Subways and Third Avenue Tie Up City in Strike
A general strike by subway and Third Avenue elevated guards halted surface transit across The Bronx and Manhattan. By midnight many crews had quit, police guard orders were issued, and rioting fears rose as unions and management faced off over alleged agitators and threats.
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Subway
Third Avenue Elevated
Bronx
Third Avenue Railways
Manhattan
Elevated
New York Company
Brooktp Rapid Transit
North River
Man- Houtes Bridge
New York Railways
Third Avenue
Canal Street
Carmen
Black Tom blast wreaks havoc on New York harbor
A massive explosion at Black Tom near Jersey City sent shrapnel into Manhattan and surrounding ships, causing extensive damage estimated up to 50 million dollars. Warranted manslaughter charges were issued for three harbor officials, with two arrested in Jersey City on $5,000 bail.
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Lower Manhattan
Black Tom
Jersey City
Upper Bay
Europe
Bedloe’s
Ellis Islands
New York
Maiden Lane
Bedloe
Clifton
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Allies Win On Front near Somme and Liberty Light Bombarded
Allied forces push seven miles north of the Somme as French and British lines advance near Delville Wood and Guillemont. On Bedloe's Island liberty beacon endures a two hour shrapnel bombardment from a lighter linked to Black Tom, with 67 soldiers, 30 women, 20 children evacuated safely.
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Liberty
Bedloe
Arthur S. Draper
London
Somme
Delville Wood
S Quarter
Waterlot Farm
Trones Wood
Guillemont
Monacu
Hem
Maurouns
Monaco
Tsstory
Albert Ridge
Peronne
Ypres
Loos
Haig
Bedloe's Island
Black Tom
Alfred T. Clifton
U. S. Signal Corps
Clifton
Captain Clifton
Sir Ax
America
Governor's Island
Notian
Crash Bombs Over New York Stir City Sleep
At 2 07 am a massive explosion rocked New York waking the city as glass rained and skyscrapers swayed. Reports of widespread damage or bomb outrages flooded Police Headquarters with unclear details and confusion spread through the night.
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New York
London
City Mall
Park Row
Railroad Blames Independent Barge For Big Fire Loss
The Lehigh Valley Railroad cites an independent barge moored at its docks as the fire origin. Thirteen brick storage warehouses and six storage company piers were destroyed, with eighty-five loaded cars ruined and 40,000 tons of raw sugar worth about 3.4 million dollars lost. The blast occurred between 1 05 and 2 08, but no explosives were stored in the warehouses.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
National Storage Company
Storage Comany
Lehigh Valley
M. T. Henley
New York
Henley
Jersey City
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Manhattan Bridge
B.R.T
Hedley
Frank Hedley
New York Railways Company
Interborough
Amalgamated Association of the and Street Railway
Emloyes
Mployes
Coatlawed
Colume
Black Tom Peninsula
Lehigh
Theodore B. Johnson
Johnson Lighterage and Towing Company
Albert M. Dickman
Alexander Davidson
Dickman
Davidson
Johnson
New Jersey
Rockaway
Philadelphia
Fort Wadsworth
Lower Broadway
Nassau Street
Ellis Island
South Ferry
Statue OF Liberty
Long Island
the Tribune
Chrentarions
Independent Barge
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