—The election of the Pope resulted, at the third ballot, in favour of Cardinal Della Chiesa, who took the title of Benedict XV.
—The steam drifter Linsdell, and shortly afterwards H.M.S. Speedy, struck mines off the east coast and sank; eight lives lost.
5. H.M.S. Pathfinder was sunk by a mine (or, more probably, a submarine) off the east coast; 259 killed, 16 wounded. The Wilson liner Runo, from Hull for Archangel, met a similar fate; about twenty-five lives lost.
5. A collision occurred outside Cannon Street between two outgoing trains; eight persons were injured.
7. Announcement that the German cruiser Nürnberg had cut the cable between Fanning Island and British Columbia.
9. The armed merchant cruiser Oceanic, late White Star Line, wrecked off the north coast of Scotland; no lives lost.
—At Doncaster, the St. Leger resulted as follows: Mr. J. B. Joel's Black Jester, 1; Sir J. Thursby's Kennymore, 2; Sir J. Thursby's Cressingham, 3; time, 3 min. 23.8 sec.
10. A troop train was derailed at the Hex River Pass, South Africa; eight persons were killed, eighty-six injured—one fatally.
—Russian advance checked at Allenstein, East Prussia.
11. Pope Benedict XV. issued an appeal for peace.