Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 22 July 1844

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The train plunged off a poorly constructed bridge. The survivors were led, carried and conveyed on sleds to hotels and private houses in the town, there being no hospital. However, people assisting also stole money and valuables from the survivors and dead, $1500 (about $33000 today). Bridge designer Amasa Stone committed suicide seven years later after experiencing financial difficulties with some foundries he had interests in, suffering from severe ulcers that kept him from sleeping and scorn from the public over the disaster.
(29 December 1876)

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BirthFactDeath (+) Monday 22nd of July 1844 182 years, 6 months and 14 days ago
Oxford don William Archibald Spooner is born in 17 Chapel Street, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.