / Flood and tents / derelict barges that broke away / islands—people making for them and sheep, chickens, rats, mice / at Srinagar. [IX: 32.1, 32.2. (Pioneer Mail, September 8, 1905, p. 31; plus other issues.)]
1905 Sept 8 / Pioneer Press, 15th, p. 10 / Over 200 persons a day were entering Sind, from the famine in Rajputana. / Clouds of locusts to the withered fields. / Deluge at Lahore. / Sept 15th, p. 18—Houses collapsing in great numbers and the occupants wandering homeless. [IX: 37.1, 37.2. (Pioneer Press, September 15, 1905, p. 10, 18.)]
1905 Sept 8 / Calabria / phe and q / See 1805. / Very much published. [IX; 29. Refer to: 1805 July 26, (I; 146). Galli, Ignazio. "Raccolta e classificazione di fenomeni luminosi osservati nei terremoti." Bollettino della Società Sismologica Italiana, 14 (1910): 221-448, at 405-418.]
1905 Sept. 8 / T(1) / Dispatches to newspapers—q—in Calabria—that several walls had collapsed and cracks appeared in others. Later several houses somewhere seriously damaged and one person killed. Later—three towns destroyed—later hundreds killed—many towns in Calabria, people flying from cities—spreading everywhere away from falling walls. Village after village collapsing—tottering villages still partly standing. Second day's news—shelterless people in flunics of panic. “The situation is terrible.” 2000 dead or injured—flags in the remoter cities at half-mast—people out from villages living in tents. [IX: 33.1, 33.2, 33.3. (Refs.???) (“flunics” is a Pabst decipherment.)]
1905 Sept. 8 / Cos 1 / ab 2:45 a.m. / Calabria / Cosmos, N.S., 53/307, etc. / Villages that disappeared in opening crevices. Said that strange phenomena accompanied the catastrophe. There was a rain of dust at Tiriolo and the concussion had been preceded by luminous phe without doubt of electric origin. / But at the same time Stromboli was in eruption. On page 468, M. Lacroix is quoted—that the earthquake and Stromboli were not simultaneous; and that the small ebullition of Strom[boli] had taken place 8 days before the q. On page 700—that a globe or a band of fire appeared in the sky and with tremendous noise (fracas horrible) moved toward the southwest to the sea. The question is asked—could this phenomenon have had anything to do with the earthquake? It is said that Prof. Alfani had recorded observations upon this phe, in the Revista di Fisica, but had not attempted to explain. / For full details of M. A. Lacroix' statement that Stromboli was not active at the time, see his reports to the French Academy (CR 141-576). [IX: 34.1 to 34.6. “Le tremblement de terre de la Calabre.” Cosmos, s. 4 (n.s.) v. 53 (September 16, 1905): 307. “Sociétés Savantes Académie des Sciences. Séance du 9 Octobre.” Cosmos, s. 4 (n.s.) v. 53 (October 21, 1905): 468-469. “Phénomènes curieux du tremblement de terre de la Calabre.” Cosmos, s. 4 (n.s.) v. 53 (December 23, 1905): 700-701. Lacroix, A. "Sur le tremblement de terre ressenti le 8 septembre à Stromboli et sur l'ètat actuel de ce volcan." Comptes Rendus, 141 (1905): 575-579. "Ces nouvelles paraissent avoir eu pour origine un petit paroxysme du Stromboli, qui s'est produit 8 jours avant le tremblement de terre, le 30 aoùt, à 5h 3om du matin. Il a été de la même intensité que celui qui, d'après M. Renda, a été constaté le 22 avril dernier. Il a consisté en une violente explosion, qui a rejeté des cendres et des scories très légères, non plus seulement comme d'ordinaire sur les bords du cratère, mais encore sur les hauteurs de l'île et jusqu'à la mer dans une région inhabitée de l'Est." "J'ai rencontré un des marins qui étaient en service, le 8 septembre, au sémaphore, excellent poste d'observation pour le volcan. Il m'a assuré que, pendant la demi-heure qui a suivi le tremblement de terre, il ne se serait produit au cratère aucune des explosions répétées qui en sont la caractéristique. Je donne ce renseignement sous toutes réserves."]
1905 Sept 8 / BO / N.Y. Herald, 9th, says Vesuvius and Stromboli. [IX; 40. (New York Herald, September 9, 1905.)]
1905 (Sept) / BO / Ac to my searches of the newspapers and sci periodicals, there was no especial activity at Vesuvius, and at Stromboli, no especial eruption, but the quake was felt. [IX; 41.]
1905 Sept 8 / at Tiriolo / Quake and fall of ashes preceded by luminous phenomena “probably of electric origin”. / Bull Soc. Astr de F., Oct., 1905 / Ashes from Stromboli? [IX; 35. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, October, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 8 / q and phe anti / q of Calabria / Many reports upon luminous phe. Prof. Agamennone had interviewed the supposed witnesses. 2 kinds of falling stars were reported. One fall ¾ of an hour before the q and the other ¼ hour before the q—and Prof A. found only one person who had seen these phe. / Cosmos, N.S., 69-422. [IX: 36.1, 36.2. “Les phénomènes lumineux des tremblements de terre.” Cosmos, s. 4 (n.s.) v. 69 (October 16, 1913): 422.]
1905 Sept 8 / At Tiriolo, dust preceded by luminous phe, considered electric. / Cosmos, N.S., 53-307 / 600 deaths (p. 563). [IX; 38. “Le tremblement de terre de la Calabre.” Cosmos, s. 4 (n.s.) v. 53 (September 16, 1905): 307. Coggia, Jérôme Eugène. “Quelques Considérations sur les Causes Scientifiques du Tremblement de Terre des Calabres.” Cosmos, s. 4 (n.s.) v. 53 (September 16, 1905): 563-567.]
1905 Sept 8 / In C.R. 141-576, letter from Sicily, by M. Lacroix, says no eruption at the time, of Stromboli, had been a small eruption Aug 30th. He writes on 26th of Sept. And since Aug 30 in normal activity, a little stronger perhaps on 26th. [IX; 42. Lacroix, A. "Sur le tremblement de terre ressenti le 8 septembre à Stromboli et sur l'ètat actuel de ce volcan." Comptes Rendus, 141 (1905): 575-579.]
1905 Sept 8 / BO / p. 207 / q / Calabria / 4000 people killed and 4600 buildings destroyed. [IX; 43. (Ref.???)]
(1905) Sept 8 / morning / Trib., 9th, etc. / q. / Calabria / 25 villages wiped out. Began 2:55 a.m. / Stromboli active. [IX; 44. "Earthquake Kills 370." New York Tribune, September 9, 1905, p. 1 c. 1 & p. 2 c. 6.]
1905 Sept 9 / 1 a.m. / Musgravem Westmoreland / shock / Liverpool Echo, 11th. [IX; 46. (Liverpool Echo, September 11, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 9 / D. Express / In a garden in Wakefield, a worm new in Yorkshire. 12 inches long, half as thick as a lead pencil, 3 stripes running along back. [IX; 47. (London Daily Express, September 9, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 9 / 9:05 a.m. / Rand Powder Mills, 6 miles south of Uniontown, Pa., blows up. Shock felt 20 miles away. [IX; 30. (Ref.???)]
1905 Sept 9 / Trib, 2-3 / Myst assault and death of a Times Editor. [C; 1033. "Editor's Strange Death." New York Tribune, September 9, 1905, p. 2 c. 3.]
1905 Sept. 12 / ab. 9:30 p.m. / Pontrhyrrun, near Newport, brilliant meteor—tube shaped. / D. News 21-3-4. [IX; 53. (London Daily News, September 21, 1905, p. 3 c. 4.)]
1905 Sept 12-14 / Cape Argus, 14th / “Heavy rains and floods—washaways on the line—.” / Argus, 16th, that reports from outlying districts told of “terrible havoc”. [IX; 48. (Cape Argus, September 14, 1905.) (Cape Argus, September 16, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 13 / Times of India, 9th—that if rain not fall within a week, crops in the Poona district be wholly or partially destroyed. / Reports from 9 districts upon withering crops. [IX; 49. (Times of India, September 9, 1905???)]
1905 Sept 13 / 1:30 a.m. / Severe shock, Arlberg / 14—10:10 a.m., Calabria / 15—Vesuvius increasing / Stromboli remarkable / 16—Arlberg / 17—Monteleone / 18—severe, Calabria / Nature—72-514. [IX; 50. “Notes.” Nature, 72 (September 21, 1905): 514-518, at 514-515.]
1905 Sept 13 / Lahore / Long drought, then a q., followed by enormous fall of water, destroying houses, hundreds of persons homeless. [IX; 54. (Ref.???)]
1905 Sept 13 / Drought—rain / Times India, Sept 16 / Before the rain, drought so severe an exodus of refugees from Rajputana. / p. 6—at Lahore damage by the “phenomenal rain equal to that by the earthquake in April—4 deaths in collapsing houses. / At Simla began on 9th. / In Kashmir the Jhelum river rose 17 feet—at flood that “at this season is almost unprecedented occurrence and has taken everybody by surprise”. Many corpses of human beings and cattle floating down, p. 19. [IX: 55.1, 55.2. (Times of India, September 16, 1905, p. 19.)]
1905 Sept 14 / Liverpool Echo of / Extremely violent eruption of Stromboli described. “The spectacle of the terrified people rowing away in horror was a moot pitiable one.” [IX; 51. (Liverpool Echo, September 14, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 14-15 / night / Fresh shocks. Town of Monte Rosso destroyed. / D. Express 16-1-3. [IX; 52. (London Daily Express, September 16, 1905, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1905 Sept. 14 / Egyptian Gazette. / Case of rabies in Cyprus. This disease had been thought not to exist among dogs in Cyprus. [C; 1034. (Egyptian Gazette, September 14, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 15 / D. Express 16-1-3 / Cape Colony, long drought broken by deluges—enormous damage. [IX; 56. (London Daily Express, September 16, 1905, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1905 Sept 16 / D. Express 18-1-7 / Floods in Spain. [IX; 57. (London Daily Express, September 18, 1905, p. 1. c. 7.)]
1905 Sept 18 / See Oct. 25. [IX; 58. See: (Oct 25).]
1905 Sept 18 / BO / Levant Herald (Weekly Edition) / Protracted drought in Castanbol, Turkey, followed by phenomenal rain. Issue of 11th tells of shocks in Turkey. [IX; 59. (Levant Herald, Wekly Edition, September 11, 1905.) (Levant Herald, Weekly Edition, September 18, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 18 / Violent shocks / Calabria / Hundreds of houses destroyed. / D. Express 19-1-4. [IX; 60. (London Daily Express, September 19, 1905, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1905 Sept 18 / Myst stranger / Rinaldo. [C; 1035. Ref.???)]
1905 Sept 18 / Hauser / D. Mail, 7-3 / “A few days ago the police here (Paris) arrested as a vagrant a man whose language it is utterly impossible to understand. Several European and Asiatic interpreters have failed to recognize any word spoken by him. By means of signs he has intimated that he comes from Lisbian, “three days march from Boston”. A chair he calls “eisar”; a table “lotoba”; his nose he terms his “sonar”; America he pronounces “americh”; and for “speak” he says “sprer”. For the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, he says “on”, “eru”, “trar”, “eart”, and “zar”. / D. Mail, Sept 20-5-3 / That ac to Mr. G.R. Sims, solution of the mystery of the man's language very simple. He was having a game with the police. Had simply transposed letters. So eisar transposed back becomes “raises” and a chair raises you; and “sonar” can be shifted to snoar, or phonetic for “snore”, and relates to noses. And if a mistake been made and “eart” was for “three”, why incomplete of letters and not “eart” but “erth”, in a back-slang used by croooks for “thre” or “three”. Said that for many years Mr. S had made a close study of such subjects. / D. Mail—21-5-5 / Said that M. Roty, the magistrate before whom the myserious foreigner was examined, was making a study of his language. Said that he was a youth about 17 years old, and called himself Ripartamor. Said that Mr G.R. Sims' explanations were considered far-fetched. He called a chair “diaser”. An attempt to show they are transposed Italian words, though not invented by the youth, in M. Roty's opinion, because he was “too simple”. So the word 'Sacar” for “house was the Italian “Casa” with “r” added. “Other words used by the youth are 'zerorvalcar” for horse, “sarbans” for coal, “ochs” for “beef”. / D. Mail 23-5-5 / Mr. Sims, seemingly given up his idea of English transposing, says youth was “probably a Levantine” speaking in a jargon of Greek founded on Levantine French. / Dispatch from Paris—the mysterious vagrant unmasked and conclusively proved by M. Bertillon, Chief of the Antrhopometrical Dept of the French police, to be an imposter. ccording to minute measurements that had been recorded, he was Rinaldo Agostini, a youth of 19, born in the Austrian Tyrol, arrested several times before by the French police for vagrancy. Said that the mysterious language was simply transposed Italian. Some confusion. One place said that he spoke French, German and Italian with equal fluency. And then later—“Sixteen diffferent languages were tried on the artful prisoner today all with the same seeming non-success. It is said that he had been taken in upon one of the periodical raids upon vagrants. / I'd suggest then that he had so been arrested and minutely measured before, and had simply had a name and birthplace assigned to him. [C; 1036.1 to 1036.16. (London Daily Mail, September 18, 1905, p. 7 c. 3.) (London Daily Mail, September 21, 1905, p. 5 c. 5.) (London Daily Mail, September 23, 1905, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1905 Sept 18 / Le Figaro, Sept. 21 / Said that believed the young man was from North America, and the U.S. embassy and the Canadian legation had been communicated with—here said that for God his word was “Odio”. / Here some other words are listed. / hat—polter / umbrella—broyard / watch—ur / “timbrepost”—stimber / cane—stenber / fish—fisch / bird—sellier / bell—pendar / a saw—zogh / a chain—chète / It is said that there was nothing wrong with his mind, but that he seemed too uninteligent to name things as he did whenever asked to and then the next day remember. / Jour des Deb., Sept 20. / He is explained by M. Haag. Said that he had simply transposed letters in words. For instance, says M. Haag, take his word odir for God—transpose and omit the r and there we have Dio. Ac to M. Haag, he was a Spaniard and there were other instances in which he had transposed Spanish words. Some other words in Journal of 19th. / house—sacar / tree—tree—wable / pencil—titamar / tongue—gualiar / Here it is said that he probably spoke the dialect of a tribe of Amer. Indians. / 2 readers might try this. Of course possible that an imposter might invent and commit to memory a whole language. Let any one reader point around from object to object and the othe rimmediately name it—carpet—shoe—match—ink. Write down and try him again next day. Seems that he was tried by more that ordinary objects of attire and furnishings. There must have [been] complex attempts to convey the idea of God to him. Also he named the seasons. / 17-5-5. [C; 1037.1 to 1037.8. (Le Figaro, September 21, 1905.) (Journal des Debats, September 20, 1905.) (Journal des Debats, September 19, 1905.) (Journal des Debats, September 17, 1905, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1905 Sept 18 / Omit first syllable of his word for tongue and someone may see significance in his word for that instrument. [C; 1037.9.]
1905 Sept 18 / Le Temps, Sept 19 / That M. Roty in vain had tried him with a verse from the Bible, translated into 1 cent soixante-dix languages and idioms, dialects. His name here—Amar Riter. / Very obscure how could have got from him that he had come from America to see his sister, Hian Riter, who lived with a man named Lodovik. [C; 1038.1, 1038.2. (Le Temps, September 19, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 18 / (T.1) / Le Temps, 22nd, says that M. Roty was continuing his attempts, and though conversation was impossible, by signs and drawings the following story had been constructed: That Amar Ritard had, with his mother, left his home, travelling through a forest until they came to cabins inhabited by Negroes who had ferocious animals, Then they had gone to a town named Lespian and then to another, which was perhaps Boston. They had taken passage upon a vessel with 2 funnels, disbarking perhaps at Havre. Arriving in Paris, he had been abandoned by his mother. [C; 1039.1, 1039.2, 1039.3. (Le Temps, September 22, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 18 / T / In Le Temps, 24[th], told that he had been identified by Bertillon as Rinaldo, who had been convicted of vagabondage by the court at Sémur (Côte-d'Or) in May, 1904. So accused, he laughed and said, in German,that he had played the comedy to conceal his true name, having been twice convicted, fearing expulsion from France. [C; 1040.1, 1040.2. (Le Temps, September 24, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 18 / Slf—that if sarb(a)ns like charbon, he had picked up some French words. [C; 1041.]
1905 Sept. 18 / Plan is to give from Daily Mail. / The Jour de D. and Figaro and not findable here the denoucement. The Le Temps to finish. The philosophy of it is—great triumph of science—but that nothing as a whole ever can gain anything, and if Science gained in one department (Criminology), certainly not in others. [C; 1042.1, 1042.2.]
1905 Sept 19 / BO / Youth of Paris / D. Express of, says of Aztec type of countenance. / Psycho / Frank Hamel, Human Animal. [C; 1043.1. (London Daily Express, September 19, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 19 / Lick Observatory / Daylight meteor / 15 seconds / Pubs Astro Soc Pacific 17/160 / (Cut). [IX; 61. Maddrill, James D. “A Curious Astronomical Observation.” Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 17 (no. 104; October 1905): 160-161. “While engaged at the 12-inch telescope, about thirteen minutes before noon, September 19th, I chanced to see a bright object moving in a northeasterly direction in the field of the finder. The telescope being only lightly clamped, I was able to follow the object for about eight or ten seconds, when it was cut off by the dome. Calling to a visitor to move the dome quickly, I attempted to keep the telescope moving with constant speed and direction. On the aperture’s clearing again, however, I did not find the object readily. I then noted the position of the telescope: R. A. 14h 0m, Decl.+16°.5. It was near R. A. 13h 46m, Decl. + 14°.8, when the slowly moving meteorite was first seen. The time in traversing this estimated path would have been about fifteen or twenty seconds. Hence. roughly, the apparent velocity was only about 10' or 15’ per second.” “Turning immediately to Venus, I noted that the meteorite was somewhat brighter than Venus, its intrinsic luster being less, but its apparent area being five or ten times as great.”]
1905 Sept 20 / Good rains / N.S. Wales / L.T. 21-3-f. [IX; 62. “Spring Rains in New South Wales.” London Times, September 21, 1905, p. 3 c. 6.]
1905 Sept 21 / shortly before midnight / Shock at Stirling / low rumbling sound at Comrie / Nature 72-537. [IX; 63. “Notes.” Nature, 72 (September 28, 1905): 537-542, at 537.]
1905 Sept 21 / Just before midnight / Comrie, etc. / shock and “a terrible detonation” / D Mail 23-5-6. [IX; 64. (London Daily Mail, September 23, 1905, p. 5 c. 6.)]
1905 Sept 21 / q-region / morning / Terrific storms / Monteleone and Catanzaro, Italy / These places in the q-region. / L.T. 21-3-f. [IX; 65. “Storms in Southern Italy.” London Times, September 21, 1905, p. 3 c. 6.]
1905 Sept. 21 / Strange insects / D. Express 23-1-2 / “An Avalanche of insects”—at Angiers, France. Choked the water pipes. Shovelled next day into cartloads. In a storm. Millions of “little red, green, and yellow insects”. Several hours. [IX; 66. (London Daily Express, September 23, 1905, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1905 Sept 21 / [LT], 3-f / 23-6-a / Storms in Calabria. [IX; 71. “Storms in Southern Italy.” London Times, September 21, 1905, p. 3 c. 6. “The Storms in Calabria.” London Times, September 23, 1905, p. 6 c. 1.]
1905 Sept 22 / At Angers, for several hours, shower of little beetles, red, black, and green. / Jour des Debats, 23rd. [IX; 67. (Journals des Debats, September 23, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 22 / betweem 12 and 1 a.m. / D. Express 23-1-2 / Panic in Scotland, in Perthshire and Stirlingshire. Shocks—houses rocked violently. At Allba, a terrific report heard. Comrie only slightly affected. [IX; 70. (London Daily Express, September 23, 1905, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1905 Sept 22 / Torrential th. storms, continuing in q-region, Calabria. / L.T., Sept 23, 1905. [IX; 72. “The Storms in Calabria.” London Times, September 23, 1905, p. 6 c. 1.]
1905 Sept 23 / D. Express, 1-6 / A version of the Rinaldo story. [C; 1043.2. (London Daily Express, September 23, 1905, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1905 Sept 24 / Merstham Tunnel / The Mary Money case. [C; 1044. (Ref.??? Mary Sophia Money's body was found in the Merstham Tunnel, and her murder remains unsolved.)]
1905 Sept 25 / Feb. 7th, a man gave self up, saying had killed Mary Money. [C; 1045. (Ref.???)]
1905 Sept. 26 / Disastrous typhoon / Manila / D. News 27-7-2. [IX; 68. (London Daily News, September 27, 1905, p. 7 c. 2.)]
1905 Sept 26 / 1:30 p.m. / Severe q / Island of Hisingen / Nature 72-563. [IX; 69. “Notes.” Nature, 72 (October 5, 1905): 563-567, at 563.]
1905 Sept. 26 / 6:52 a.m. / Multan, near Lahore, India / severe shock / Times of India 30-9-1. [IX; 73. (Times of India, September 30, 1905, p. 9 c. 1.)]
1905 Sept 26 / Great met exploded over Victoria, Ill. / MWR 05-546. [IX; 74. "A Large Meteor." Monthly Weather Review, 33 (no. 12; December 1905): 546.]
1905 Sept 26 / q in Sweden / La Nat Sup, Oct. 7, p. 1. [IX; 75. “Informations.” La Nature, 1905 pt. 2, Nouvelles Scientifiques, (no. 1689, supplement; October 7): 73.]
1905 Sept 26 / Destructive typhoon / Manila / L.T. 27-3-f. [IX; 76. “Reported Typhoon at Manila.” London Times, September 27, 1905, p. 3 c. 6.]
1905 Sept 26 / q dust / Other q's in Calabria, especially 18th and 19th. On the 26th, came a hot wind, and—mêle de red dust. / La Nat Supl, Oct. 7, p. 1. [IX; 77. “Informations.” La Nature, 1905 pt. 2, Nouvelles Scientifiques, (no. 1688, supplement; September 30): 69-70. “Informations.” La Nature, 1905 pt. 2, Nouvelles Scientifiques, (no. 1689, supplement; October 7): 73.]
1905 Sept 26 / Red dust in a current of warm air which raised the temperature extraordinarily. / La Nat Sup, Oct. 7. [IX; 78. “Informations.” La Nature, 1905 pt. 2, Nouvelles Scientifiques, (no. 1689, supplement; October 7): 73]
1905 Sept 27 / BO / Levant Herald, Oct 9 / That with this dust came a current of hot air so oppressive that hundreds of persons were asphixiated. [IX; 79. (Levant Herald, October 9, 1905.)]
1905 [Sept 28] / Myst / Sep 28/12/1 / Tr (?). [C; 1046. (Ref.???)]
1905 Sept 29 / BO / D. Express of, 1-6 / Said that Agostino not been kept in prison, but released and given employment as a cabinet maker. [C; 1047. (London Daily Express, September 29, 1905, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1905 Sept 29 / 7:55 p.m. / Brilliant meteor / Mexico / Bull Soc Astro de F., Nov., 1905. [IX; 80. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, November, 1905.)]
1905 Sept 29 / D. Express—30-1-4 / Waterspout off Isle of Wight in Channel after a heavy th. storm, but little wind. [IX; 81. (London Daily Express, September 30, 1905, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1905 Sept 30 / Shooting / D. News 2-7-3 / Busy throroughfare, Queen-street, Oxford—youth, Francis Jaycock, riding a bicycle, heard a report and felt a blow on his back. Reached home in a dazed condition. / 9:45 p.m. / Had been shot in back. / A young man, named Walter Turner, aged 18, arrested Oct. 1, charged; a pistol was found, buried in the garden. / Later, night of 30th, a bullet was fired at a man in another street. Turner charged with this, too. [C; 1048.1, 1048.2. (London Daily News, October 2, 1905, p. 7 c. 3.)]
1905 Sept 30 / President Roosevelt, driving to station at Oyster Bay, one of the rear axles splintered, and carriage collapsed. President uninjured. / D. News 2-7-3. [C; 1049. (London Daily News, October 2, 1905, p. 7 c. 3.)]
1905 Sept 30 / La Nat Sup. of / Torrential rains and floods in Spain. [IX; 82. “Informations.” La Nature, 1905 pt. 2, Nouvelles Scientifiques, (no. 1688, supplement; September 30): 69-70.]
1905 Sept. 30 / Abnormally high tide East coast of England. Highest in 9 years. / D. News, Oct 2-7-5. [IX; 83. (London Daily News, October 2, 1905, p. 7 c. 5.)]
1905 Oct / Vampire Animal / See May, 1808. [C; 1050. See: 1808 May, (A; 13).]
1905 [Oct 1] / Mysteries / Oct 1/5/2 / Tr (?) [C; 1051. (Ref.???)]
1905 Oct. 1 / (Trib), 4-2 / Hot water fell on vessels off Coast of Nicaragua, from a volcano inland. [IX; 84. "Spouts Boiling Water." New York Tribune, October 1, 1905, p. 4 c. 2. The Masaya volcano.]
1905 Oct 3 / night / Large met / N.J. / MWR 05-546. [IX; 85. "A Large Meteor." Monthly Weather Review, 33 (no. 12; December 1905): 546.]
[The following three notes were clipped together by Fort. C: 1052-1054.]
1905 Oct. 10 (ab.) / First appearance of the “sheep-slaying mystery of Badminton”—D. Mail, Nov. 1, p. 5. Had been 6 cases in the neighborhood of Badminton on the border of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. Sergeant Carter of the Gloucestershire police is quoted: “I have seen two of the carcas[s]es myself, and can say definitely that it is impossible for it to be the work of a dog. Dogs are not vampires, and do not suck the blood of a sheep and leave the flesh almost untouched.” There are other accounts of bodies found and of screaming sounds. Said the animal had been seen, and according to description it was “considerably larger than a fox, of a mouse-brown color, with a very sharp mouth and a long, bushy tail”. On Oct. 31 it was seen at Weston Birt.” Said that it was supposed to be a jackal that had escaped from a circus. / D Mail, Nov. 2—suggestion that as fox cubs were imported to England a jackal cub might have been worked into somebody's importation. / 6-5-4—that the “Jackal” had been on 5th been seen in Badminton Park. / 6-6-7—a cor objects to animal being called a Jackal—says that the blood-sucking indicated its identity as feline, a puma, or a cheetah. / Nov 18-5-5—“Jackal” seen on 17th near Chipping Sodbury, where it had killed a rabbit. / Dec. 19-5-5—nothing more been heard of the animal—but Dec 17, a large black dog shot near Hinton—so said that was the marauding animal—but—“The districts of Chalk and Thong near Gravesend are greatly disturbed by a sheep-worrying scare. Caused by an unknown animal. Up to Saturday (Dec. 16) it had caused the death of some thirty sheep, while others have had their ears torn off and their mouths severely bitten. Small armies of men have watched nightly with guns but so far without result. [C; 1052.1 to 1059.9. (London Daily Mail, November 1, 1905, p. 5.) (London Daily Mail, November 2, 1905.) (London Daily Mail, November 6, 1905, p. 5 c. 4.) (London Daily Mail, November 6, 1905, p. 6 c. 7.) (London Daily Mail, November 18, 1905, p. 5 c. 5.) (London Daily Mail, December 19, 1905, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1905 (Oct) / Badminton / Having read of the “escaped Jackal of Gloucester”, I turn to the Gloucester Journal. In issue of Nov 4th, full acount, but no mention of a Jackal supposed to have escaped from a menagerie in Gloucester; nor any such mention in succeeding issues. Ac to information from many sources, mouse-colored, short-tailed animal with a night-cry such as had never been heard in all the countryside before. Cry is described by the Vicar of Badminton, hoarser than a fox's, and ending up with a howl like no sound made by a fox. Issue of Nov. 25, said that so many reports that must be more than one animal. “Some even go so far as to call up the traditions of the were-wolf, and superstitious people are inclined to this theory. Said that at Durskey so loud were its cries that all [dogs] a mile around were set barking. Said that at Southend the animal's tracks were found, and that in the opinion of sportsmen they were the tracks of a puma or cougar. Then no more until issue of Dec 23, when told of shooting on Dec 17 near Hinton of a large Newfoundland dog. After shooting of the dog no more reports, but had been none for a month previously. [C; 1053.1 to 1053.6. Gloucester Journal, November 4, 1905.) (Gloucesterr Journal, November 25, 1905.) (Gloucester Journal, December 23, 1905.)]
1905 Oct 10 / Wld animal and stilleto-like stab / May 2, 1888. [C; 1055. See: 1888 May 2, (B; 907).]
1905 Oct. 10 / Near Hamilton, Ontario, body of a woman aged about 28, found, shot ab 30 hours before finding, through head. Up to August, 1906, nothing known of how got there or where from. / W. Dispatch, Aug, 19-7-4. [C; 1056. “Murder Mystery.” London Weekly Dispatch, August 19, 1906, p. 7 c. 4.]
1905 [Oct] / Otter / Field, Oct 15 / Instance told of an otter that had eaten a duck killed by a hunter. [C; 673. (Field, October 15, 1905; wrong date.)]
1905 Oct 13 / 5:30 p.m. / near Cortland, NY / Met train 10 minutes / Science, NS, 24-151. [IX; 86. Davis, E.E. "An Unusual Meteor." Science, n.s., 24 (August 3, 1906): 151-152.]
1905 Oct 14 / 3:40 p.m. / Violent shock / Monteleone, Italy / Nature 72-608. [IX; 87. "Notes." Nature, 72 (October 19, 1905): 607-610, at 608.]
1905 Oct 14—etc. / Large group of sunspots then seen coming around. / Nature 72-610 / For reproduction of it Oct 19, see p. 639. [IX; 88. “Another Large Sun-Spot.” Nature, 72 (October 19, 1905): 610. “The Recent Large Sun-Spot.” Nature, 72 (October 26, 1905): 639.]
1905 Oct 14 / 3:45 p.m. / Another shock in Calabria. [IX; 89. "Calabria Again Shaken." New York Tribune, October 16, 1905, p. 1 c. 3. (No reference here to "3:45 p.m.)]
1905 Oct 15 / Shock in afternoon, Calabria / Jamaica, 4:35 p.m. / Trib 16-1-3. [IX; 90. "Calabria Again Shaken," and "Another Earthquake at Jamaica." New York Tribune, October 16, 1905, p. 1 c. 3.]
1905 Oct 15 / Waterspout burst on coast of Tuzla, Turkey. / Levant Herald, 23rd. [IX; 91. (Levant Herald, October 23, 1905.)]
1905 Oct 19 / Photo in Nature 72-639 of spot on sun of this date. / N. eye. / almost central. [IX; 92. “The Recent Large Sun-Spot.” Nature, 72 (October 26, 1905): 639.]
1905 Oct. 22 / 5:55 a.m. / Constantinople / shocks / L.T. 23-6-b. [IX; 93. “Earthquake Shocks.” London Times, October 23, 1905, p. 6 c. 2.]
1905 Oct. 25 / Wld—Unknowns/ 2 wilds / D. Mail of / “The unknown man at Totnes Workhouse still defies all efforts to prove his identity and continues to be unable to speak. In his cap was the name Bonney, with the date June 7, 1905. The doctor is of the opinion that the man is malingering and won't speak. / The foreigner arrested at Luton, on suspicion of setting fire to haystacks, still remains a mystery. It has been proved that he is not deaf, and apparently understands most of the signs made to him, but he has never uttered a syllable. A card was found in his pocket, bearing the name Benedetts. [C; 1057.1, 1057.2, 1057.3. (London Daily Mail, October 25, 1905.)]
1905 Oct 28 / (See Nov 12, pinched ear.) / D. Mail of, 5-6 / Excitement in Naples—house occupied by a widow and her two children, Strange noises, and bread and sausages mysteriously disappeared from their table during a meal. Then things thrown around. Porter of the house declared something had pinched his ear. [C; 1058.1, 1058.2. (London Daily Mail, October 28, 1905, p. 5 c. 6.) See: (Nov 12).]
[1905 Oct 28. Wrong date. See: 1905 Aug 4 or 5, to at least Sept 17, (IX; 94).]
1905 Oct 29 / Metite / Bholghati (Orissa), India / R., Ap 18—'38. [IX; 95. Refer to: 1838 Ap. 18, (I; 2306). Brown, John Coggin. "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Meteorites Comprised in the Collection of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta (On August 1st, 1914)." Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, 43 (1916): part 2, 149-287, at 170. This is the Bholghati meteorite.]
1905 Nov, early / Spots came on sun and on 11th formed a stream over ¾ of the disk. / Pop Astro 14-371. [IX; 96. O'Halloran, Rose. “The Sun-Spot Maximum of 1905.” Popular Astronomy, 14 (no. 6; June-July 1906): 368-371, at 371.]
1905 Nov 8 / Violent shocks around Mt. Athos, Greece. / Nature 73-132. [IX; 97. “Notes.” Nature, 73 (December 7, 1905): 132-135, at 132.]
1905 Nov / Aurora / the Leonids / See Nov., 1837. [IX; 98. See: (1837 Nov).]
1905 Nov / See Nov. 13-14, 1894. / mag. storm / no great sunspots. [IX; 99. See: (1894 Nov. 13-14).]
1905 Nov / Aurora instead of mets / Nov 12, 1837. [IX; 100. See: 1837 Nov. 12-13, (I: 2262 & 2263).]
1905 Nov / Sun and aurora, time of Leonids / Nov 15, 1882. [IX; 101. See: (1882 Nov 15).]
1905 Nov / Great aurora, time of Leonids / Nov, 1871 / Had been great auroras for 2 years. [IX; 102. See: (1871 Nov).]
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1905 Nov. 8 / D. Mail, 5-2 / “Man of Mystery” in the Midhurst Workhouse. Found, in a dying condition, in a copse. Ab. 70 Spoken to in several languages but nothing could be [lear]ned. [C; 1059. (London Daily Mail, November 8, 1905, p. 5 c. 2.)]
1905 (Nov) / Midhurst Myst / Mail, 22-5-2—“Man of Mystery unmasked. I should have said in first note that, though could not be communicated with, it was thought that he was a Finn. In Mail of 20th, said that he had been interviewed by a Finnish Lutheran clergyman, who found that he had come from Laakte, Finland, and having quarreled with other passengers on a vessel, had been put ashore at Hull. [C; 1060.1, 1060.2. (London Daily Mail, November 22, 1905, p. 5 c. 2.)]
1905 Nov 9 / D. Mail, 5-7—“While walking in his sleep, at Bolton, James Addison, aged ten, set is clothing alight with a match, and was burned to death. [C; 1061. (London Daily Mail, November 9, 1905, p. 5 c. 7.)]
1905 Nov 12 / Weekly Dispatch of / Waterspout burst at St. Ives, Cornwall. [IX; 107. “Brief Dispatches.” London Weekly Dispatch, November 12, 1905, p. 10 p. 2-4.]
(1905) Nov 12, 15 / (Cut) / Mag disturbances and aurora on 15th / Paris / CR—141/ (849). [IX; 108. Moureaux, Théodule. "L'aurore biréale du 15 novembre et les perturbations magnétiques des 12 et 15 novembre." Comptes Rendus, 141 (1905): 849-850.]
1905 Nov 13 / Great aurora and great Lyrids / Ap 16-19, 1882 / Sunspots this time. [IX; 103. See: (1882 Ap 16-19).]
1905 Nov. / Aurora / met date / Nov 14, 1863. [IX; 104. See: (1863 Nov 14).]
1905 Nov. 14 / N.E. group of sunspots / Carlisle, Pa / Pop Astro 13-573. [IX; 109. “Naked Eye Sun-spot November 14, 1905.” Popular Astronomy, 13 (no. 10; December 1905): 573.]
1905 Nov 14 / BO / Badminton / D. Express / Opinion of Mr. Codrington, veterinary surgeon, who held a post-mortem examination upon one of the bodies in the Badminton district, that not by either fox or dog. “In the first place, the teeth marks are too large, and the placid and ordinary way in which the sheep are found grazing prove that it is not dog-worrying. [C; 1062.1, 1062.2. (London Daily Express, November 14, 1905.)]
1905 Nov. 14 / 14h., 49m., 15s / Urbana, Ill / met cloud in Leo Majoris / M.W.R. '08-410 / Pop Astro 13-56. [IX; 116. Kullmer, Charles Julius. “A Luminous Meteor Cloud Observed at Urbana, Ill.” Monthly Weather Review, 36 (no. 12; December 1908): 410. Stebbins, Joel. “The Leonids of 1904, at the University of Illinois.” Popular Astronomy, 13 (no. 1; January 1905): 55-56.]
1905 Nov. 15 / This aurora sunspot due to revolution on this day. [IX; 105. (Ref.???)]
1905 Nov 15 / Sun active again / 1907. [IX; 106. See: (1907).]
1905 Nov. 15 / East Molesey, Surrey / Morning Post, Nov. 20 / 9 a.m.—in zenith. Clouds in red light and 2 shafts of light N and S. [IX; 110. Doubble, Theodore W. “A Remarkable Sky.” London Morning Post, November 20, 1905, p. 9 c. 7.]
1905 Nov. 15 / In Nature, Nov 8, 1906, John R. Henry notes that an aurora had taken the place of the Leonids, but he suggests no relation. [IX; 111. Henry, John R. "The Leonid Meteors." Nature, 75 (November 8, 1906): 30-31.]
1905 Nov 15 / S. Devon. / Ext. aurora, morning of 16th. A cor to Nature 73-79 looked for Leonids and saw only one. [IX; 112. Earp, Rowland A. “Aurora of November 15.” Nature, 73 (November 23, 1905): 79.]
1905 Nov 15 / Nature 73-64 / John Henry predicts Leonids in America. / No more in Nature. [IX; 113. Henry, John R. “The Leonid Meteors, 1905.” Nature, 73 (November 9, 1905): 28. Earp, Rowland A. “Aurora of November 15.” Nature, 73 (November 23, 1905): 79.]
1905 Nov. 15 / Aurora / Jour BAA, vol. 16. [IX; 114. (“The Aurora Borealis and Magnetic Storm of 1905, November 15.” Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 16 (1905-1906): 104???)]
1905 Nov 15 / (Cut) / Aurora like of Nov. 16, 1906 / Eng Mec 84/378. [IX; 115. Russell, Spencer C. “Rainfall, Weather, Etc.—Aurora.” English Mechanic, 82 (no. 2123; December 1, 1905): 384. Russell, Spencer C. “Aurora Borealis—Meteorology—Betegeuse.” English Mechanic, 84 (no. 2174; November 23, 1906): 378. See: 1906 Nov 16, (IX; 519).]
1905 Nov. 16 / Aurora so brilliant in north of France, in many places people thought neighboring villages on fire. / D. Express 18-1-6 / Panic at Caen—women in churches, praying all night. [IX; 117. (London Daily Express, November 18, 1905, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1905 Nov 17-23 / Nature, 73-64 / [W.] F. Denning predicts a strong shower of Andromedids. / No more in Nature. [IX; 118. “The Meteors of Biela's Comet.” Nature, 73 (November 16, 1905): 64.]
1905 Nov 17 / Ac to cor to Nature 73-84, sounds at Reading on and off. / 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. [IX; 119. “Notes.” Nature, 73 (November 23, 1905): 84-87, at 84.]
1905 Nov. 17 / Script 208 / Sounds or Q / Reading, etc. / LT, Nov., 1905. [IX; 123. “A Possible Earthquake Shock.” London Times, November 23, 1905, p. 14 c. 5. “Earthquake Shocks.” London Times, November 28, 1905, p. 14 c. 2.]
1905 Nov. 17 / Comet 1905b discovered at Geneva / 4 h-22 m / +86° / near Polaris / moving through Cepheus to Cassiopeia / Nature 73-87. [IX; 124. “Discovery of a Comet, 1905b.” Nature, 73 (November 23, 1905): 87. Comet C/1905 W1.]
1905 Nov. / N.L. / For Reading Series, see Jan. 1, 1898. [IX; 120. See: (1898 Jan 1).]
1905 Nov. 18 / In Nature, Nov 23, 1899, W.F. Denning predicts Bielian meteors for this date. / Nat 61-78. [IX; 125. "The Meteors of Biela's Comet." Nature, 61 (November 23, 1899): 78.]
1905 Nov 18-20 / Reading / See Nov 15, 1859. / Met not seen where sound loudest. [IX; 121. See: (1859 Nov 15).]
1905 Nov— / For Reading series, see Jan 1, 1898. [IX; 122. See: (1898 Jan 1).]
1905 Nov 18 / The Sounds / Somerset / E Mec 82/433 / 3 p.m. [IX; 127. Clark, Joseph. “Air Quakes.” English Mechanic, 82 (no. 2125; December 15, 1905): 433.]
1905 / ab Nov 20 / Snake story from Little Rock, Ark / D Mail 20-7-6. [C; 1063. (London Daily Mail, November 20, 1905, p. 7 c. 6.)]
1905 Nov 20 / (?) / Same sounds at 3:30, at Caversham and Reading. [IX; 126. (Ref.???)]
1905 Nov. 22 / (Black) / Polt / D. Mail of, 5-3 / at the village of Pulborough, Sussex / “A large black shape, which silently brushes against theinhabitants and vanishes in a moment, keaving no trace of itself.” Said been similar phe ab a year before. [C; 1064. (London Daily Mail, November 22, 1905, p. 5 c. 3.)]
1905 Nov. 23 / Stabber / D. Mail, 7-2 / In Nuremberg. Five times had a man suddenly stabbed a woman. Man named Adam Schmidt arrested and identified by 4 victims, one having died. / See May 25, 1905. [C; 1065. (London Daily Mail, November 23, 1905, p. 7 c. 2.) See: 1905 May 25, (C; 987).]
1905 Nov. 24 / Op. Jupiter. [IX; 128. (Confirm. Nautical Almanac, 1905???)]
1905 Nov. 25 / Animal / Bristol Mercury of, 8-5 / In this paper nothing told of the Badminton Jackal, but seems that a writer for this newspaper had heard of it and had heard that it was a Jackal that had escaped at Gloucester. If be not accepted that the Jackal is a blood-sucking animal, something wrong with the story—Said that in past week there had been a slaughter of 24 sheep at Berrow (Burnham) by an animal that no one had been able to trace. Said that a theory that was a Jackal that had recently escaped from a menagerie in Gloucester had to be abandoned, because that animal sucks the blood of its prey, and the sheep of Berrow had been terribly mutilated. [C; 1054.1, 1054.2, 1054.3. (Bristol Mercury, November 25, 1905, p. 8 c. 5.)]
1905 Nov. 25 / Manchester (and S.E. Lancashire generally) / Loud sound like a thunderclap and concussions / 3:42 a.m. / D. Mail 27-5-2. [IX; 129. (London Daily Mail, November 27, 1905, p. 5 c. 2.)]
1905 Nov 25 / The Pendleton q. / Geol. Mag 1906-171 / 29 percent of the observers likened sounds to explosions. / Others Feb 27, '99 / Ap. 7, 1900. [IX; 130. Davison, Charles. “The Pendleton Earth-Shake of November 25th, 1905.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 3 (1906): 171-176. See: (1899 Feb 27), and, (1900 Ap. 7).]
1905 Nov. 25 / near Manchester / Sound like thunderclap and q / Standard, Nov. 27. [IX; 131. (London Standard, November 27, 1905.)]
1905 Nov. 26 / 11 a.m. / Shock at Rochefort, France / D. News 27-8-2. [IX; 132. (London Daily News, November 27, 1905, p. 8 c. 2.)]
1905 Nov 26 / Severe shocks / Avellino, Italy / D. Express 27-1-6. [IX; 133. (London Daily Express. November 27, 1905, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1905 Nov 27 / See predict for Nov 17. [IX; 134. See: (Nov 17).]
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1905 Nov. 27 / Bodies / Near Branstone Station, not far from Burton-on-Trent, on railroad line found the mutilated body of Sophia Simmons, precipitated from a railroad carriage. / Jan 13, 1906—body of Charlotte McGraw between rails near South Acton Station, precipitated from a night train. / Jan 18—body of Mlle. Rochaid in the Crick Tunnel, from railroad carriage. / Toward last of Jan—young woman fallen or thrown from car at Chippenham. / (D. Mail, Jan 29). [C; 1066.1, 1066.2. (London Daily Mail, January 29, 1906.)]
1905 Nov. 27 / Feb 13, '06, D. Mail—a cor, not alluding to the railroad mysteries, writes that ab Christmas time her maid returning from Bristol to Cheltenham, when the train was leaving a tunnel, saw face of a man looking into the carriage occupied by her and a friend of hers. [C; 1067.1, 1067.2. (London Daily Mail, February 13, 1906.)]
1905 Nov. 27 / Body of Mary Money found in Merstham Tunnel, Sept. 25. Feb 7, man gave self up, saying he had killed her. [C; 1068. (Ref.???) See: 1905 Sept 24, (C; 1044).]
1905 Nov. 29 / Flagstaff, Ariz / a photographic comet / Mon. Notices 66/220 / Never seen again. [IX; 135. "Notes on some Points connected with the Progress of Astronomy during the Past Year."
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 66 (February 9, 1906): 216-238, 220. Comet 1905d.]
1905 Nov. 29 / (Ch) / 31+ / Fireball seen for five minutes. / Seen somewhere else two hours later. / Sc Am Sup 67/362. [IX; 136. Gore, John Ellard. "Some Astronomical Curiosities. Celestial Paradoxes." Scientific American Supplement, 67 (no. 1744; June 5, 1909): 362-363. “Bolide visible pendant deux heures.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 20 (1906): 243. (English Mechanic, ca. 1905-1906; not found here, observation date, Wednesday, November 29, 1905.)]
1905 / toward end of / Huge numbers of moth (Agrotis infusa) appeared in N.S. Wales, Victoria, and Queensland. / Australian Naturalist 1-47. [IX; 137. “Bugong Moth and Larvæ.” Australian Naturalist, 1 (October 1906): 47.]
1905 Dec / Polts of Natal time of starting of Zulu uprising. [C; 1069. (Ref.???)]
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1905 Dec / Wlf near Gravesend / See last of Oct. 10 [C; 1070. See: 1905 Oct. 10 (ab.), (C; 1052).]
1905 Dec / Nothing in Gravesend and Dartford Reporter. [C; 1071.]
1905 Dec., etc. / Polts / Natal Mercury (Weekly Edition), Jan 5-1-3—That at Harding, in the home of W.J. Wilmot, ghostly appearances and sounds. Hissing sounds like water upon hot iron, followed by crackling sounds. Mostly after midnight. No appearances described. / Jan. 12—a Maritzburg man who had been visiting in Harding, goes mad upon the subject and has to be confined. He gathered many dogs in town and urged them after something invisible. / Feb. 9—Clerk in an attorney's office in Harding said saw object moving along 4 ft from ground toward the house—white, 6 ft long and 2 ft. high. [C; 1072.1, 1072.2, 1072.3. (Natal Mercury, Weekly Edition, January 5, 1906, p. 1 c. 3.) (Natal Mercury, Weekly Edition, January 12, 1906.) (Natal Mercury, Weekly Edition, February 9, 1906.)]
1905 Dec. 4 / Dr. Cate again disappeared. / See Ap., 1904. [C; 1073. See: 1903 April [28], (C; 571).]
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1905 Dec 4 / Herald—27-3-2 / Dr. Cate found—declares memory gone—arrived in Springfield, Mass, Dec. 24—went to police station apparently demented—gave name of George Avery—but name of C.H. Cate found on his coat. But he was wanted by police because of police of Toms River, N.J., who were investigating death of a woman for which his death certificate attributing it to Brights disease was not satisfactory. [C; 1074.1, 1074.2. (New York Herald, December 27, 1905, p. 3 c. 2.)]
1905 Dec. 4 / Full account of Dr. Cate in Herald, Dec 31-6-1. / Double personality. / Had for 4 months been a laborer. [C; 1075. (New York Herald, December 31, 1905, p. 6 c. 1.)]
1905 Dec 4 / Dr. Cate / For the death-certificate case, see N.Y. Trib, 1906, Oct-11-14-1 / 12-16-1. [C; 1076. “Nurses Give Evidence.” New York Tribune, October 11, 1906, p. 14 c. 1. “May Indict Witness.” New York Tribune, October 12, 1906, p. 16 c. 1.]
1905 Dec 4 / singular / D. Mail, 5-4 / On the mountain at New Tredegar, the Gellygaer foxhounds were in full cry after a fox, when they vanished. They had fallen into a fissure on mt top caused year before by a land-slip. The depth never had been fathomed. Not a cry heard form the dogs (9) and it was impossible for the hunters to descend into the opening. [C; 1077.1, 1077.2. (London Daily Mail, December 4, 1905, p. 5 c. 4.)]
1905 Dec 4 / Sicily and Calabria / 3 violent shocks / no serious damage / 8 a.m. / 10:42 a.m. / 1:24 p.m. / N.Y. Herald 5-11-3. [IX; 138. (New York Herald, December 5, 1905, p. 11 c. 3.)]
1905 Dec 12 / Mongolia / Rising of moon and great meteor coincide. / Cosmos 54/366. [IX; 139. “Un bolide.” Cosmos, s. 4 (n.s.) v. 53 (April 7, 1906): 365-367.]
1905 Dec 17 / New comet bet Hercules and Cor. Borealis / Knowledge 1905-13. [IX; 140. “Discovery of a New Comet.” Knowledge, n.s., 28 (January 1905): 13.]
1905 Dec 21 / D. Mail, 3-7 / Unknown person cutting off plaits of hair of girls in Berlin. [C; 1078. (London Daily Mail, December 21, 1905, p. 3 c. 7.)]
1905 Dec 26 / D. Mail, 3-7 / Vesuvius again in eruption. [IX; 141. (London Daily Mail, December 26, 1905, p. 3 c. 7.)]
1905 Dec 27-28 / In 24 hours in Costa Rica, 15 shocks. / Severe shock island of St. Vincent. / N.Y. Herald 29-9-2. [IX; 142. (New York Herald, December 29, 1905, p. 9 c. 2.)]
1905 [Dec 28] / Tr / Albany mystery / Dec 28/1/7. [C; 1079. (Ref.???)]
1905 Dec 29 / Another torrential, destructive rain in Cuba. / N.Y. Herald 30-9-7. [IX; 143. (New York Herald, December 30, 1905, p. 9 c. 7.)]
1905 Dec 30 / Farm and Home of, p. 523 / Sheep-worrying again in Kent. In past few weeks, 26 found mutilated within 2 miles of Gravesend. [C; 1080. (Farm and Home, 1905, p. 523.)]
1905 Dec 30 / Scotland an N of England / 4:26 p.m. / magnificent fireball / Nature 73-474. [IX; 144. “A Brilliant Fireball.” Nature, 73 (March 15, 1906): 474.]