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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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