Lightning Strikes Brighton Home as Floods Hit County
A lightning storm struck Leo Goldberger's Brighton avenue home causing major damage including a shattered roof rafter and a scorched chimney. Two servant girls were shocked but unharmed. minor floods disrupted trolley tracks and streets across the county. transformers at Ditmas and Royal theatres flickered lights but shows continued. Other areas including Staten Island and Sayreville reported wash-outs and crop damage. City officials and fire crews remained on alert as the storm raged.
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Leo Goldberger
Brighton Avenue
Gordon Street
State Street
Smith Street
Public Service Electric Company
Public Service Railway Company
New York Telephone Company
Staten Island
Milltown
Sayreville
Monmouth County
Goldberger
Protection Hook and Ladder Company
Board of Aldermen
City
Jay B. Franke
Ditmas Theatre
Lincoln and Protection Fire
Ditmas Playhouse
Royal Theatre
Soldier and Ranger Killed in Mexican Raid at San Benito
Special by United Press Wire. Brownsville Texas Aug 3 One soldier and one Texas ranger were killed and two soldiers and two rangers wounded in a fight with Mexican raiders at San Benito early today The raiders may be the same ones who yesterday fired on an automobile party near here Washington Aug 3 The imminence of action in Mexico promised by President Wilson is foreshadowed by Secretary of State Lansing announcing he will discuss the Mexican situation with six Latin American governments The calling in of the six envoys is seen as the first move toward enlisting cooperation of other republics in the United States plan The conference at the state department next Thursday is expected to be a consultation to secure wider support for the administration's course.
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United Press Wire
Brownsville
Texas
San Benito
Washington
Mexico
Wilson
Lansing
State Department
United States
Paving contracts awarded by city board last night
The Board of Aldermen awarded paving one block on Front street to Liddle & Pfeiffer and paving a portion of Compton avenue to Graham & McKeon. Bids for curb work, grading and sewers were discussed with several petitions referred to the streets and sewers committee.
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Compton Avenue
Liddle & Pfeiffer
Graham & McKeon
Board of Aldermen
Fox Hill Road
Neville Street
Convery Place
Gordon Street
Brighton Avenue
Market
Gordon Streets
Neys Lybeck
No. 8 School
Convery
Joseph Galaida
Rector
Water Streets
Sound
Train slams into landslide. one dead two injured
A Buffalo Night Express train struck a Churchill Landing landslide near Kittanning Pennsylvania. Engineer Jesse Williams, 32, of Pittsburgh, was killed by scalding and fireman B R Hilbrich, 22, of Pittsburgh, was fatally burned. Five cars derailed but stayed upright and no passengers were seriously hurt.
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United Press Wire
Kittanning
Buffalo Night Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Churchill Landing
Here
Jesse Williams
Pittsburgh
B. R. Hilbrich
No Bidders on Park or Street Bonds
City planned bids for 381000 in park and street bonds failed as no buyers appeared. Aldermen speculated on whether Comptroller Voorhees resignation influenced interest, while Treasurer Rhodes cited a slack bond market and delayed optimism for rehype in a few days as brokers anticipated improved conditions.
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James A. Rhodes
America
Germany
England
Board of Aldermen
Rhodes
William C. Wilson
Voorhees
W. Guy Weaver
Wilson
John J. Clark
Weaver
Explosion at Arsenal Kills One and Injures Three
In Philadelphia at the United States arsenal in Frankford one man was killed and three others injured in an explosion in the experimental bomb proof room. Two injured are soldiers, with James Haskins dying en route to hospital and M. Sruce and Arthur Lamlett severely hurt. George Brown was lightly hurt as officials probe the cause amid foreign spy theories rejected.
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United Press Wire
Philadelphia
United States Arsenal
Frankford
Frankford Hospital
James Haskins
M. Sruce
Arthur Lamlett
George Brown
Jones kills four then dies after shooting self
Chicago reports garage owner George H. Jones killer of his wife, sister-in-law, and brother-in-law. He wounded more relatives before shooting himself as neighbors pursued. The surviving woman, Miss Margaret Bitner, was held as a witness. Jones had faced a divorce suit from his wife over his relationship with Bitner.
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United Press Wire
Chicago
George H. Jones
Katherine Cosgrove
John Cosgrove
Cosgrove
Margaret Bitner
Jones
County Action Takes Over Perth Amboy Roads
New Brunswick August 3 The Board of Freeholders took two Perth Amboy city roads into county control after adopting resolutions. They also authorized 69000 in bridge bonds for a lift drawbridge over the South River with 5000 to be paid by Public Service Railway. Petitions from South Amboy residents asked county takeovers of four roads.
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Board of Freeholders
South Amboy
Pine Avenue
Bordentown Avenue
Stevens Avenue
Main Street
Broadway
Sayreville
Washington Avenue
Rideaway Avenue
Sayreville Township
South River
Public Service Railway Company
New Brunswick- Old Bridge
Weston’s Mills
Commercial Avenue
Rahway- Roosevelt Road
Millbrook
Metuchen-Bonham Town Road
Raritan Township
Millstone River
Kingston
Cranbury Township
Cohn
Albany Street
Alfred T. Kerr
Perth Amboy
Florida Grove
New Brunswick Avenue
Mitchell Place
Residents urged to aid in war on house flies
Board of Health appeals to all householders and horse owners to destroy fly eggs. sprinkle borax over garbage piles then water. One half pound borax can kill eggs and maggots in eight bushels of refuse. Borax, cheap and effective, is endorsed by the U S Department of Agriculture after tests.
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Board of Health
United States Department of Agriculture
Sayreville Man Hurt In Bicycle Collision
John Zemba of Sayreville is hospitalized in New Brunswick with a seriously fractured hand after a bicycle rider at Sayre & Fisher brick works, unnamed as of now, struck him without warning yesterday.
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Sayreville
John Zemba
St. Peter’s Hospital
New Brunswick
Sayre & Fisher Brick Works
Zemba
CymricArrives Safely in Liverpool From New York
The liner Cymric, sailing from New York, reached Liverpool today without incident. No damage reported and passengers said to be in good spirits after the voyage. The ship's arrival adds to transatlantic traffic ongoing through the busy port.
Miners Trapped by Cloudburst Flood at Sample Run Mine
Two hundred workers were trapped when Sample Run overflowed after a cloudburst near Onberg Indiana. Rescue came via an old air shaft as panic gripped the miners before they were saved.
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Indiana
Sample Run
Onberg
Anglo American Tense Over Shipping Rights
Washington reports say the next U S note to Great Britain will be pivotal, deciding relations with Britain and Germany. American exporters, led by cotton growers and meat packers, seek hard actions including a potential embargo if Allies block shipments to neutral European ports. Germany backs a prize court route in response to the Frye incident.
State publishes first catalog of New Jersey government reports
Trenton August 3 A new pamphlet from State Librarian John P Dullard compiles annual reports and current publications issued under state authority The list covers technically state publications and privately published works with legislative backing plus some quasi official items by law not authorized but of similar character
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Evening News
Trenton
New Jersey
John P. Dullard
Battle at capital's gates in Warsaw front
Special by United Press. Petrograd reports three hundred thousand German troops under General von Gallwitz crossing the Bug river northeast of Warsaw aiming to seize Tlusez and trap Russian forces defending the capital. War office claims Russian positions are strong and German drive may fail.
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United Pressuire
Petrograd
von Gallwitz
Warsaw-Petrograd
Bug
Vyskof
Warsaw
Tlusez
War Office
Death by Own Action After Four Attempts
Barnet Fagin, a scrap iron hauler, died at 375 New Street about six hours after ingesting carbolic acid following weeks of domestic trouble and prior attempts to end his life. A neighbor found him in a room littered with matches and debris. Fagin had been drinking and had previously tried gas and hanging. The incident follows a history of heavy drinking and domestic strife amid a 1914 police pay raise controversy in the city council.
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Barnet Fagin
New Street
Fagin
Herman Ellis
Anne Taborosky
Notice of Fish Market Relocation in Perth Amboy
Peter Rasmussen Perth Amboy's oldest established Fish Market has moved from the City Market. It is now at the corner of Smith and High Streets, operating in connection with Young's Meat Market.
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Peter Rasmussen
Perth Amboy
Smith and
High Streets
Young’s
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