September 30 in Victorian History
What the Victorians were up to on this date, year by remarkable year.
1888
The double event
In one night, the Ripper kills twice: Elizabeth Stride in Berner Street and Catherine Eddowes in Mitre Square. Eddowes's body is horribly mutilated; a piece of her apron is found in Goulston Street, chalked with a cryptic message. London wakes to the worst night of the terror.