, 1916-08-02

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favourahly for us. Yesterday 81 officers
and $40 men were taken prisoners ana four
guns aud foul m0chjne-guns were captured
in The direction of Kovei and 70 the south
of the Rojitche Kovel Railway Station our
detachments hove broken through the ene-
my first line and continue 10 advance. AS u
result of the fighting here 10 Officers 6nd 800
German soldiers and four machine. guns have
been taken. A company Of one Of our tii
regiments succeeded in breaking through
to the rear Of the enemy. 1t passed his bit
teries. ropulsed al attack made bv Germaa
cavalry and captured a Reginlental Comman-
der, after which it returned safely. In an
attack made south of Pu touytz, We cap ured
over 100 German prisoners.
New York. July 30th-Property loss esti-
mated Mt $25, 000, 900 was caured ods, by Il
series Of terrific exp. sions OF ammunition
awaiting shipment to the Enten'e Allies and
stored on Black Tom Island, n ma str p Of
land i%utting into New York bay off jersey
City. The loss Of life still was predetermined
tonight. 1t viii not be determined definite
ly until there has been opportunity 10 check
up the workmen employed on the island and
on boats moored nearby. Two are known to
be dead. Scores of persons were Injured.
some Of them probably fatally. Tue cause
of the disaster had not been de ermined to-
night.
jersey City, N. j., July 30th--It has been
definitely determined that the fire started III
the munitions store house and spread from
there to a lighter loaded with shrapnel. The
detonations which were felt in five States be-
gan with q continuous rapid fire Of small
shells, then the blowing up Of great q%uanti-
ties of dynamite and other explosives follow
ed by the Bursting OF a%hrapnel, which liter
oIlv cbOUornJ +bo cp,ropn1inC country aud
waters for many miles around. Fire that
started after the FIRST great crash destroyed
10 of the huge warehouses of the National
Storage Company on Black Tom Island, in
which was stored merchandise valued at be-
tween S12, 000, 900 and $4,000, 600. The
flames shooting into the clouds were reflect
ed against New Yo'k's sky line of towering
Office buildings which only a few moments
before were shaken 10 their foundations as
by an earthquake. Miles of Tie city Of Nav
York City alone were strewn with broken
glass and shattered signs. Early reports OF
heavy loss OF life were impossible of vertical
ton, and the authorities asserted the number
of deaths probably would lie small. Ii was
stated that owing to the extent of the
wreckage it might be several days before
the exact figure could be obtained. Off
cials of the National Storage Company and
the L4high Wiley r ilro9d. which also stuff
cred heavily through loss OF property dec'ar-
ed that reports TO them showed that a FIRE
started shortly after 1 O'Clock this morning on
a barge which had been moored alongside u
dock used by The Railroad Company to trans
fer ammunition shipments from trains to
vessels in the barbour. The barge, it was
stated, was there without authority of either
the Railroad or S orage Company. Il has
not as yet definitely been learned just what
the money loss VIII be. Some 10000
tons Of raw sugar valued al approx
mately $3,400, 900 is known to be lost.
I is believed that the Other contents of the
warehouse destroyed will greatly Increase
this amount. There were no explosive stoles
in The wal ehouse, and only two Of the
cars destroyed. Many small craft and sew
eral good sized steamers and smiling We sois
were badly damaged. All Now York and
cities within a radius of twenty five miles
were awakened by the explosions. Scarcely
on office building from the Battery to 50th
Street in this city escaped damage. More
than a score of persons according 10 the
police were injured in Manhattan aud Brook
Ign from flying glass. The fire on Black
Tom Island still ragged tonight,
Petrogtad, July 30th-The Official State
ment from General Headquarters issued