July 7:
New York: A bomb explodes aboard ocean liner SS Minnehaha, being used as a munitions transport. The device was nowhere near the weapons and ammunition, and damage is minimal. Eric Muenter (aka Frank Holt) is suspected, as in his confession he claimed he planted a bomb on either SS Philadelphia or Saxonia.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: There is an explosion at the Harrison Brothers benzol plant. Sabotage is suspected.
Pompton Lakes, New Jersey: Another explosion takes place at the Du Pont Chemical plant. Again suspected to be the work of saboteurs.
Adriatic Sea: Heino von Heimburg, commanding UB-14, torpedoes and sinks Italian armored cruiser Amalfi, 10,118 tons.
German East Africa: The monitors spend the day repairing damage, beginning at 0400 when the crew of HMS Mersey hoist aboard the boat which had been sunk by a shell from SMS Königsberg. Mersey had towed the sunken boat all the way back to Mafia Island. Meanwhile HMS Severn has divers overboard clearing her fouled starboard propeller.
An aeroplane sent to reconnoiter Königsberg brings back information that the German cruiser appears to be heavily damaged, but is still very much afloat.
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