Thick Fog Delays Boston Shipping Across New England
Dense sea fog crippled coastwise shipping from Boston to Massachusetts Bay and beyond. Nahant and Bass Point trips halted early, while Bunker Hill reached India Wharf hours late. Some ferries kept schedules but with extreme caution as winds shift to an improving forecast.
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Boston Harbor
Massachusetts Bay
New England
North Shore
Nahant
Bass Point
Vineyard Sound
Bunker Hill
New York
India Wharf
Howard
Norfolk
Quantico
Philadelphia
Calvin Austin
St. John
N. B
Central Wharf
Americans in London Seek Relief After Oceanic Arrival
Aug 9 London report says many American passengers aboard the Oceanic seek cash and a return passage through the American relief committee. Refugees from Kronprinzessin Cecilie and Prinz Adalbert also apply for aid. German lines refuse refunds on deposits. The committee coordinates with London officials and hires agents to greet arrivals amid reports of fake agents. police assign detectives to trap suspects.
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London
England
White Star Line
Oceanic
American Relief Committee
United States
Hamburg-American Line
Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Prinz Adalbert
Falmouth
New York
Theodore Hetzlerof
Citizens’ Committee
London Citizens’ Committee
Americans Stranded as Glasgow Port Sailings Cancel
About 1000 American and Canadian tourists are stranded in Glasgow as all vessels from the port have canceled sailings.
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Glasgow
French Troops Seize Mulhausen in Alsace Invasion
French forces entered Mulhausen after overrunning the German defense lines and advancing from Altkirch. The occupation follows rapid German retreat toward Neu Breisach as Paris and Berlin react with triumph and caution about Liege and Strassburg.
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War Office
Mulhausen
Altkirch
Melhausen
Alsace
Europe
Neu Breisach
Joffre
Paris
Colmar
Strassburg
Berlin
London
Iege
France
Meuse
Belgium
Germany
French War Office
Liege
Canada Gives Million Bags Flour to Britain
Ottawa reports the Canadian government has offered 1,000,000 bags of flour to the imperial authorities for the British people. The gift has been accepted and the collection work is now under way.
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Paris
Berlin
Amsterdam
London
Liege
War Office
Huy
Namur
Joffre
Alsace
France
Germany
Canada
Britain
Ottawa
Ont
Cholera Reported in Servian Camps and Adriatic Movements
Rome reports cholera outbreak among Austrian and Serbian troops. German cruisers Goeben and Breslau, forced from Messina, are said to have passed through the Straits of Otranto into the Adriatic Sea.
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Rome
London
Goeben
Breslau
Messina
Sicily
Straits of
Otranto
Adriatic Sea
White Star Olympic Sets Sail From New York for Liverpool
The White Star liner Olympic loading with provisions and coal suddenly left her pier for Liverpool. Earlier scheduled to sail yesterday, orders were reversed by the British admiralty and passengers joined the Adriatic. Clearance papers were issued Friday allowing departure.
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New York
Olympic
Liverpool
Adriatic
Morning Atlantic Meet Between US and British Ocean Liners
The Olympic met the American liner New York in a misty bay as the New York sailed from Cherbourg to Southampton on Aug 1 during war fears. The New York carried 670 passengers with 422 cabin travelers and arranged cramped steerage into cabin space. The Caserta, Venezia, Meppen and other ships also moved in wartime conditions with clues about rescue, routes, and potential troop movements.
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New York
Cherbourg
Southampton
Austria
Servia
Europe
Roberts
The
Drake
Genoa
Naples
Meppen
Oporto
Paris Renames Berlin Street to Rue des Belges
Paris municipal council voted to rename Rue de Berlin as Rue des Belges to honor Belgian resistance against the German invasion. The new street runs near the railroad viaduct north of Gare Saint-Lazare, linking to Place de l'Europe and a cluster of European city named avenues. The next likely change is Rue de Edinbourg.
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Paris
Prussia
Berlin
Gare St. Lare
Place de l'Europe
Passengers Attack Conductor on City Point Trolley
Several passengers assaulted the City Point trolley conductor at E and Eighth streets, fracturing his nose and injuring him as three young men who had trouble with fares fled. Service paused about 20 minutes while injuries were treated.
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City Point
Eighth Streets
Central Verein Opens Convention With Flag Salute
An estimated eight thousand people gather at Ex position Hall Pittsburg for the Central Verein opening. A 500 voice choir sings The Star Spangled Banner as a large American flag is unfurled. The papal delegate Most Rev John Bonzano attends with clergy and laity and delivers a message from Cardinal Merry del Val. Pontifical high mass is held at St Pauls Cathedral.
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Pittsburg
Exposition Hall
Central Verein
John Bonzano
United States
Merry del Val
Pius
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Policeman Fires After Crowd Attacks Suspect in Portland
In Portland Maine on August 9 Police Officer John T Hamilton wounded two men after arresting George L Loring as a crowd mobbed him Loring was shot in the left leg and Robert T Logan in the right arm when he drew his revolver.
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Portland
George L. Loring
Robert T. Logan
John T. Hamilton
Loring
Finland Sails From Dover with Americans Bound for New York
The Red Star liner Finland sailed from Dover at 4 PM heading to New York. The ship carries a large number of Americans returning home.
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London
Red Star Line
Finland
Dover
New York
Sir Edward Anwyl Welsh Philologist Dead at 48
Sir Edward Anwyl professor of Welsh and comparative philology at University College of Wales Aberystwyth died today at age 48. He was widely known as an educator and scholar in his field.
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London
Edward Anwyl
University College of Wales
Aberystwyth
Anwyl
Found Dead in Walpole With Revolver in Hand
The body of Daniel Sullivan, lifelong Walpole resident, was found in a field near Dupee meadows. He had been shot in the head and held a revolver of 82 calibre in his hand.
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Walpole
Daniel Sullivan
Dupee Meadows
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