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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 3 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1872 | 2 |
| 1876 | 20 |
| 1877 | 10 |
| 1878 | 11 |
| 1880 | 3 |
| 1882 | 1 |
| 1883 | 18 |
| 1884 | 13 |
| 1885 | 24 |
| 1886 | 15 |
| 1887 | 26 |
| 1888 | 16 |
| 1889 | 43 |
| 1890 | 13 |
| 1891 | 24 |
| 1892 | 91 |
| 1893 | 89 |
| 1894 | 67 |
| 1895 | 25 |
| 1898 | 1 |
| 1899 | 11 |
| 1900 | 6 |
| 1903 | 35 |
| 1904 | 26 |
| 1905 | 2 |
| 1907 | 2 |
| 1909 | 25 |
| 1910 | 4 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1914 | 2 |
| 1915 | 3 |
| 1916 | 11 |
| 1917 | 3 |
| 1923 | 1 |
| 1925 | 1 |
655 stories matching violent, from 110 towns
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County not recorded6