Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

We found your results!

Page 1

New York Times in New York, New York

We have 11,141,790 pages in New York

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1916

Page

1

Lightning storms kill and injure as New York rail lines halt

A fierce storm from New York to New Haven caused multiple deaths and 94 prostrations as high wind toppled 60 mile per hour wires. trains slowed or canceled across the region and telegraph lines were blown down. Dozens of named victims, many from heat or lightning, are listed with ages and addresses, while service on major railroads suffered widespread disruption.

New York City Tran Stamford New York Stridg Port Pennsylvania Railroad Riverhead New Jersey Staten Island Richmond Deluge Island

Trolley Car Plunge Ditches Subway At Nostrand Avenue

A Nostrand Avenue trolley car fell into an open subway ditch between Tilden Avenue and Beverly Road Brooklyn after the sewer flood collapsed supports. Four men aboard escaped but were rescued with injuries. coroner and public service officials opened a justice inquiry as engineers and police investigated potential negligence.

Nostrand Avenue Tilden Avenue Beverly Road Brooklyn Wagner Godley Public Service Whitney Alfred Craven Leroy T. Harkness Public Service Commission Goldstein Formosa Snyder Avenue Goldsteln Newtrand Avenue Daniel Corwin Tlon Mervine Commiealon Harkness Cioldatein Corwin de Thomas Grady Thirty-second Street Robert J. Ryan Hawthorne Street James Payton Albert Glynn Murphy Wayton Ryan Kings County Grand Jury Long Island Railroad Jamaica East New York Island Manhattan Pennsylvania Station Joseph A. Mott Daniel Duvall

Sharks in Matawan Creek attract mass shark hunt

Crowds along Matawan Creek hunt suspected sharks after two swimmers killed and another mauled in recent days. Nets span Wycoff Dock and near a trolley bridge as anglers and residents shoot, harpoon, and dynamite the water. Scientists from the American Museum of Natural History evaluate the killings, while reports clash over the sharks' identity and danger.

Matawan Creek Anothe Raritan Bay Wyceofft Matawan Stanley Fisher Lester Stilwell New Jersey Long Island Jersey Sheepahead Lone Island Bathits Vayal Coney Salana Hrighton F. A. Lucas Museum Lucas John T. Nichols American Museum of Natural History Cape Hatteras New York Nichola Stilwell Xasea Ralph Gall Cliffwood Central New Jersey Railroad Norman Charles Tyee Robert Burns Antony Costick

Six Die in Brooklyn Ammonia Tank Blast at Butcher Shop

A deadly ammonia tank explosion at Martin N. Schmidt’s butcher shop on Sumner Avenue Brooklyn wrecked the four story building. Firemen with Manhattan help recovered bodies hours later as rescuers battled fumes. Five killed and eleven injured initially. later lists show many affected passengers and bystanders.

Martin N. Schmidt Sumner Avenue Macon Street Brooklyn Department Manhattan Rkaservee Goren Bushwick St Mary's Hospital John J. Woods Homan Catholic Church of the Holy Crown Flatbush Loman Vathellc Tarry Carr Ttales Avenue Miss Byrne Barr Gates Avenue W. H. Sullvan Sullivan Classon Avenue Flushing Avenue Ralph Avenue Vernon Avenue Hamburg Avenue Adamson Guy Scull Kenton Dillon John Farrell Police Department Thomas Lally

Revolt in Panama if Wilson Fails to Act

Special cable from Havana reports Panamanian Conservative Party lawyer Nicanor Obarrio predicting a revolt in Panama unless President Wilson annuls elections. Obarrio, en route to Washington, says Porras fixed the vote to secure re election and that conservatives will boycott the polls as the electoral census is manipulated and U S intervention is refused.

Tur New York Havana Panama Wilson Nicanor A. Ubarrio Wi Asshington Wilsen Obarrio Porras

New Care In Fight Against Infant Paralysis by Dr Flexner

Health officers report 24 deaths and 117 new cases as the infant paralysis outbreak continues. Injections and Dr Flexner's public guidance are cited as part of the containment effort. Cards are issued to residents in infected districts free of charge. The article notes the disease spread and totals to date.

Academy of Medicine Aeolian Hall Ss. J. Meltzer Ter Rockefeller Institute Meltzer Louis. Ager Tr Meltner Monkeya Simon Flexner Flexner Flexners Bos Vce Tie Henry Koplik George Draper Louis C. Ager Josephine

Spain imposes martial law as rail strike spreads

Spain declares martial law nationwide amid a spreading rail strike that began June 11 on the Northern Railway and has disrupted schedules in Barcelona Madrid Valencia Bilbao and Oviedo. King Alfonso travels to Madrid as a general strike is called for July 16 and Madrid is placed under siege due to growing unrest and food-cost pressures from wartime conditions.

Spain Madrid Paris Alfonso la Granja Barcelona Valencia Bilbao Oviedo Northern Railways Company

Allies May Grant Peace to Austria and Russia Open to Talks

Berlin dispatch notes Allied moves toward peace with Austria and a Russian willingness to discuss terms. The Kreuz-Zeitung editorializes for Germany to use vowed wartime freedom in submarine policy, urging a decisive end to the war and referencing German peace groups and petitions seeking unrestricted action.

Austria Russia Zar Berlin London Kreuz-Zeitung America Kreus-Zeitung Addan Dietrich Aehaeter Herlin University Preas German National Committee Wedel

Lloyd George Boosts Allied War Momentum in Sharp Fighting

British War Minister Lloyd George announced at an allied conference that Entente forces have seized the initiative from Germany. He cited improved equipment, massive munition output, and new factories as turning the war in favor, with Allies advancing near Contalmaison and Longueval on the Somme while Verdun and the Italian front resist.

Lloyd George Cees London David Lord George War Office Albert Thomas Bellaoff Russia A. Dell’ Olio Edwin 8. Montagu Nat Verdun Alps Somme Contalmaison Paris Seuville Chenois la Laufte Champagne Argonne

Moraht Predicts Crucial Days for War's Outcome

London July 14 Major Moraht in Nerliner Tageblatt says the coming days will settle the war’s issue. The term Hattie of Europe refers to the new coordinated Allied offensive across all fronts.

Moraht London Major Moraht Europe

Second Council At Front Kaiser Shifts Men East

London dispatches report the Prussian Council of Ministers leaving Petrograd en route to the imperial field headquarters. Austria Hungary faces crushing defeat again and Allies consider terms for future peace. Germany is pressed, prompting talk of a common basis for peace discussions among Entente powers.

Austria Austria-Hungary Germany

Russo-German Battle on a 100 Mile Front

Petrograd reports intensifying fighting along a 100 mile Lutsk breach from the Stokhod River toward Kovel and Sarny with Prussian and Bavarian corps moving up. German and Austro-Hungarian efforts to gain ground near Koskhevka are repulsed as prisoners and artillery gains are claimed on the Stokhod and lower Stripa fronts. Reports note ongoing Russian resistance and shifting front lines amid encirclement attempts northwest of Oleasa and Budace.

Mameta Longueval Road Sooovarda Hoatéres Contalmaison Hardecourt Amd Chaillemont Munarepas Duccia Wyschaete la Hiassée Canal Koskhevka Iovel-Sarny Teuton Stripa Galicie War Office Dvina Friedrichstadt Glalicia Ghia Count von Rothmer Oleasa Budace Vienna London General Headquarters Duczacz von Bothmer Stokhod Kovel- Sarny

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bolt New Haven Ser Jee New York, New Haven & Hartford Bridgeport Daconin Ywelinx Newark Weetern i Wien Springfield N. J Reiman Henry Miret Avenue Moulder East Fourteenth Street Pennsvania Railroad Y Lightning &T Elisabeth Aergerter John Bergen Avenue Jersey City Colea Street Brown Aledprt Riverdale Dechert Johns Olf Sack I. J. Boat Club Lambert Frank West Twenty-fifth Street New York County Chambers Street Tottenville Taten Island Roseb Rodney Street M. Willmeburg Hacken Hackensack Boot Edward Pier North River Adson Hospital Carrey Michael Vanderbilt Bayardreet Hudson Hospital Cully William Second Avenue Heaver Street Daversdorfer Halband Enstreath Street Lincoln Hospital Georgiana End Avenue Hellevue Wyer Tom Erty Ninth Street Yventh Avenue Ivelviie Hospital Dintz Oscar Marceilles Broadway 104 Street Old Slip Kevue Firman Max Willett Street Columbia Street Bellevue Jt Hospital Loughlan Gertr DM Palisade Volunteer Hospital Lewissohn Anna East Twelfth Street Avenue 15 Len James Howard Avenue Jackson and Weatchester Avenues Lebanon Aaron East Ninetieth Street St. Vincents Hospital Moskowsky Adam Sixth Avenue Jersey Cty New Champers Street Romano Tessie Monroe Street Wooster Street St. Vincent's Hospital Arasmio Fillzabeth Street Front Whitehall Streets John J Myrtle Avenue Marhattan Street Knickerbocker Hospital Otadwick Charles West 137Th Street Hulson Street Hospital Joseph Twentyth Street Riversife Drive 100Th Street Walsh Morris West Nostrand AV Board Page Byrne Annie Linney Street Johnson Butcher Schmidt Hancock Street Martin N Etal Lilian Eldert Street Thompson Nauman Ttucnl Bhumner Avenue Puttham Avenue Bruken NM Mohenectady Avenue Rumter Avenue Gleasa Opollo Peabody C. E SSTA Pernice Jonepil C Piushing Avenue Brukees Handea Selgert Juanita R McDonough Street Tane Herman Rivercale Avenue Ungbor Ida Ellery Street BOSC Alitalian Red Alldgeiers Health Department Overer Beort Vyob Asquith Longueval Pozieres New York Times Daily Chronicle Harieux Biatrées Contalmaise Meuse Freilingham la Baste Canal la Fille Mort Height Badonviliers Hiterzbach Petrograd Entente Kaiser Varian Corps France Council of Ministers Imperial Field Headquarters Pet Rograd Galicia Lutsk Count von Hothmer Heg Eucsace Galleia Tar R N
Search Courier

Search the New York Times Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The New York Times?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication