Jewish Refugees From Poland Arrive in New York
Jewish refugees from German Poland arrive at the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society headquarters on East Broadway. Many are women and children. some meet relatives in the waiting room as crowds gather outside. They traveled through Germany in box cars labeled Russian Wanderers and face questions about relatives and war experiences before awaiting Board Special Inquiry at Ellis Island.
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Poland
Madison Street
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Germany
Wilna
Bialostoyck
Lunza
Warsaw
Rotterdam
Czarnepreces
Republic
Juan
Russia
Ellis Island
Board
German Measles Invades Brooklyn Navy Yard
Health Commissioner reports influenza like German measles spreading among U S Navy Yard personnel in Brooklyn. Twenty cases moved to Kingston Avenue Hospital for Contagious Diseases in three days due to crowded navy yard facilities. One ordinary measles case sent to Wilard Parker Hospital in Manhattan.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Kingston Avenue Hospital
Brooklyn
Navy Yard
City Hospital
Wiljard Parker Hospital
Manhattan
Congress
City of
New York
Emerson
Navy Department
Kingston Avenue Institution
Navy Yard Reports German Measles Not Alarming
Dr Emerson downplays the outbreak at the Brooklyn Navy Yard noting German measles are mild and the surge reflects recruits from across the country. No figures on cases were given as he said the contagion ward is crowded but there is no cause for alarm.
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Emerson
United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Health Department
Motor car fatalities rise in New York May totals
Police records show New York traffic deaths for May at 52, an increase of 10 from May 1916. Auto trucks killed 17 versus 11 last year, passenger cars 15 versus 12, street cars 4 versus 5, and horse drawn vehicles 4 versus 10, reflecting varied vehicular risks across the month.
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