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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1916
Page
1
A formal warning cautions Britain about potential serious consequences if a pattern of disregard continues. Officials emphasize the need for compliance and responsible behavior to avoid escalation and retaliatory actions.
A massive blast at Black Tom Island near Jersey City triggers fires across five states. Property losses estimated at 26 million dollars. warehouses of National Storage Co. destroyed. death toll uncertain with two confirmed dead and several missing. Authorities investigate barge arson as a possible cause and note extensive disruption to rail and dock operations.
Washington warns Britain that US neutrality rights forbid arbitrary trade bans. The State Department released a protest note detailing that blacklisting firms and individuals harms neutral commerce, with British ships and banks facing penalties and a veto over American transactions abroad.
The page fragment references a massive payroll cut, explosive protests over blacklist, deadly forest fires, and rising heat deaths in Chicago. It notes mixed wartime outcomes for allies, Carranza amid resignation chatter, and political shifts as suffragists tour. Also mentions counterfeit finds, a synagogue aid cornerstone, a bishop sermon, and scattered sports commentary.
Sawlehart Ontario July 30 Northern Ontario forest fires likely killed 150 to 200 people with many injured. Nushka and Matheson report dozens of dead. Coch rane 18 dead and 34 injured. Iroquois Falls 18 dead. Ramore wiped out. Refugees flee burnt districts as relief trains and coffins are dispatched. Death toll rising. authorities project 147 to 148 dead.
London observers say en tente Allies appear stronger this week as Brusiloff’s victories threaten German reinforcement on the eastern front. Western front reports note intensified fighting with fresh German troops and guns arriving. Russians under Sakharoff gain near Lutsk and Brody, pinching von Bothmer’s forces. evacuation of Kovel and Lemberg may follow.
Berlin reports a great fire in Petrograd destroying a bridge across the Neva, 12 large steamers including several transatlantic liners, the Putiloff gun works, and other establishments. The Lokal Angele prints the details of the blaze via Sayville.
Laredo, Texas reports that Venustiano Carranza will retire as first chief of the de facto Mexican government and be succeeded by Gen. Pablo Gonzales. Carranza reportedly aims to run for president in the forthcoming general election, with a Mexican generals conference in Mexico City to arrange elections and a peaceful power transfer to prevent military friction.
New York on July 30 reports a drop in infantile paralysis for 24 hours ending 10 AM. The five boroughs recorded 18 deaths and 145 new cases, down from 44 deaths and 161 cases in the prior 24 hours.
A terse wartime summary cites Central Powers total troop losses and prisoners. It notes 431,000 sisters and 2,508,000 Allied prisoners, with 1,695,000 from opposing forces. It claims significant war booty including 4,056 machine guns and rifles. Vaccination and fever epidemics are mentioned as affecting next steps.
Berlin reports that on the night of July 28 German airships attacked Grimsby Immingham Lincoln Norwich and the Humber patrol zones. Despite anti aircraft fire all airships returned undamaged to their hangars and the British admiralty disputes the German account as inaccurate.
Excessive heat in St Louis and surrounding areas results in twenty deaths today and tonight, with emergency crews continuing to respond as temperatures remain high and conditions worsen.
Chicago endured a record heat wave with thermometers reaching 102 at eight stories and 108 to 112 on streets. By 7 pm, seventy deaths were logged and morgues crowded as prostrations and heat-related illness surged. Beach crowds swelled past 100000 as police battled disorder and heat fatigue. In Detroit, eight deaths and drownings were noted from the heat with a peak local temperature of 92.
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