Almanac for the Year 1894 Mercury Publishing Co., Newport, R. I. Record of Important Events. In Newport and Vicinity During 1893, Taken from the Files of the Newport Mercury. The record begin Dec. 3, 1892, and closes Dec. 6, 1893. [Only those entries which contained names have been included here. For the full transcript, and scans of these pages and more, see http://www.rootsweb.com/~rinewpor/NewportAlmanac1894.html ] Dec. 2. Walter Watson of Jamestown burned to death in the conflagration of his home. Dec. 9. Wm. S. Child, D. D. rector of St. Mathew’s church, Jamestown, and one of the oldest Episcopal clergymen in the diocese, died at his home in Jamestown. Funeral solemnized on the 12th and the remains taken to Springfield for burial. Dec. 14. Miss Helen Louise Gammell, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Ives Gammell, married to Mr. Arthur Herbert, under-secretary of the British Legation. Dec. 15. Newport Observer bought by Mr. Horatio G. Wood. Dec. 19. Mr. George A. Weaver’s new block, replacing that burned to the ground in April, formally opened to the public. Dec 24. Patrick O’Connell, while seeing friends off at the Old Colony depot, fell from the platform and being struck by the rear truck of the last car, received injuries from the effects of which he died without recovering consciousness. Jan. 21. Capt. Gideon Wilcox, an old and respected citizen of Tiverton, died after a long and painful illness. Jan. 23. Geo. M. Cooper, while painting at the new residence of Mrs. H. Ruthven Pratt, fell from a ladder and received injuries from which he died. Feb. 1. Hon. Wm. J. Swinburne retired from business. Feb. 20. Mrs. Benj. Finch died at her residence on School street. Mar. 21. Newport Artillery Company gave a full dress battalion drill and dress parade in honor of Col. Thomas’ return from New York. Mar. 25. Col. Agustus Perry Sherman, one of Newport’s most prominent citizens died. Apr. 8. Announced to the people of St. John’s chapel that they were to have a new church built for them. Donor believed to be Mrs. Sarah Titus Zabriskie. Apr. 29. Henry R. A. Carey, representative-elect to the General Assembly, died at the Everet House, New York. May - . Purchase of the lot corner of Washington and Willow streets by Mrs. Zabriskie confirms the rumor that she is the donor of the new chapel for the Point. May 23. Bye-election held to fill a vacancy caused by the death of H. R. A. Carey, Samuel R. Honey, democrat, elected. Jun. 10. Work begun on the new Townsend Industrial School, Col. James Fludder architect and Mr. Peter Knowe contractor. Jun. 20. Princess Eulalia of Spain paid an informal visit to Newport. Jun. 30. An Explosion at the Torpedo Station broke several windows and J. Harry Brown, who was working among the gun cotton, had his fingers badly torn. Jul. 3. William A. Barber, a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Newport, died. Jul. 3. Fire and explosion at the Torpedo Station. Jeremiah Harrington, Frank Laughlin and Michael O’Regan killed and many injured. Jul. 5. Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore paid a brief visit to Newport. Jul. 7. Judge Blatchford died at his residence on Greenough Place. Jul. 20. Training and Torpedo Stations officially inspected by Secretary Herbert. Jul. 25. His Royal Highness Jajatjit Singh Rajah Rajagan of Kapurthalia visited Newport. Aug. 21. Death of George Babcock Hazard, donor of the Hazard Memorial School. Aug. 22. Robert D. Warren won the Tennis Championship. Oct. 7. Edward Luby, fireman of the City of Fitchburg, drowned in the Old Colony Co’s north slip. Oct. 8. Charles Cole, of Gloucester, Mass., drowned off Perry Mill wharf. Oct. 19. City Treasurer David M. Coggeshall died, after serving the city as treasurer for 24 years. Oct. 23. Special session of City Council to fill vacancy in the office of City treasurer. John S. Coggeshatl [sic] chosen. Oct. 25. City election, D. B. Fearing, Democrat, elected Mayor. Republicans elect aldermen and councilmen from the First, Second and Third Wards and Democrats win the Fourth and Fifth. Nov. 16. Mr. Thos. S. Burdick, for many years an officer of the Newport Artillery Company, died suddenly while waiting to embark on the Providence boat. Nov. 26. Philip Caswell, one of the oldest citizens of Jamestown, died. ===================== Happy hunting, Susan -- Coordinator Rhode Island USGenWeb ~ http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/ Coordinator Newport County RIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~rinewpor/