Rouen - Panorama Prior to 1904. And Cannibalism in the 20th. Century.

            The Postcard

A postally unused double folded postcard featuring a panoramic view of Rouen.

The card was posted in Paris using a 10c stamp on the 14th. May 1904. It was posted to:

Miss Bress,
Timber Hill Cottage,
Caterham Valley,
Surrey,
Angleterre.

The back of the card bears a Caterham Valley postmark dated the 15th. May 1904.

Three Japanese Sinkings

So what else happened on Sunday the 15th. May 1904?

Well, on that day the Russian minelayer Amur laid a minefield about 15 miles (24 km) off Port Arthur, and sank the Japanese battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons with 496 crew, and Yashima.

On the same day, the Japanese protected cruiser Yoshino sank after being accidentally rammed by the armored cruiser Kasuga, killing over 270 crew, including Captain Sayegi and his second-in-command, Commander Hirowateri. 

Japan kept the loss of Yashima secret for over a year.

Cannibalism in the 20th. Century

Also on that day, while she was documenting atrocities in the Congo Free State, English missionary Alice Seeley Harris took the iconic photograph of Nsala of Wala in the Nsongo District.

It shows a Congolese man with the severed hand and foot of his murdered five-year-old daughter who had been killed and eaten by armed militia.

An Assassination in Denver

Also on the 15th. May 1904, in Denver, Colorado, Lyte Gregory, a detective and former police officer, was assassinated in the early morning hours. 

John Combs, whose wife thought she recognized the murderer's voice as that of her husband, was arrested for the crime. 

William Wardjon of the United Mine Workers of America had accused Gregory of being one of three men who pistol-whipped him aboard a train car in Sargents, Colorado, on the 29th. April 1904. 

Coney Island

Also on that day, the Dreamland amusement park opened at Coney Island in New York City at 4 p.m., three hours later than scheduled.

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