Colón, Panama

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Headnote

Known in North America as Aspinwall.

Record Data

Place Unit Type

City or Town

Containing Unit

Panama

Events

Date		Type
01/09/1859	American sailors on shore leave riot at the port of Colón in Panama	US/the World
04/03/1866	At Colón in the Panama, an exploding British cargo of nitro-glycerin devastates the port and kills fifty	Crime/Disasters
06/07/1865	In the Caribbean, relief ships rescue passengers wrecked on a remote desert island the week before	Crime/Disasters
10/19/1866	In the small hours, fire damages the town of Colón/Aspinwall in Panama.	Crime/Disasters
05/30/1865	Passenger steamer wrecks in the Caribbean, stranding hundreds on a remote desert island	Crime/Disasters

People

Documents

Images

Isthmus of Panama railroad route Aspinwall to Panama City, 1857

Aspinwall, Panama, late 1865, artist's impression

Aspinwall, Panama, late 1865, artist's impression, detail

Explosion of the steamer "European," Colón, Panama, April 3, 1866, artist's impression, zoomable image.

Explosion of the steamer "European," Colón, Panama, April 3, 1866, artist's impression, detail

Damage to docks and ships following explosion, Aspinwall, Panama, April 3, 1866, artist's impression

Ruins of Railroad Buildings following explosion, Aspinwall, Panama, April 3, 1866, artist's impression

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