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1914
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[1914. Wrong date. See: 1915 May 26, (X; 232).]
1914 / About this time James Brandon, occultist, lived in Nashville, Tenn? / See Dec 21, 1930. [D; 755. See: (1930 Dec 21).]
1914 / H.H. / Kingston, England / See 1909. [D; 756. See: 1909, (D: 262).]
1914 Jan to April / from Sept., '13 / Mars in Gemini. [X; 233. (Confirm. Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, 1914.)]
1914 / Jupiter in Cap-Ag. [X; 234. (Confirm. Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, 1914.)]
1914 Jan / Starchfield murder / See p. 150 in Logan, “Guilty or not Guilty?” / SLN. [D; 757. (Logan. Guilty or Not Guilty?” 1928, p. 150.) SLN is the shelfmark for this book at the New York Public Library.]
1914 / (W) / Boy Starchfield murder case. John Moore, witness, found trying to commit suicide, by inhaling gas from a tube, morning of March 10th. [D; 758. (Ref.???)]
1914 Jan / On June 21, Mrs Starchfield was arrested in street, in London, hysterically lamenting death of the boy. / D. Express 22-7-5. [D; 759. (London Daily Express, June 22, 1914, p. 7 c. 5.)]
1914 Jan 1 / Eruption on Ambrym Island. / See Dec 6. / D. Express 22-1-6. [X; 235. (London Daily Express, January 22, 1914, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1914 Jan 1 / early / Girl in Williamsburg at front window struck by a stray bullet disfiguring her nose while listening to New Year's celebration. / Trib 20-12-4. [D; 742. “Girl Shot In Nose.” New York Tribune, January 2, 1914, p. 12 c. 4.]
1914 Jan 3 / Toronto Daily Mail and Empire of / Search for the missing schooner, “Iona W.” which left Georgetown, P.E.I., 23 days before, had been given up. A month before, the schooner Bridgeport had been reported missing, and had been searched for in vain. [D; 760. (Toronto Daily Mail and Empire, January 3, 1914.)]
1914 Jan. 5 / Op. Mars / (Al). [X; 236. Opposition of Mars. (Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, 1914.)]
[The following two notes were folded together by Fort. D: 761-762.]
1914 Jan 6 / BO / (Nude) / Chatham News of 10th / “Naked in the street—strange conduct by a strange man.” In High street, Chatham, early in the evening, “weather bitterly cold”—a naked man running up and down the street. A policeman, putting his overcoat on the man, took him to the police station. “But he was in a dazed condition and could not give any account of himself whatever.” He was sent to the Barming Asylum. “No inquiries have been made about him by any relative or friend, and the clothing which he discarded has not been found.” / In following numbers of the News, no more. [D: 761.1, 761.2, 761.3. (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News, January 10, 1914.)]
1914 Jan 11 / BO / Lloyds W. News, 4-1—a nude man running about the streets of Chatham. Could give no account of himself. Clothes not found. No inquiry for him. Sent to the Kent Lunatic Asylum, at Barming. [D; 762. (Lloyds Weekly News, January 11, 1914, p. 4 c. 1.)]
1914 Jan. 7 / q—met / 20 h, 24 m / Met. Strong detonation. / Bull Soc Astro de F 1914-71 / Shook houses. All effects of a q. At Angers, came from Capella. / 4 pages in Bull. / Some obs many minutes different. Also question of direction. [X; 237. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1914-71.)]
1914 Jan 7 / South of France / Ext thunderstorm in a snowstorm / D. Express 9-5-5. [X; 238. (London Daily Express, January 9, 1914, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1914 Jan 7 / In Thames, turn of tide should been 9:19 a.m., but turned and ran down at 8:10 a.m. / D. Express 8-5-5. [X; 239. (London Daily Express, January 8, 1914, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1914 Jan 7 / 8:30 p.m. / At Tours, a great detonating meteor—lit up whole town. Terrific crash. In s.w. f France, snowstorm; and at Moulin-sur-Allier, a tremendous th. storm. / D. Express 9-5-5. [X; 240. (London Daily Express, January 9, 1914, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1914 Jan 7-8 / or 20 minutes past midnight and then 25 minutes later / Western France / qs. Writer says that they had no relation with the great met of that night. / Bull Soc Astro de F 1914-95. [X; 241. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1914-95.)]
1914 Jan. 7-8 / (met—q) / (night) / Met over western France, first seen at Tours. Series of explosions on coast of Channel mistaken for an earthquake. / NY Times 9-1-7. [X; 242. (New York Times, January 9, 1914, p. 1 c. 7.)]
1914 Jan 8 / Vol / D. Express, 14 / q's started, island of Sakurashima, Japan—60 or 70 daily to terrific eruption on 12th—set the island in flames. On 14th, subsided, but a typhoon. / 15-5-6. [X; 243. (London Daily Express, January 14, 1914.) (London Daily Express, January 15, 1914, p. 5 c. 6.)]
1914 Jan 8 / Starchfield trial on March 3. / Boy had disappeared, and found in railroad car, dead. No known motive, but his father was charged. / Acquitted. Case ag. him abandoned. [D; 763. (Ref.???)]
1914 Jan 8 / See Titus, a madman chased by Starchfield—and who shot S[tarchfield] 18 months before. [D; 764. See: 1912 Aug ab, (D; 567).]
1914 Jan 10 / BO / Gertrude Pataman, of Leicester, at 4 a.m., found herself drowning in th eriver. Someone heard her cries and waded in, rescuing her. Said been somnambulism. / D. Express 12-1-5. [D; 765. (London Daily Express, January 12, 1914, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1914 Jan 11 / Volc / Sakarishima, Japan / N.M. / Nature 94-372. [X; 244. (Nature, 94-372.)]
1914 Jan 11. / Volc. in Japan began. / Montreal Gazette, 15th. [X; 245. (Montreal Gazette, January 15, 1914.)]
1914 Jan 12 / q and sky / Volcanic eruption and q in Japan / Trib 13-5-4 / and tidal wave / 14-1-4 / 15-1-1 / cyclone and waterspouts / 15-1-1. [X; 246. “Volcano Buries Villages.” New York Tribune, January 13, 1914, p. 5 c. 4. “Lava Buries Whole Villages.” New York Tribune, January 14, 1914, p. 1 c. 4. “Japanese Isle Swept Bare Of All Life.” New York Tribune, January 15, 1914, p. 1 c. 1 & p. 3 c. 2-3. The Aira volcano.]
1914 Jan 12 / N.Y. Times, 3-2 / Explosion / Lerida, Spain. [X; 247. (New York Times, January 12, 1914, p. 3 c. 2.)]
1914 Jan 12 / q and tidal wave / Coast of Peru / 1:45 a.m. / Trib 13-4-3. [X; 248. “Tidal Wave At Callao.” New York Tribune, January 13, 1914, p. 4 c. 3.]
1914 Jan. 12-22 / Volc of Kagoshima / Japan Times. [X; 249. (Japan Times, ???)]
1914 Jan 12 / Eruption of Sakura-jima, Japan / details / Nature 100-35. [X; 250. (Nature, 100-35.)]
1914 Jan 13 / NY Times, 6-4, etc. / Volc / Japan. [X; 251. (New York Times, January 13, 1914, p. 6 c. 4.)]
1914 Jan 14 / Eruption in Japan, renewed violence and tidal wave. / D. Express 16-1-6. [X; 252. (London Daily Express, January 16, 1914, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1914 Jan. 14 / Weather in N.Y. coldest in N.Y. for 15 years. [X; 253. (Ref.???)]
1914 Jan 15 / night / Sounds at Newport, R.I., supposed signals of distress from an unknown steamer. / Trib 16-1-6 / 1914 / Jan 1 / Met f[note cut off] / 31—met explosion, W. Va / a quake? [X; 254. “Steamship In Distress.” New York Tribune, January 16, 1914, p. 1 c. 6. “Meteor Blows Up Torpedo Factory.” New York Tribune, February 1, 1914, p. 1 c. 2.]
1914 Jan 15 / "Blazing camp fires dot the West Virginia hills tonight”—big flood—dam gave away. / dispatch from Cumberland, Md / Trib 16-1-7 / March 30. [X; 255. “Hundreds Flee To Hills As Big Dam Gives Way.” New York Tribune, January 16, 1914, p. 1 c. 7.]
1914 Jan 16. / Jap volc on island of Sakura still active. Had been most violent on 13th and 14th. 1000 houses destroyed by burning lava. [X; 256. (Ref.???)]
1914 Jan. 16 / Volc. Asama-Yama, also, active. / Toronto D. M and E of 17th. [X; 257. (Toronto Daily Mail and Empire, January 17, 1914.)]
1914 Jan 17, and before / Spain, Corsica, etc. / D. Express, 20th. [X; 258. (London Daily Express, January 20, 1914.)]
1914 Jan 17 / Toronto D. Mail and Empire, p 4. /That the Chief of the Meteorological Observatory at Kagoshima had, it had been reported, committed suicide, because of criticisms of his action in informing people of K. that they were in no danger from the volcano Sakura-jima. [X: 259.1, 259.2. (Toronto Daily Mail and Empire, January 17, 1914, p. 4.) The Aira volcano.]
1914 Jan 19 / ab. 7 p.m. / Det. met / Reading, Oxford, etc. / Illumination from it brighter than from the full moon. / Nature 92-670. [X; 260. "Detonating Fireball of January 19." Nature, 92 (February 12, 1914): 670.]
1914 Jan 19 / Det met / England / Symons 49/38. [MB-I; 317. (Meteorological Magazine, 49-38.)]
1914 Jan 20 / Jamaica / like cannonading / See June 3, 1914. [X; 261. See: (1914 June 3).]
1914 Jan 20 / [LT], 8-f / Needle = wooden one / (n.g.) [D; 766. (London Times, January 20, 1914, p. 8 c. 6.)]
1914 Jan 28 / Dispatch dated / Toronto D. Mail and Empire, 29-1-2 / New volcanic island had appeared near one of the Bonin Islands, Japan. [X; 262. (Toronto Daily Mail and Empire, January 29, 1914, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1914 Jan 29 / 10:56 to 11:44 p.m. / Pronounced q recorded at Georgetown (DC) University. / Toronto D. Mail and Empire, 31st, p. 1. [X; 263. (Toronto Daily Mail and Empire, January 31, 1914, p. 1.)]
1914 Jan 30 / Supposed submarine q south of Aleutian Islands. Waves at Hilo, in the Hawaiian Islands, reported 12 feet high and drowned several fishermen. / Nature 111-231 / See Japan, Jan 15, etc. [X; 264. (Nature, 111-231). See: (Jan 15, etc.).]
1914 Jan. 31 / Meteor blows up torpedo factory at Sistersville, W. Va. / Index to dates of current events / W. Va. / See N.Y. Pal[note cut off]. See Jan. 20, 1907. [X; 265. (Index to dates of Current Events, ???) See: 1907 Jan. 19, ([D; 97).]
1914 Feb. 6 / D. Express / In Paris, body of a murdered man said been located by a clairvoyant. [D; 767. (London Daily Express, February 6, 1914.)]
1914 Feb 10 and 11 / [10]—ab 1:30 p.m. / q / Canada, New England / Penn. / Jersey / Sc Am 110/158 / Troy, N.Y., p. 199 / NY City / Montreal / Washington / St Louis / Vermont / N.J. / N.Y. Times 11-1-[note cut off]. [X; 266. (Scientific American, n.s., 110-158, 199.) (New York Times, February 11, 1914, p. 1.)]
1914 Feb 10 / qs / Pittsfield, Mass—on 25th, a landslide on October Mountain. / NY Times, Feb 26-1-7. [X; 267. (New York Times, February 26, 1914, p. 1 c. 7.)]
1914 Feb 11, etc. / Apparition / Roosevelt, L.I. / thought related to the q. / Trib 12-2-7. [D; 768. “Many Quake After 'Quake Frees Ghost.” New York Tribune, February 12, 1914, p. 2 c. 7.]
1914 Feb 12, 14 / q / Quebec / Index to dates of current events. [X; 268. (Index to dates of current events, ???)]
1914 Feb. 13 / 9:30 p.m. / Capt Bradshaw, of Lapland, in a gale, saw met or electric ball fall near into sea—immediately afterward it rained. / NY Times 19-3-8. [X; 269. (New York Times, February 19, 1914, p. 3 c. 8.)]
1914 Feb 13 / (met ship) / Night, in a snowstorm, detonating "giant meteor" over steamship Lapland. / Atlantic / Trib 19-14-6. [X; 270. “Meteor Bursts Over Ship.” New York Tribune, February 19, 1914, p. 14 c. 6.]
1914 Feb 14 / 5:40 a.m. / q. / Quebec / N.Y. Times 15 (II)-1-7. [X; 271. (New York Times, February 15, 1914, s.II p. 1 c. 7.)]
[1914 Feb 16] / 3 witnesses in court bewitched? / Trib, 1914, Feb 16/12/3 / London. [D; 769. “Three Men Faint On Witness Stand.” New York Tribune, February 16, 1914, p. 12 c. 3.]
1914 Feb. 20 / D. Express, 1-5 / Small island of Iniskeeragh, off Donegal, overwhelmed by a tidal wave. [X; 272. (London Daily Express, February 20, 1914, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1914 Feb. 21 / q / Maine / 7:15 p.m. / 7:20 / 7:35 / Bull-Amer 4/44. [X; 273. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 4-44.)]
1914 Feb 21 / Sc. Am. of, p. 159 / Snow rollers occurring one year apart, Potsdam, N.Y. [D; 770. (Scientific American, n.s., February 21, 1914, p. 159.)]
1914 Feb 28 / [LT], 12-f /Planet Mercury / Letter on. [X; 274. (London Times, February 28, 1914, p. 12 c. 6.)]
1914 Feb 28 / Unknown q recorded on seismograph from Seattle to Mobile. / Trib, March 1-3-2. [X; 275. “Earthquake Felt In U.S.” New York Tribune, March 1, 1914, p. 3 c. 2.]
1914 March / Sunspot activity begins. [X; 276. (Ref.???)]
1914 March 1 / Lloyds W. News, 17-3 / Representative of a St Petersburg Press Agency visiting Jendkovitzy, a village in the Govt. of Kielce, ascertained no truth in report of a meteorite there. [X; 277. (Lloyd's Weekly News, March 1, 1914, p. 17 c. 3.) "The Meteoric Hoax." Western Daily Press, (Bristol), February 28, 1914, p. 10 c. 5. "Havoc by a Meteor." Western Daily Press, (Bristol), February 27, 1914, p. 3 c. 6. "St. Petersburg, Thursday." "A telegram from Warsaw reports that a meteorite, emitting sulphurous fumes, has destroyed six houses at Jendkovitzy Village, in the Government of Keil."]
1914 March 5 / 3 o'clock (sic) / q / Tenn., Georgia, Ala., S. Car / Tenn, Georgia, kla / Bull-Amer. 4-44. [X; 278. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 4-44.)]
1914 March 6 / From 5 to 7 rapid shocks supposed explosions, in northern New Jersey. Efforts to learn if any powder factory exploded, unavailing. / Trib 7-1-2. [X; 279. “Shocks Felt In Jersey.” New York Tribune, March 7, 1914, p. 1 c. 2.]
1914 March 7 / D. Express, 1-3 / Ext numbers of sheep stolen on Sussex Downs. Signs that some killed and cut up to carry away and sell. [D; 771. (London Daily Express, March 7, 1914, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1914 March 11 / 6:45 a.m. / Field, March 28 / Passing over Gorleston, by Yarmouth. Great flock of small birds—at times an appreciable darkening of the sky. A flock exted=nding, with some interruptions, about mile and a half. [X; 280. (Field, March 28, 1914; not at BNA.)]
1914 March 12 / 15-year-old girl, Violet wade, accused of setting fire to home of her employer. Said she did it because not been treated well. / Been a number of small fires, in clothing, chairs, clothes. / D. Express 21-7-4. [D; 772. (London Daily Express, March 21, 1914, p. 7 c. 4.)]
1914 March 17 / Nova Pictoris, May 27, 1925, traced back to. [X; 281. (Ref.???)]
1914 March 18 / [LT[, 7-c / Sunspot. [X; 282. (London Times, March 18, 1914, p. 7 c. 3.)]
1914 March 19 / [LT], 10-c / Myst dth / Lo[note cut off] Mag. [D; 773. (London Times, March 19, 1914, p. 10 c. 3.)]
1914 March 26 / N.Y.T., 1-7 / Wildwood and Vintnor, N.J. / q. [X; 283. (New York Times, March 26, 1914, p. 1 c. 7.)]
1914 March 27 / Sharp q at Messina. / Bull-Amer 4/88. [X; 284. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 4-88.)]
1914 March 27 / B rain / L.T., Ap. 1-5-e / In Marlborough and several miles around, ab 6 a.m., a very heavy rain storm. "The rain was about the color of ink and water mixed." [X; 285. (London Times, April 1, 1914, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1914 March 27 / In Wilts County Paper, Ap 3-5-6 / That at Chute, Intense darkness but "little or no" wind bet 6:30 and 7 a.m. Then fell a very heavy black rain. [X; 286. (Wilts County Paper, April 3, 1914, p. 5 c. 6.)]
1914 March 28 / date of dispatch / Cloudburst at jackson, Miss. Houses washed away. / N.Y. Sun 29-8-2. [X; 287. (New York Sun, March 29, 1914, p. 8 c. 2.)]
1914 March 29 / N.Y. Sun, 8-1 / Floods in N.Y. and Pa. [X; 288. (New York Sun, March 29, 1914, p. 8 c. 1.)]
1914 March 29 / Most of the seismographs in U.S. recorded a distinct q. beginning at Washington, at 7:48 p.m. / Bull Amer, 4-44. [X; 289. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 4-88.)]
1914 March 29 / Comet 1914a / Discovered in N part of Scorpius. / M. Notices 1915-313 / Moved through Oph., the SE corner of Hercules, S edge of Lyra. [X; 290. "Notes on some Points connected with the Recent Progress of Astronomy." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 75 (February 12, 1915): 309-349, at 312.]
1914 March 30 / 1:02 a.m. / maximum at 1:30. / At Cardiff, seismograph registered an extensive earthquake supposed 5000 miles away. / Wilts County Paper, Ap. 3-2-4. [X; 291. (Wilts County Paper, April 3, 1914, p. 2 c. 4.)]
1914 March 30 / ab 1 a.m. / Seismographic record at W Bromwich and Cardiff—said be a q 5000 miles away. / Morn. Post, March 31. [X; 292. (London Morning Post, March 31, 1914.)]
1914 Ap. 1 / D. Express / Epidemic of hysteria of factory workers in St Petersburg. [D; 774. (London Daily Express, April 1, 1914.)]
1914 Ap. 6 / (F) / Met. stones / India / Nature 94/98 / Madras. [X; 293. Fletcher, 107. (Nature, 94-98.) This is the Kuttipuram meteorite.]
1914 Ap. 6 / bet 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. / Metite / (F) / Kuttipuram. Madras, India / R—Ap. 18—'38. [X; 294. Fletcher, 107. 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 .) The is the Kuttipuram meteorite.]
1914 (Ap. 14) / Denning's revolving object / Ap. 14, 1911 / Symons Met 46/115 / Mag. [X; 295. (Meteorological Magazine, 46-115.)]
1914 April / Bull Soc Astro de F. of / Ac to a cor to the Society, several farms in the Russian village Rjendkavitz (Kieltz) had been burned by something said by him been a meteorite. [X; 296. "Bolides; Etoiles filantes." Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 28 (1914): 164-165, at 165. See: 1914 March 1, (X; 277).]
1914 Ap 18 / Afterglow / China / Nature 94-372. [X; 297. (Nature, 94-372.)]
1914 Ap. 21 / Myst explosion, home of Bertrand Bond, of Woking, / D. Express, Ap. 22-5-2. [D; 775. (London Daily Express, April 22, 1914, p. 5 c. 2.)]
1914 Ap 21-27 / Floods in Argentine. / Symons 49/81. [X; 298. (Meteorological Magazine, 49-81.)]
1914 Ap 25 / N.Y.T., 11-5 / May 21-1-2 / May 23-1-5 / Comets. [X; 299. (New York Times, April 25, 1914, p. 11 c. 5.) (New York Times, May 21, 1914, p. 1 c. 2.) (New York Times, May 23, 1914, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1914 Ap. 26 or 27 / Dth / myst / Isle of Man. [D; 776. (Ref.???)]
1914 / May '12, to July '16 / Saturn in Taurus. [X; 300. McKready, Kelvin. A Beginner's Star-Book. New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1912, 90.]
1914 May [30] / Mt Lassen, Cal, began. Had been inactive for 200 years. / Nature 97-367. [X; 301. (Nature, 97-367.) See 1914 May 30, (X: 314 & 315).]
1914 May / Suffragist outrages in England. [D; 777. (Ref.???)]
1914 May 2 / Rose-colored snow fell in the Alps in Canton of Glarus. Impregnated with particles of sand. / D. Express 4-1-6. [X; 302. (London Daily Express, May 4, 1914, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1914 May 5 / [LT], 7-f / 7-8-d / 8-10-c / False news by wireless. [D; 778. (London Times, May 5, 1914, p. 7 c. 6.)] (London Times, May 7, 1914, p. 8 c. 4.) (London Times, May 8, 1914, p. 10 c. 3.)
1914 May 7 z /Began 15 h., 41 m, ay Observatory at Breslau, 3 strong shocks. Said without doubt a q. in Persia or Turkestan. One of the most violent disturbances ever registered at the Observatory. / Bull Soc. Astro e F. 1914-296. [X; 304. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1914-296.)]
1914 May 8 / D. Express—11th / afternoon / q's around Etna, due to subsidence, ac. to Prof. Ricco of the Catania Observatory. Had been tremors since Ap. 25th. [X; 305. (London Daily Express, May 11, 1914.)]
1914 May 8 / Hair / D. Express, 5-3 / Near Bath, Henry Whitemore, aged 18, set upon and his hair cut off by 3 gypsy women, he said. No trace of them could be found. [D; 779. (London Daily Express, May 8, 1914, p. 5 c. 3.)]
1914 May 10 / N.Y. Times, III-1-3 / 11-5-1 / 12-7-4 / 15-7-4 / qs at Etna. [X; 303. (New York Times, May 1914: 10-III-1-3 / 11-5-1 / 12-7-4 / 15-7-4.)]
1914 May 10 / Etna q's / details / Nature 96-124. [X; 306. (Nature, 96-124.)]
1914 May 11 / [LT], 7-a / 12-7-e / 13-7-e / q. / Sicily. [X; 307. (London Times, May 11, 1914, p. 7 c. 1.) (London Times, May 12, 1914, p. 7 c. 5.) (London Times, May 13, 1914, p. 7 c. 5.)]
1914 May 13-17 / Virginia to Maine and W. to S. Dakota—haze of a reddish brown tint. Attributed to forest fires. / MWR—1914-286. [X; 308. "Haze of May 13 to May 17, 1914." Monthly Weather Review, 42 (no. 5; May 1914): 286.]
1914 May 13 / near Peterborough / Dense columns of gnats. / D. Express 14-5-1. [X; 309. (London Daily Express, May 14, 1914, p. 5 c. 1.)]
1914 May 14 / news received in Durban of long extinct volc broken out in Habisa, Zululand, / D. Express, June 5-1-4. [X; 310. (London Daily Express, June 5, 1914, p. 1 c. 4.) ("Volcano in Zululand." Dundee Evening Telegraph, June 5, 1914, p. 5 c. 2. "News has been received from a British official resident in the locality that flames and smoke are being emitted from the mountain.") ("Zulu Volcano in Eruption." Nottingham Evening Post, January 19, 1935, p. 9 c. 6.)("Volcano Active in South Africa." Barrier Miner, (Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia), January 21, 1935, p. 1 c. 6. "Dukumbane, South Africa's only volcano, is in eruption. It is 30 miles from Mkusi, in North Zululand. The owner of a farm near the volcano was away fighting locusts when natives arrived to tell him that Dukumbane was spitting fire and vomiting smoke. The natives refuse to investigate the volcano, which has been quiet since 1915." "The nearest village reports by telephone that the smoke is subsiding.")]
1914 May 15 / Vesuvius and qs / Trib 16-1-4. [X; 311. “Vesuvius Active Again.” New York Tribune, May 16, 1914, p. 1 c. 4.]
1914 May 15 / Comet 1914b discovered near Eta Persei to Auriga, Gemini, Cancer. / M. Notices 1915-312. [X; 312. "Notes on some Points connected with the Recent Progress of Astronomy." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 75 (February 12, 1915): 309-349, at 312. Comet C/1914 J1.]
1914 May 16 / [source unidentified], 1-4 / Vesuvius and Etna active. / Also Ap. 25-9-2. [X; 313. (Unidentified source, May 16, 1914, p. 1 c. 4.) (Unidentified source, April 25, 1914, p. 9 c. 2.)]
1914 May 23 / ab, in NY papers / D. Express, June 2-9-7 / Mrs. John Bennett, of Gloversville, N.Y., had hypnotized her 3 grown sons into thinking they were invalids and had to stay in bed, one of them 11 years. He the eldest, aged 35. [D; 780. (London Daily Express, June 2, 1914, p. 9 c. 7; not at BNA.) “Hypnotized Sons.” Dundee Evening Telegraph, June 3, 1914, p. 4 c. 3. “Though in Asylum She Hypnotizes Her Sons.” New York Sun, May 24, 1914, p. 12 c. 2. (New York newspapers.) (Owing to their long confinement in bed, the three brothers suffered from atrophied muscles. First, in 1901, John Ward Bennett, Jr., (then 18 years old), complained of a sore arm from a vaccination and was sent to bed; next, in 1904, George Bennett, (then 24), caught a cold, diagnosed as diphtheria by his mother, and was sent to bed; and, in 1907, Frank Bennett, (then 22), was also sent to bed, for reasons unknown, where he remained until his death in 1929. Ward and George regained their health; their father died in 1921; their mother, Sarah Bennett, died at the Utica State Hospital, in 1931, (where she had been confined, since 1914); George died in 1946; and Ward died in 1971. Gooley, Lawrence P. “Adirondack Witchcraft? Sarah Bennett's Babies in Hope, NY” Adirondack Almanack, October 23, 2017. Gooley, Lawrence P. “Sarah Bennett's Babies: Years of Sickness.” Adirondack Almanack, October 31, 2017. Gooley, Lawrence P. “Bennett Brothers; An Adirondack Witch Tale.” Adirondack Almanack, November 6, 2017.]
1914 May 25 / L.T. / Myst of road—N.G. [D; 781. (Ref.???)]
1914 May 26 / B / 40th myst fire at Bombay. [D; 782. (Ref.???)]
1914 May 27 / 40th mystery fire at Bombay since March 23. / D Express, May 27. [D; 783. (London Daily Express, May 27, 1914.)]
1914 May 27 / Myst shooting at Barrow. / D. Express 30-5-5. [D; 784. (London Daily Express, May 30, 1914, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1914 May 30 to Aug 23 / Eruption of Mt. Lassen listed. / Bull-Amer 4-106. [X; 314. (Bulletin of the Seimsological Society of America, 4-106.)]
1914 May 30 / Mt Lassen broke out. / Bull Seis. Soc Amer 12-35. [X; 315. (Bulletin of the Seimsological Society of America, 12-35.)]
1914 May 31 / N.Y.T., 1-2 / Comet seen in Germany. [X; 316. (New York Times, May 31, 1914, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1914 June / Period Mt Lassen / See May 30. [X; 317. See: 1914 May 30, (X: 314 & 315).]
1914 June 1 / D. Express to (Oct. 5). [X; 318.]
1914 June 2 / [source unidentified], 4-7 / 3-3-4 / 10-1-5 / 13-1-7 / 14-(II)-1-2 / 15-1-6 / 16-3-5 / 19-3-2 / 21-(II)-1-7 / Mt Lassen, Cal / column. [X; 319. (Check New York Times index for Mt. Lassen.)]
1914 June 3 / fireballs / 10:30 p.m. / Bexley Heath / June 4 / 11:07 p.m. / Nature 93-384. [X; 320. "Fireballs." Nature, 93 (June 11, 1914): 384.]
1914 June 3 / Jamaica / 7 or 8 detonations with intervals of ab 10 minutes. / Bull Seismol Soc Amer., 5-171 / Earliest Dec 3, '07. [X; 321. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 5-171.) See: 1907 Jan, (IX; 559), and, 1907 Dec 3, (IX; 917).]
1914 June 3 / Indian fires / Calcutta / tubes filled with gunpowder, buried in bales of jute, at Kidderpore docks / D. Express, June 4-1-4. [D; 785. (London Daily Express, June 4, 1914, p. 1 c. 4.)]
[1914 June 7. Wrong date. See: 1917 June 7, (X; 322).]
1914 June 8 / Unprecedented fall of snow 2 feet deep at Immenstadt, Bavaria. / D. Express 9-5-2. [X; 323. (London Daily Express, June 9, 1914, p. 5 c. 2.)]
1914 June 10 / 20 inches of hail where draifted / Towns in Hertfordshire / D. Express 11-5-6. [X; 324. (London Daily Express, June 11, 1914, p. 5 c. 6.)]
1914 June 12 / 20 h., 10 m / 2 mets appeared in N.W. and travelled to S.E. / 8 minutes (sic!) / Bull Soc A de F. 1915-90. [X; 325. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1915-90.)]
1914 June 16 / NY Times, 1-1 / 17-6-2 / 17-10-5 / 18-4-5 / Great storm / Paris. [X; 326. (New York Times, June 16, 1914, p. 1 c. 1.) (New York Times, June 17, 1914, p. 6 c. 2.) (New York Times, June 17, 1914, p. 10 c. 5.) (New York Times, June 18, 1914, p. 4 c. 5.)]
1914 June 24 / [LT], 10-f / Great sunspot. [X; 327. (London Times, June 24, 1914, p. 10 c. 6.)]
1914 June 24 / Comet 1914c, in Scutum Sobieskii, 12th mag. To Serpens, Oph and Aquila. / M Notices 1915-312. [X; 328. "Notes on some Points connected with the Recent Progress of Astronomy." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 75 (February 12, 1915): 309-349, at 312-313. Comet C/1914 M1.]
1914 June 25 / Bristol / Meteors striking. / Nature 93-464. [X; 329. "Meteors on June 25-26." Nature, 93 (July 2, 1914): 464.]
1914 June 26 / Violent q / Sumatra / D. Express 27-1-6. [X; 330. (London Daily Express, June 27, 1914, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1914 / summer / 4 accounts of Camberwell Beauties in England / Field, vol. 124. [X; 331. (Field, v. 124.; not at BNA.)]
1914 July, Aug / Period Mt Lassen / See May 30. [X; 332. See 1914 May 30, (X: 314 & 315).]
1914 July 2 / Teesmouth / Fall of hail and lumps of clear ice. Many seabirds killed. / Nature 93-669. [X; 333. "Notes." Nature, 93 (August 27, 1914): 668-671, at 669. (British Birds, August 1914.)]
1914 July 2 / NY Times, 1-7 / Ashes hurled 13 miles from Lassen Peak. / More—. [X; 334. (New York Times, July 2, 1914, p. 1 c. 7.)]
1914 July 3 / (N.Y.T.), 1-5 / Lightning kills soldiers at Bourges. / See May, 1892. / Torn in Times, but was in storm. [D; 786. (New York Times, July 3, 1914, p. 1 c. 5.) See: See: 1892 May 4, (B; 1302).]
1914 July 7 / Ipswich / Rays of light / Observatory 31/324 / E Mec 99/544. [X; 335. (Observatory, 31-324.) (English Mechanic, 99-544.)]
1914 July 8 / [LT], 6-e / 2 new comets. [X; 336. (London Times, July 8, 1914, p. 6 c. 5.) (Comets C/1914 M1??? & 289P???)]
1914 July 10 / cl. burst / Lebanon Valley, Pa. / Trib 11-1-6. [X; 337. “Cloudburst And Storm Kill Six.” New York Tribune, July 11, 1914, p. 1 c. 6.]
1914 July 15 / [LT], 6-e / Aircraft at Spithead. [X; 338. (London Times, July 15, 1914, p. 6 c. 5.)]
1914 July 17 / New York / 2 horses struck by lightning. On 21st, another. / Not said if rain. / Trib 22-1-3. [D; 787. “Lightning Bolt Kills At Track.” New York Tribune, July 22, 1914, p. 1 c. 3.]
1914 July 18 / [LT], 8-b / Airship under fire. [X; 339. (London Times, July 18, 1914, p. 8 c. 2.)]
1914 July 20 / Several balloons taking part in a balloon race from Paris reached Wales. / Cardiff Western Mail, Sept 22, 1921. [X; 340. “Wales Day By Day.” Cardiff Western Mail, September 22, 1921, p. 4 c. 7.]
1914 July 21 / b. rain / 9 h., 15 m / Deep obscuration upon Paris. A black cloud seemed to cover the sky with lead. It was as if midnight in Paris. No thunder and no lightning at first. Then one flash of lightning and ablack rain fell from the sky. / Bull Soc Astro de F. 1914-387. [X: 341.1, 341.2. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1914-387.)]
1914 July 27 / [LT], 5-d / Great Met. Shower. [X; 342. (London Times, July 27, 1914, p. 5 c. 4.)]
1914 July 28 / N.Y. Times, 1-2 / Nova Scotia / 2 sharp shocks. [X; 343. (New York Times, July 28, 1914, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1914 Aug 3 / N.Y.T., 10-5 / Met. [X; 344. (New York Times, August 3, 1914, p. 10 c. 5.)]
1914 Aug 10 / [LT], 9-d / Spon comb? [D; 788. (London Times, August 10, 1914, p. 9 c. 4.)]
1914 Aug 13-17 / Augs / Observatory 37/358 / Mr. G.W. Atkins, of Elstree, Hertson, at noon saw bright objects cross sun, rate of 5 a minute. On the 13th, several were seen. 14 and 15, he could not observe—stream was still going on—16 and 17, then stopped. / Note great times. [X: 345.1, 345.2. (Observatory, 37-358.)]
1914 Aug 15 / [LT], 7-e / A coincidence. [D; 789. (London Times, August 15, 1914, p. 7 c. 5.)]
1914 Aug 16 / 2 active showers late Perseids and Lyrids. / Nature 93-653. [X; 346. "The Perseid Meteoric Shower." Nature, 93 (August 20, 1914): 653.]
1914 Aug 18 / 8 p.m. / Remarkable meteor / Reggio, Calabria, Italy / Ciel et Terre 1924-139. [X; 347. "Etoile filante remarquable." Ciel et Terre, 40 (1924): 139-140.]
1914 Sept 4 / Explosions—heard in Jersey. / Attrib to firing at Namur, 325 miles away. / Eng Mec 100/121 / p. 166—also firing at St Quentin, 250 miles away. [X; 348. (English Mechanic, 100-121, 166.)]
1914 Sept 9 / Steavenson objects / Script. 220. [X; 349. Steavenson, William Herbert. "Bright Objects observed near the Sun." Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 25 (1914-1915): 36-38.]
1914 Sept 18 / Op. of Eros / Nature 93-488. [X; 350. "Opposition of Eros (433) This Year." Nature, 93 (July 9, 1914): 488.]
1914 Sept 22 / q and sound / Charleston / 5 others this year / B.S.A. 5/97. [X; 351. Taber, Stephen. "Earthquakes in South Carolina, in 1914." Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 5 (1915): 96-99.]
1914 Sept. 30 / NY Times, 9-4 / Lassen spouts fire. [X; 352. (New York Times, September 30, 1914, p. 9 c. 4.)]
1914 Sept, Oct / Dry fog / East India / Nature 94-699. [X; 353. (Nature, 94-699.)]
1914 Oct (?) / Mikkelsen / 56. [D; 790. (Ref.???)]
1914 Oct. / Occult disap. / Occult Rev. 23/168. [D; 791. (Occult Review, 23-168.)]
1914 Oct. 3 / Destructive q. / Smyrna / Nature 94-148, 236. [X; 354. (Nature, 94-148, 236.)]
1914 Oct 3 / night / Violent q / Province of Konia, Asia Minor / 2,500 victims / D. Express 6-5-7. [X; 355. (London Daily Express, October 6, 1914, p. 5 c. 7.)]
1914 Oct 3 / 1:18 p.m. / Martinique / q / Trib. 4-10-2. [X; 356. “Quake Shakes Martinique.” New York Tribune, October 4, 1914, p. 10 c. 2.]
1914 Oct 7 / N.Y. Times, 7-1 / Nov 22 (II)-1-3 / Lassen Peak again. [X; 357. (New York Times, October 7, 1914, p. 7 c. 1.) (New York Times, November 22, 1914, s. II p. 1 c. 3.)]
1914 Oct 7 / Migratory birds flying north, England. Great numbers. Said of many species—high in air. Northward migration in October had been noted before. / Zoologist 4-18-449 / Norfolk and Lincolnshire. [X; 358. (Zoologist, 4-18-449.)]
1914 Oct 8 / Severe q. considerable damage / N. Zealand / East coast / D. Express 9-3-4. [X; 359. (London Daily Express, October 9, 1914, p. 3 c. 4.)]
1914 Oct 10 / (Ch) 28 / Black object crossing sun. / Eng Mec 100/236 / Spindle-shaped. / (not the Venus obj). The vessel and shocks or etc. / L me see Mikkelsen. [X; 360. (English Mechanic, 100-236.) (Albert Alfred Buss. "Cosmic and terrestrial flotsam and jetsam." English Mechanic, 100 (October 16, 1914): 256.)]
1914 Oct 13 / 8:45 / Wigan metite / details / Nature 94-258 / Concussions like a q. [X; 361. (Nature, 94-258.)]
1914 Oct. 13 / Wigan, near Manchester / Met fell at. / Nature 100/126 / 94-506. [X; 362. (Nature, 100-126.) (Nature, 94-506.)]
1914 Oct 14 / NY Times, 13-2 / q / 3,000 perish. / Turkey. [X; 363. (New York Times, October 14, 1914, p. 13 c. 2.)]
1914 Oct. 15 / Shock / Jamaica / Nature 94-207 / See Nov 15. [X; 364. (Nature, 94-207.) See: (Nov 15).]
1914 Oct. 17 / 8 a.m. / Violent q / Greece / Nature 94-207. [X; 365. (Nature, 94-207.)]
1914 Oct 17 / Destructive q / Greece / Nature 103-473. [X; 366. (Nature, 103-473.)]
1914 Oct 18 / NY Times, (II)-15-4 / 19-6-5 / q. / Greece. [X; 367. (New York Times, October 18, 1914, s. II p. 15 c. 4.) (New York Times, October 19, 1914, p. 6 c. 5.)]
1914 Oct 20 / night / Explosion in Montreal. / Was trouble? / Trib 21-1-2. [X; 368. “Explosion Laid To War Hatred.” New York Tribune, October 21, 1914, p. 1 c. 2.]
1914 Oct 20 / Myst airship at night over Blyth, Northumberland. Lights at intervals of 3 to 10 minutes for ½ hour. / D. Express 21-5-5. [X; 369. (London Daily Express, October 21, 1914, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1914 Oct 23 / Great eruption / Lassen / Bull-Amer 4-221. [X; 370. "Lassen Peak, October 23, 1914." Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 4 (1914): 221.]
1914 Oct. 27 / 10:20 a.m. / N. Italy / sharp q. / Nature 94-259. [X; 371. (Nature, 94-259.)]
1914 Oct 27 / early / Mine explosion / Royalton, Ill / Trib 28-1-2. [X; 372. “Explosion Kills 61 In Illinois Mine.” New York Tribune, October 28, 1914, p. 1 c. 2.]
1914 Oct 28 / NY Times, 10-3 / Nov 8-(II)-14-4 / q / Italy. [X; 373. (New York Times, October 28, 1914, p. 10 c. 3.) (New York Times, November 8, 1914, s. II p. 14 c. 4.)]
1914 (Nov. 2) / Vesuvius / Trib 3-1-3. [X; 374. “Vesuvius Peril Grows.” New York Tribune, November 3, 1914, p. 1 c. 3.]
1914 Nov. 6 / predicted / Trans Mercury / Obs. 29/418. [X; 375. (Observatory, 29-418.)]
1914 Nov. 7 / Transit of Mercury / Jour Leeds Astro Soc 1914/91 / C.T. Whitmell / On Mercury on [note cut off] "a little black horn of length about equal to the planet's diameter not "black drop" and a variable white speck. [X; 376. (Journal of the Leeds Astronomical Society, 1914: 91-92.) ("Transit of Mercury." English Mechanic, 100 (November 20, 1914): 364.)]
1914 Nov 7 / Rumblings at Etna and q Messina. / Trib 8-1-2. [X; 377. “Quake Alarms Messina.” New York Tribune, November 8, 1914, p. 1 c. 2. The Etna volcano.]
1914 Nov. 11 / 11:13 p.m. / Surrey / large met from near Vega / Nature 94-320. [X; 378. (Nature, 94-320.)]
1914 Nov. 15 / 12:50 a.m. / bet 8 and 9 a.m. / Shocks, Jamaica / See Oct 15. / Nature 94-316. [X; 379. (Nature, 94-320.) See: (Oct 15).]
1914 Nov. 21 / dispatch of / That "meteorites have fallen around East Bethany, N.Y., several nights this week. / NY Time 22-III-8. [X; 380. (New York Times, November 22, 1914, s. III p. 8.)]
1914 Nov. 23, 27 / Destructive q's, Greece. / Nature 103-473. [X; 381. (Nature, 103-473.)]
1914 Nov 25, etc. / Mauna Loa / See June, '32. [X; 382. See: 1832 June 20, (I; 1700).]
1914 Nov 25 / NY Times, 5-4 / Seismographs indicate severe q. / "Somewhere else" the response. In Greece. [X; 383. (New York Times, November 25, 1914, p. 5 c. 4.)]
1914 Nov 27 / Violent q in Greece. / Trib 29-1-4. [X; 384. “Deaths in Earthquake.” New York Tribune, November 29, 1914, p. 1 c. 4.]
1914 Nov 27 / Inf conjunction Venus-sun. [X; 385. (Confirm. Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, 1914.)]
1914 Nov 29 / N.Y. Times, (IV)-6-5 / 30-1-2 / q / Greece. [X; 386. (New York Times, November 29, 1914, s. IV p. 6 c. 5.) (New York Times, November 30, 1914, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1914 Dec 3 / NY Times, 3-7 / Explosion near Bradford, England. [X; 387. (New York Times, December 3, 1914, p. 3 c. 7.)]
1914 Dec 7 / Great storm / Jersey coast. [X; 388. (Ref.???)]
1914 Dec 8 / NY Times, 12-5 / q / Ark / Tenn / Ky / Mo. [X; 389. (New York Times, December 8, 1914, p. 12 c. 5.)]
1914 Dec 9 / Great fire / West Orange, N.J. / Trib 10-1-3. [X; 390. “Fire Destroys Edison's Plant; Loss $7,000,000.” New York Tribune, December 10, 1914, p. 1 c. 4.]
1914 Dec 12 / Geminids / Pop. Astro 23-100. / Nut. seeds sugar. [X; 391. Bruseth, Nels. "Remarks on Meteor Observing and the Geminid Meteors of December 1914." Popular Astronomy, 23 (no. 2; February 1915): 100-101.]
1914 Dec 15 / 6:25 p.m. / Bristol / remarkable meteor / Nature 94-490. [X; 392. (Nature, 94-490.)]
1914 Dec 18 / Auroras / See Su pillar, / Indiana / MWR 1914-616. [X; 393. (Monthly Weather Review, 1914-616.)]
1914 Dec 23 / Etna / Trib 24-1-2. [X; 394. “Mount Etna Again Active.” New York Tribune, December 24, 1914, p. 1 c. 2.]
1914 Dec 25 / (night) / Cannonading reported off Chilian coast. / Trib. 27-2/5 / Some days before, a battle off coast—see Times index. [X; 395. “Sea Fight Off Chili Doubted.” New York Tribune, December 27, 1914, p. 2 c. 5. (London Times, index, 1914.)]
1914 Dec 29, 31 / Meteors / England / Nature 94-517. [X; 396. (Nature, 94-517.)]
1914 Dec 31 / [LT], 4-e / Firing at airplanes. [D; 792. (London Times, December 31, 1914, p. 4 c. 5.)]