German Cruisers Bombard Scarborough and Hartlepool
German warships bombarded Scarborough and Hartlepool on the English North Sea coast. Reports say four German cruisers shelled the towns causing panic, with civilians fleeing and the British fleet engaging at several points. The attack stunned London and prompted insurers to suspend North Sea rates as the situation developed.
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English
London
Scarborough
Hartlepool
Admiralty
York
London Ox
West Hartlepool
Lloyd's
Baltic
Ruin Reported at Whitby Abbey by German Bombardment
Whitby England December 16 two German cruisers shelled the town injuring several people and damaging the historic abbey of St Hilda and the adjoining church. One death reported. The bombardment drove off toward the northeast as Whitby harbor fortifications and the 83 foot light tower on the pier remain notable. Whitby’s trade core has declined from its former whaling days sixty years ago.
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Whitby
York
England
London
St. Hilda
Waithy
Hull
Bearborough
Castle Cliff
St. Martin's Church
Authorities Desert Cracow as Polish unrest grows
Dispatches from Warsaw report Cracow civil authorities have fled to Vienna and the middle class is fleeing into Hungary amid Austrian fortress security. Gangs of workmen and soldiers are active as unrest spreads in Russian Poland.
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Warsaw
Poland
Cracow
Vienna
Hungary
Hartlepool Scarborough Bombardments In Crowned Reports
London reports detail German shelling of Hartlepool Scarborough and Hull with fatalities and property damage. Eyewitnesses describe roofs torn off chimneys wrecked buildings and debris near Scarborough station. A separate dispatch notes Abbas Hil of Egypt traveling to Vienna for talks with Austria.
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Hull
England
Bendon
Scarborough
London
Constantinople
Amsterdam
Khedive Abbas Hil of Reypt
Vienna
Whitby Under German Naval Bombardment
Two German cruisers shelled Whitby in the morning, striking along about ten miles of coast. Whitby, in North Riding of Yorkshire, with 12,000 residents, sits on the Esk and is a seaside resort famed for cliffside hotels between Scarborough and Hartlepool. Scarborough lies roughly 850 miles from Heligoland.
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Scarborough
England
Yorkshire
Cheeer
Whitby
North Riding of Yorkshire
Hartlepool
Esk
Heligoland
Nine Perodno Reported Killed at Hartlepool
Hull reports nine persons killed and many injured in Hartlepool bombardment by German cruisers this morning. The bombardment lasted about 25 minutes, with several vessels involved but not clearly visible from shore. Shell fragments litter the town as a gas tank is set afire.
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Hull
London
Hartlepool
River Tees
Cracow Quiet as Art Treasures Housed for Safety
Reports describe residents busy preparing entrenchments and barricades while art treasures are moved to plates of safety. Museums and schools are turned into hospitals. Newspapers in Cracow suspend publication and news gaps heighten alarm among inhabitants.
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Cracow
Enemy Driven Off Declares British Office
London said the Press bureau reported that German war vessels attacked the North sea coast. West Hartlepool fortress command said the enemy engaged the fortress between 8 and 9 this morning and were driven off. A small German war vessel opened fire on Scarborough and Whitby.
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London
North Sea
England
West Hartlepool
Scarborough
Whitby
Guns Flash in Rapid Succession Near Redcar Harbor
Redcar England reports heavy firing off the coast between 1:27 and 1:50 p m as three cruisers loom from the haze and cannonading lasts over half an hour. Police drive crowds from the promenade while observers note flashes every two minutes from Tees bay fortifications. Redcar, a Yorkshire seaside town of about 3,000 residents, lies ten miles south of Hartlepool.
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Redcar
York
England
London
Redcar Promenade
Tees Bay
Albanian Tribes at War on Servia Declared
A Constantinople dispatch to the Telegraaf says northern Albanian tribes have declared war on Servia. An official statement reports German warships bombardment along the English coast driven off by West Hartlepool fortress.
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Servia
Amsterdam
Tia
London
Constantinople
Telegraaf
Albania
Official Information Bureau
England
West Hartlepool
Servians enter Belgrade with victorious army
Dispatch from Nish reports King Teter and Crown Prince Alexander leading the Servian forces into Belgrade. General Sat? claims not a single Austrian remains, signaling a complete Servian advance amid the war.
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Hondon
Theo
Teter
Alexander
Georg
Belgrade
Reuter
Nish
Sat
German Cruiser Dresden Reported High Sea Patrol
Valparaiso reports from Punta Arenas that as the Dresden left port British squadrons waited on both sides of the Strait of Magellan. The Dresden fled after the Falkland Islands engagement between Sturdam and Spee, the only German ship in that battle. A converted cruiser Eitel Friedrich is patrolling Chile’s coast seeking the Orcoma from Liverpool to Callao.
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Chile
Punta
Arenas
Dresden
Straits of Magellan
Sir Frederick Sturdan
Count von Spee
Falkland Islands
Pring Eitel Friedrich Ia
Orcoma
Liverpool
Callao
Peru
Armies Repulse German Attacks on Fronts in December
The Army Messenger prints front communications from Petrograd with reports of German assaults failing in the Lawicr area and around Cracow. German attackers gained no ground, suffering heavy losses, while Dukla Pass operations saw a large enemy sortie repelled by strong resistance along the Carpathian north slopes.
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Petrograd
Lawicr
Cracow
Dukla
Carpathians
Aggressively Recast: Russian Plan To Shorten Front Lines
Ex-minister in Petrograd says public opinion backs the decision to discontinue attacks on Cra caw and yield Ledz to the Germans. He explains Austria-German aim to seize towns while harassing Russian flanks, prompting Russia to straighten its line and conserve forces rather than hold geographi cal points.
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Petrograd
London
Elat
Cracaw
Ledz
Carpathians
Vistula River
Good Fellow Doings Proceeds to Date at Wang and Mu
Fragmentary note records proceeds from a shoe sale or event at Wang and Mu to date, mentioning two girls and a Little Falke, with prior amounts listed as 2.50, 2.00, 1.20, and 5.00, totaling 029.81 within a local fundraiser or community activity record.
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Wang & Muur Shoe Incea
General Scott 19 Ordered 10 Front at Naco Arizona
Washington reports Gen Hugh L Scott chief of staff ordered to Naco Arizona to urge Mexican factions to stop firing into U S territory. He sails from Washington at 6 15 and arrives 2 pm Saturday. His mission is conciliatory with possible follow up by American troops if compliance fails. Sixth Brigade prepares to deploy from Texas City to Naco with three regiments to enforce presidential demands.
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Hugh L. Scott
War Department
Naco
Ariz
Garrison
General Scott
General Bliss
Washington
Bills
lTenat
United States
Arizona
Texas City
Tex
Wilson
Thos. F. Davis
Thousands Seek Shelter as Chicago Lodging Houses Fill
Chicago reports 4100 homeless and jobless men housed in two municipal lodging houses and the Dawes Hotel during the cold wave. City plans a third building to house 1000 more as 3100 slept in one facility.
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Chicago
Belgian and French Reports on War Front Actions
Wireless dispatches from Berlin and Paris detail Belgian forces repelling a German assault and occupying left bank farms near the Yser. French officials report gains near Klein Zillebeke and Elie, with artillery actions around Arras and the Woevre.
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London
Nieuport
Senpheim
Poland
Paris
Belgium
Westende
Lombaertyrde
St. Georgid
Tarme
Yser
Klein Zillebeke
Mads Progresa
Elie
Arras
Aline
Champagne
Couren
Argonne
Woevre
Mortmatre
Alsace
Cernay
Servia
Peter
Belgrade
Dring
Servig
Naval raid on British coast shocks Washington circles
Washington observers reacted to a German raid on British coast towns. Officials and lawmakers debated the hit as a potential test of seapower and the strength of Britain’s defenses. Historical invasion routes and naval strategy were invoked to gauge possible long term implications.
Winthrop School Building Burns in Iowa
Winthrop Iowa reports the public six room brick school building burned to the ground around 3 am. The cause is suspected to be spontaneous combustion of coal stored in the basement. Built in 1904 for about 56,000 dollars, it housed high school classes and grades. Classes will meet in the opera house and Odd Fellows hall while a new school is planned.
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Winthrop
Opera House
Odd Fellows’ Hall
France Will Permit All Cotton Shipments Abroad
Washington, Dec 16 France informed the state department through Ambassador Jusserand that she would not interfere with American cotton shipments to belligerent or neutral nations. France will adopt the same policy toward cotton as Great Britain, ensuring shipments proceed without hindrance.
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Washington, D. C
France
State Department
Jrusserand
Great Britain
Freight brakeman fatally crushed in local yards accident
Mar Suasninen, victim of a railroad accident in Oskaloosa, died after stepping in front of a switch engine in the local yards. Hitram A. Wentworth, aged 45, a freight brakeman for the Minneapolis & St. Louis railway, was fatally injured when his legs were crushed and he succumbed to hemorrhage and shock twenty minutes later.
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Mar Suasninen
Hitram A. Wentworth
Minneapolis
German Warship Interns in Guam Under Neutrality Review
Washington December 18 The German converted cruiser Cormorant and its 22 officers and 355 men began voluntary internment at Guam a U S Pacific island possession prompting questions about American neutrality observances and the handling of the case as final adjustments loom.
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Washington, D. C
Cormorant
Guam
Pacific Ocean
Could Not Believe Attack Was Real
Hull reporter James Harvey Scott recalls the seaside bombardment by German forces. He describes seeing shells strike the Belmford hotel center town and a house roof blown away while crowds fled in fear as shells burst near the station and residents rushed outside in night clothing.
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London
James Harvey Scott
Scarrborough
Belmford
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