Explosions At Navy Depot Wreck Huge World War I Arsenal
Secretary Davis toured the Lake Denmark area as shells wreaked damage across the Navy depot and nearby army reservation. 18 naval magazines remained intact while Marines from Quantico rushed to guard the devastated zone amid ongoing bursts of shells and a growing casualty list.
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Davis
Quantico
Lake Denmark
Naval Ammunition Depot
Shelly
Army
Army Reservation
Davin
Mr. Davis
Ordnance Department
War Secretary
Summerall
Bric
Drum
CC. Williams
Ordinance Department of the Army
Picatinny Arsenal
Ramsey
Naval Depot
Admiral Plunkett
Powling
Dover
Naval Hospital
Brooklyn
Ite
Samuel L. Boggs
Hugo
Ohio
Relief workers rush to Dover arsenal blast scene
Secretary of War, arriving from Port Washington, heads to Dover New Jersey after an explosion at Picatinny arsenal area. Red Cross teams join relief effort as Major General Summer orders supply trucks and ambulances to multiple forts. Six towns fall within the danger zone as residents evacuate Mount Hope and Rockaway report blast impacts and mine damage pegged at $156,000.
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New York
Worms
Port Washington
Dover
N. J
Davis
Mwe
Charles FP
Second Army Carns
Picatinny Army Arsenal
Rhasecald Hat Company
American Red Cross
Summerall
H.C. Schrader
Eoe
New Jersey
Mount Hope
Arsenal
Rockaway
Navy Depot
Replesie
Blast victims seen in Lake by wardens at Lake Denmark
A. R. Paterson reports heavy shelling at the Navy munitions depot Lake Denmark. He saw one body in the lake but could not reach it, noting craters large enough to bury a car and a telephone pole splintered by shell fragments. Patrols were prepared to search the woods for bodies as soon as shelling ceased.
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Dover
N. J
Navy
Lake Denmark
A. R. Paterson
New Jersey
Weords
Paterson
Tuterson
Erelis
Lame and Blind in Paris Parade
A mixed crowd of French and American veterans marched in Paris amid rain and solemnity. Flags dipped at monuments while officials and veterans recalled past ties as fascist groups and onlookers observed a quiet, tense procession.
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Paris
Seeger
United States
Coolidge Delayed In Hearing Of Explosion
News of the explosions at the Dover arsenal was received too late for President Coolidge to be informed last night. Today he was given latest advice and newspapers carrying details were sent to him at White Wing camp. Officials and White House staff expressed deep sympathy for victims and their families.
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Paul Smith
N. Y
A&p
Dover
N. J
President Coolidge
White Wing Camp
White House
Navy Lists 13 as Missing 38 Hurt in Arsenal Blast
The Navy releases a public list from Dover munitions depot naming missing and injured sailors and marines. Includes Lieutenant Commander Edward Allen Brown and Chief Gunner J. M. Gately among missing. many others listed as injured or slightly injured with hometowns across New York, Ohio, Massachusetts, and more.
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NAVY
Arsenal
Edward Allen Brown
Medical Corps
Larchmont
J. M. Gately
Fraoklyn
C. Schrader
Long Beach
Calif
Henry D. Machert
Richmond
Ali
D. Edison
Evansville
Ernest Powell
Hamilton
Ohio
W. A. Gerdts
Union City
N. J
Charles 4. Dettenbach
East i St. Louis
Ills
Thomas F. Mullarkey
New York City
S. Hunger
Matt Allen
Allensville
Sayles
Dover
Linke Denmack
Gester
Commi A. Brown
Naval Medical Corps
Burnwell H. Clarke
Little Rock
Ark
C. Dowling
Herman C. Schrader
Crime Commission Seeks Pistol Ban Heads Urgent Panel
Brig Gen C L Ruggles is designated to represent the War department and James B Baum of the American Bankers Association will represent the body. Attorney General Benton Ekern Spillman and others named to represent the groups on the committee. Carlo T Frederick, VP of Unitedates Revolver and NRA director, will represent those two organizations. Remington Arms and other pistol makers are among those to be represented. The women of Rome tested their hair with gold dust.
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C. L. Ruggles
War Department
James B. Baum
American Banker
Mgeneral Benton
Massachusett
Ekern
Wisconsin
Spillman Nebraska
Attamapus-Genemium l Association
Carlo T. Frederick
Unitedates Revolver Association
National Rifle Association
Remington Arms Company
Tver Johnson
Arma
S Works
Siilhan Wesson
S Firearma Co
Som. &Tone
Orient
Morristown treats 60 patients as 400 refugees aided
At Lake Denmark explosion site Morristown General Hospital has treated 60 people with minor injuries. Between 400 and 600 refugees from Mount Hope Hibernia Rockaway and Denmark receive shelter and care in public buildings. Red Cross starts a relief fund for the refugees.
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Morristown
N. J
Wharton
Dover
Picatinny
Hibernia
Rockaway
The
Red Cross
Two Connecticut Men Stationed At Disaster Scene
Navy lists enlisted marines assigned to duty at Lake Denmark Station. Names span ranks from quartermaster sergeant to privates, including Warren F. Granger Philadelphia and Bernie Burdick Washington with many others named across numerous cities. Captain Burwell H. Clarke in command. detachment reported missing.
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Washington
Navy Department
Lake Denmark Station
Warren F. Granger
Philadelphia
Bernie Burdick
Washington, D.C
Norman E. Maret
Kansas City
Jackson
Nicholson
Kerens
Texas
Jack Salesky
San Francisco
Charles A. Dettenback
Fast St. Louis
Axel Fredericksen
Mount Valley
Kas
Charles Hunegler
Jersey City
Daniel M. Huntley
St. Jamaica Plains
Mass
Carl L. Lindsey
Dallas
Georgia
Charles F. Miller
Milan
Mich
John Hi. Pratt
Montvale
N. J
Fred J. Bradford
Nenia
Ohio
Anthony J. Senultz
New York City
Walter L. Snyder
Belleville
Ernest Beaver
Halleyville
Okla Oiver
Bliss Waterville
Samuel L. Borgs
Hugo
Oklabert T
Burndidge
Wichita
Albert Burg
Belwood
Minn
George J. Bush
Antoine Corvelle
Sunset
John Glaminotoe
Bronx
N. Y
William R. Goss
Passaic
Charles L. Hall
Ralph B. Hall
Robinson
Maurice BR. Hardaker
Galloway
Florida
George V. Herti
Emporium
Penn
Philip (. Hogan
Waterbury
Conn
Asten J. Hunter
Mount Olive
N.C
Thomas Johnston
Chicago
Libbie N. Kirks, Jr. McCrexor
John A. Little
Leon
Chester R. Rourke
Morrow
Otto F. Siler
Tulsa
Oklo
Ethel R. Sawder
Berry
Edward P. Sullivan
Springfield
Joseph PB. Tulyer
Newark
Bernardin Trottler
Manchester
N. H
John M. Wallace
Tttle Tork
Ark
James M. Weaver
Wylan
Als
Calif
Burwell H. Clarke
Little Rock
Vandal Slashes Cushions on Gray Line Bus in garage
An unknown vandal broke the lock on a garage door and slashed all cushions inside a Gray Line bus. Michel Sutay owns the bus on Gray Lane. local resident Nutey keeps his vehicle at Barnum Avenue corner. No charges pressed. motive unclear.
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Michel Sutay
Nutey
Barnum Avenue
Wilbur to Probe Explosion at Dover Ammunition Depot
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur announced a full investigation into the Dover New Jersey ammunition depot disaster. He expressed deep regret and said he would not travel to Dover for now, while remaining in contact with Third and Fourth Naval districts.
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Newport
Wilbur
Dover
N. J
Na Department
S. S. New York
Rhode Island
Plunkett
Third Naval District
Sayles
T. Harris, Jr
Army Ordnance
Navy rescuers unable to enter explosion scene at depot
July 11 AP report from Washington details ongoing fires and explosions hindering entry at the Dover area naval depot near Link Denmack. Captain Sayles lists missing or wounded sailors and marines, with one confirmed death, while relief ships from Quantico mobilize and government officials express regret and coordinate updates.
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NAVY
Washington
William R. Sayles
Harrywin Brown
Lotta Brown
Market Street
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Brown
Sayles
Exploding Navy Arsenal At Lake Demank Watchers See Depth of Ruin
A wartime dispatch from Dover New Jersey describes APA photographer and crew touring the Lake Demank naval ammunition depot amid ongoing blasts. Brigadier General Crum greets them as shelling continues, with dozens of damaged buildings, collapsed headquarters, and a burned plateau marked by exploding magazines and rising smoke.
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Army Reservation
Naval Reservation
Picatinny Peak
Arsenal
G. W. Bott
Pipefitter Moog
Williams
Moog
Wilams
Army
Navy
Eiher
Strikers Must Do Back By Noon
The Inter Borough strikers announced last week they would be asked to rejoin. Unless a settlement emerges, Gustavus A. Rogers, chairman of America's Good AVI union Advisory council, said legal steps might follow for the traveling pul. Rogers invited representatives of the Inter borough union and local employers to meet with prominent citizens Tuesday to craft a plan to end the strike.
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Pany
InterBorough
Custavus A. Rogers
Advisory Council of America's
Good Avi Union
Rogers
Tnlerborough Unc Lewiery
Woman 70 Falls, Fractures Hip Near Home in Westport
Mrs Harriett Buckingham, seventy, of Trumbull Hound, crawled up a steep embankment after a fall to reach her home in Westport. She was bleeding and half conscious before dragging herself inside to phone for help. She was taken to Norwalk Hospital by ambulance with her son Henry, a painting contractor, at her side.
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Westport
Harriett Buckingham
Trumbull
Norwalk
Man Injured After Horse Throws Him In Branford
Branford July 11 Venus Rest twenty three of Stony Creek was thrown from his horse on School Street and seriously injured. He was taken to St Raphael’s hospital New Haven with a suspected skull fracture. The young man was employed locally and had hired the horse for the afternoon.
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Branford
Venus Rest
Stony Creek
School Street
St. Raphael's Hospital
New Haven
Yung Man
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Seatiing Army Arsenal
O. Fuqua
Second Corps
Naval
Wadhams
J.T. Crump
Crump
H. Wi. Zorniz
Goring
Madeline McFern
James B. Davenport
Zornig
Ehjia. Yen
Eleazor Wolmes
Robert Reed
Tne Mag
Marcella
Hiberni
Longwood
Spicertown
Mud Lane
Harry CC. Brown
Pouyskeepsie
Edward A. Browne
Burwell J. Clarke
Marne
H. C. Schrader
Joseph Gately
Tate
Rhea
Coolidge
Dover Munitions Depot
Oliver C
Onto
Maurice R. Wardacker
Gallaway
Fila
Fred J. Rachfonl
Xenta
Paul W. Moreau
New Britain
Joann A. Little
N.Y
Wylam
Ala
John Wilson Monroe
John Harper
Bay View, Ala
Dantel H. Huntley
Dresden St
Jamaica
Plans
Samuel L. Boges
Okla
Anton Courvelle
Bernardin Trottier
Marion St
Clarence F. Roy
Slawate J. Sullivan
FR. Radford
Kernsney
J. Jones
Kensie
Edward A. Sehry
Princeton
Wis
Axel Frederickson
Salt Lake City
Marvin Lewis
Sabula
Maine
Jevets
Charles Hungler
Erwate
Carl A. Lindsey
Edward McCracken
Merrick E. Prather
New Albany
Ind
Ernest W. Webb
Los Angeles
J. H. Nelle
Minneapolis
Wayne Taylor
Stinesville
John Parker
Thayte Wye
Casner M. Kensick
Wamitranck
E. F. Ervin
Charlotte N
E. S. Roberts
Buffalo
Virgin C. Parker
Mount Sterlins
E. B. Lowder
Dellwook
John N. Harrod
Cleveland
B. O. Mye
Fostoria
Crime Commission
Connecticut
Gray Line
Anal
Dowling
Gedts
Wadshams
Robert Y. Rhea
Denmark
Hart Grawls
State Street
Ae Company
Noble
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