1915 Galveston hurricane, Aftermath
Following the hurricane's passage, the director of Jamaica's railways, Sydney Couper, established headquarters at Annotto Bay to oversee extensive railway repairs. The island's banana, coconut, and coffee exports for 1915 were reduced relative to 1914 as a result of the storm, contributing to a trade deficit of $480,782 for the year and a decrease of $3.3 million in total exports relative to 1914.


1915 Galveston hurricane, Aftermath
A meeting to discuss aftermath management was assembled on August 17 at Galveston's Cotton Exchange Building, with mayor Fisher presiding and representatives of the city's interests present. Drinking water was made available on request via the pumping station on 33rd Street, which would be able to supply potable water for two weeks. The mayor also ordered the establishment of a milk depot. Fisher ordered all Galveston saloons closed and persons suspected of liquor possession searched.


1915 Galveston hurricane, Aftermath
He asserted at the meeting that federal assistance was likely unnecessary, instead convening a relief committee composed of 50 members of the city's commercial association, maritime association, retail merchants' association, cotton exchange, and labor council, with the head of each group appointing 10 people to the committee. Members of the U.S. Fifth Brigade assisted with local residents in recovery efforts. Cleanup work quickly began on the Galveston Causeway and construction began on a temporary trestle bridge connecting Galveston and Virginia Point. Longer-term plans to restore the causeway were deliberated upon by engineers at a conference in Houston on August 31.


1915 Galveston hurricane, Aftermath
By September, rail service with Galveston was reestablished. Fireboats pumped sewage and debris from the city out into Galveston Harbor. Seven salvage firms presented bids to refloat steamships grounded by the hurricane. The cities of San Antonio and Dallas each delivered approximately 10,000 loaves of bread to Houston for distribution in affected areas. Several infrastructure plans were forwarded to mitigate impacts from storms like the 1915 hurricane, including elevating the city further and extending the seawall; these proposals would necessitate millions of dollars.


1915 Galveston hurricane, Aftermath
Texas Governor James E. Ferguson directed the state to "render all assistance possible to Galveston, should the seriousness of the situation warrant such action"; he and members of his executive staff later traveled to the city to assess the situation. Ferguson later called for relief supplies and funds to be sent to Austin, primarily for communities outside Houston and Galveston. The Texas Adjutant General, John A. McCalmont, prepared blankets, cots, and tents for shipment to Houston and Galveston for storm refugees. Militia companies from Austin were sent to oversee the distribution of relief supplies.


1915 Galveston hurricane, Aftermath
Houston Mayor Benjamin Campbell compelled several hundred city residents at a meeting on August 17 to determine the necessary aid needed for Galveston; at the time, there was a lack of information on the storm's impacts arising from Galveston. A steamer was later dispatched at Campbell's behest to investigate the hurricane's effects there. Campbell also barred people from traveling to Galveston without permits describing their intent and requesting admittance into the city; travelers were stopped in Texas City to verify permits. Due to the damage wrought to West End Park in Houston, the Houston Ball Club transferred their remaining games in the 1915 season in San Antonio. The Corpus Christi Caller organized a storm relief fund, and a similar fund was organized by Waco residents.


1915 Galveston hurricane, Aftermath
Fifty men with motor boats and skiffs were dispatched on a special Kansas City Southern Railway train to assist in rescue operations in Port Arthur. Following the storm, Texas City was placed under martial law, accompanied by 4,400 soldiers either stationed or taking refuge in the city. Major General J. Franklin Bell issued rations for soldiers and civilians. Bell also requested clothing for soldiers of the Second Division of the U.S. Army stationed there after their camp was destroyed; ultimately, U.S. Secretary of War Lindley Miller Garrison decided not to rebuild the camp, resulting in the division's relocation. In order to prevent the spread of disease, over a hundred animal carcasses were burned in Texas City.


1915 Geneva Covenanters football team
The 1915 Geneva Covenanters football team was an American football team that represented Geneva College as an independent during the 1915 college football season. Led by third-year head coach C. Brainerd Metheny, the team compiled a record of 6–3.


1915 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team
The 1915 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team represented Georgetown University during the 1915 college football season. Led by Albert Exendine in his second year as head coach, the team went 7–2.


1915 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 1915 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1915 college football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with a 5–2–2 record. Tennessee-Chattanooga joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) in 1914, so the 1915 game was a conference game. Due to the loss to Auburn, Georgia finished 3–1–1 in the SIAA.


1915 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The only blemish on in-state rival Georgia Tech's record was a scoreless tie with Georgia. John G. Henderson headed a  group of three men, one behind the other with his hands upon the shoulders of the one in front, to counter Heisman's jump shift offense.


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
The 1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1915 college football season. The Tornado was coached by John Heisman in his 12th year as head coach, compiling a record of 7–0–1 and outscoring opponents 233 to 24. Georgia Tech played its home games at Grant Field. The Tech team claims a Southern championship, and had what was then the greatest season in its history.


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Before the season
Coach John Heisman's backfield used the pre-snap movement of his "jump shift" offense. The team's captain was Froggie Morrison, Tech's first great quarterback. Fullback Tommy Spence was a future World War I casualty, and halfback Wooch Fielder was later a prominent figure in World War II.


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Before the season
New halfback Everett Strupper was partially deaf; because of his deafness, he called the signals when he played, instead of the team's quarterback. When "Strupe" tried out for the team, he noticed that the quarterback shouted the signals every time he was to carry the ball. Realizing that the loud signals would be a tip-off to the opposition, Strupper told Heisman: "Coach, those loud signals are absolutely unnecessary. You see when sickness in my kid days brought on this deafness my folks gave me the best instructors obtainable to teach me lip-reading."


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Before the season
Heisman recalled how Strupper overcame his deafness: "He couldn't hear anything but a regular shout. But he could read your lips like a flash. No lad that ever stepped on a football field had keener eyes than Everett had. The enemy found this out the minute he began looking for openings through which to run the ball."


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Season summary, Week 1: Mercer
Tech opened the season with a 52–0 defeat of the Mercer Baptists. The Tech backs plunged through the Baptists line almost at will.


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Season summary, Week 2: Davidson
In the second week of play, [ [ [Davidson football|Davidson]] had the upper hand for three quarters, but Tech managed to pull ahead in the third quarter, and won 21–7. In the first quarter, Davidson scored on a punt fumbled by Everett Strupper. Froggie Morrison hit Jim Senter with a 35-yard pass for a touchdown in the third quarter. Tech managed to score again, and the third quarter ended with the Yellow Jackets at the 1-yard line. Tommy Spence carried over on the first play of the fourth quarter.


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Season summary, Week 2: Davidson
The starting lineup for Tech against Davidson: Goree (left end), Alexander (left tackle), Reynolds (left guard), Phillips (center), Lang (right guard),  Carpenter (right tackle), Senter (right end), Morrison (quarter), Johnston (left halfback), Fielder (right halfback), Spence (fullback).


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Season summary, Week 3: Transylvania
The Yellow Jackets romped over Transylvania 57–0. Tech made 333 yards on end runs to 7 for Transy, and 31 first downs to 5. Heisman used most of his subs. Everett Strupper was the star of the game, scoring four touchdowns. Duncan also played well.


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Season summary, Week 3: Transylvania
The starting lineup for Tech: Goree (left end), Bell (left tackle), Preas (left guard), Phillips (center), Lang (right guard), Carpenter (right tackle), Senter (right end), Morrison (quarterback), Johnston (left halfback), Fielder (right halfback), Spence (fullback).


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Season summary, Week 4: LSU
The season's lone road game was in New Orleans. Georgia Tech handily defeated the LSU Tigers 36–7 using conventional football, at the expense of Heisman being ejected from the game for arguing with an official. Tech repeatedly hammered LSU's left end. "Except for a brief period in the second quarter, when Louisiana executed three consecutive passes for average gains of 25 yards, the Tigers practically were helpless". Just before the game ended, Tommy Spence returned an interception 85 yards. Everett Strupper was injured, blaming Phillip Cooper.


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Season summary, Week 4: LSU
The starting lineup was Goree (left end), Bell (left tackle), Reynolds (left guard), Phillips (center), Lang (right guard), Carpenter (right tacle), Senter (right end), Morrison (quarterback), Johnston (left halfback), Fielder (right halfback), Spence (fullback).


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Season summary, Week 5: North Carolina
Tech beat the North Carolina Tar Heels 23–3. Early in the first quarter, Wooch Fielder circled end for 40 yards and a touchdown. Next, two forward passes set up a Tommy Spence run for a touchdown. Conventional football got the last touchdown, a score by Mathias. The last score was a 40-yard drop kick field goal by Spence.


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Season summary, Week 5: North Carolina
Only Yank Tandy and Roy Homewood played well for the Tar Heels. Tandy's field goal was Carolina's only score. He was injured in the third quarter.


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Season summary, Week 5: North Carolina
The starting lineup was  Bell (left end), Duncan (left tackle), Reynolds (left guard), Phillips (center), Lang (right guard), Carpenter (right tackle), Senter (right end), Morrison (quarterback), Johnston (left halfback), Fielder (right halfback), Spence (fullback).


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Season summary, Week 6: Alabama
Tech beat Alabama 21–7. Wooch Fielder scored first. In the second period, Everett Strupper had a 7-yard touchdown run. Tommy Spence scored on a 5-yard run in the third. Alabama's lone score came on the first play of the fourth quarter on an elaborate trick play, a 30-yard forward pass from Bully Van de Graaff, Alabama's first All-American, to Stevenson.


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Season summary, Week 6: Alabama
The starting lineup against Alabama: Goree (left end), Bell (left tackle), Reynolds (left guard), Phillips (center), Lang (right guard), Carpenter (right tackle), Senter (right end), Morrison (quarter), Mathias (left halfback), Fielder (right halfback), Spence (fullback).


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Season summary, Week 7: Georgia
The year's only blemish was a scoreless tie against the rival Georgia Bulldogs in inches of mud. John G. Henderson headed a group of three men, one behind the other with his hands upon the shoulders of the one in front, to counter Heisman's jump shift offense. Georgia outplayed Tech throughout. Georgia was once on Tech's 8-yard line, in the first quarter, but Walter Neville fumbled and Tommy Spence recovered.


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Season summary, Week 7: Georgia
The starting lineup against Georgia: Goree (left end), Mauck (left tackle), Reynolds (left guard), Phillips (center), Lang (right guard), Barnwell (right tackle), Senter (right end), Johnston (quarter), Mathias (left halfback), Fielder (right halfback), Spence (fullback).


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Season summary, Week 8: Auburn
Tech closed what was then the greatest season in its history with a 7–0 defeat of the Auburn Plainsmen. To begin the second quarter, Everett Strupper had two key plays, the last of which was the game-deciding touchdown. First he made 20 yards around with a pass from Morrison before being forced out of bounds. Next was the 19-yard touchdown. Strupper started around left end, then cut back into the center of the field, away from his blockers. He juked and eluded "every man on the Auburn team." On the last move Strupper faked right and then dove left underneath the outstretched arms of Baby Taylor into the endzone.


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Season summary, Week 8: Auburn
The starting lineup against Auburn: Goree (left end), Mauck (left tackle), Reynolds (left guard), Phillips (center), Lang (right guard),  Barnwell (right tackle), Senter (right end), Morrison (quarter), Johnston (left halfback), Fielder (right halfback), Spence (fullback).


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Post season
Tech claimed the right to dispute the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) title with Vanderbilt, despite no longer being a member. The Atlanta Constitution declared it a tie between Vanderbilt and Tech. The Tech team was awarded a 17 x 45 foot pennant as Southern champion.


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Post season
Wooch Fielder and Bob Lang made composite All-Southern. Jim Senter, Froggie Morrison and Everett Strupper also made some All-Southern teams.


1915 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Personnel, Depth chart
The following chart provides a visual depiction of Tech's lineup during the 1915 season with games started at the position reflected in parenthesis. The chart mimics the offense after the jump shift has taken place.


1915 Giro di Lombardia
The 1915 Giro di Lombardia was the eleventh edition of the Giro di Lombardia cycle race and was held on 7 November 1915, over a course of 232 km (144 mi). The race was won by Italian Gaetano Belloni, who reached the finish line at an average speed of 28.330 km/h (17.603 mph), preceding his compatriots, Paride Ferrari and Gaetano Caravaglia.


1915 Giro di Lombardia
117 cyclists (of 164 signed up) departed from Milan and 55 completed the race.


1915 Glasgow Central by-election
The Glasgow Central by-election of 1915 was held on 16 July 1915. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Conservative MP, Charles Dickson, becoming the Lord Justice Clerk. It was won by the Unionist candidate John MacLeod.


1915 Grampians by-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Grampians on 20 February 1915. This was triggered by the death of Labor MP Edward Jolley.


1915 Grampians by-election
The by-election was won by Liberal candidate Carty Salmon, who had previously served as member for Laanecoorie from 1901 to 1913 and as Speaker from 1909 to 1910.


1915 Grand National
The 1915 Grand National was the 77th renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 26 March 1915. Lady Nelson became the first female owner to win the Grand National.


1915 Grand Prix season
The 1915 Grand Prix season saw Grand Prix motor racing continue in the United States. Racing was suspended in Europe due to the outbreak of World War I. The American Grand Prize was held in San Francisco for the first time, in conjunction with the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Several of the latest European cars had been imported to the USA before the war started. Briton Dario Resta had a Peugeot and Ralph DePalma raced one of the Mercedes GPs. While Resta won both races at San Francisco and DePalma won the Indianapolis 500, just ahead of Resta it was Earl Cooper, running a Stutz, whose consistency gave him the unofficial AAA national championship.


1915 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical
This year the Grand Prize and Vanderbilt Cup’s engine limits were both matched to those of the Indianapolis regulations  - down to 450 cu in. Then Indianapolis lowered their engine limit down to 300 cu in (4.92 litres) along with the additional restriction that only three cars from each manufacturer could be entered.


1915 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical
The war in Europe meant some of the most technically advanced cars were sold and crossed the Atlantic, adding vitality and innovation to the American manufacturers just as they were making their own technical strides.


1915 Grand Prix season, Season review
With no racing in Europe this year because of the Great War, the only motor-racing of note was the AAA National Championship. It ran for virtually the whole length of the year, from January to November held at seventeen separate venues with a total of 27 races. Most of the venues were now wood-board or dirt ovals that gave the spectators a full view of the racing. The series was very popular with nearly 150 drivers contesting the series. Naturally the biggest fields were at the three blue riband events, the American Grand Prize, the Vanderbilt Cup and the Indianapolis 500.


1915 Grand Prix season, Season review
The first two were held together again. This time they were in San Francisco, staged on a temporary road-course through the grounds and grand pavilions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Unusually for a road-course, most of the surface was covered by wooden boards.


1915 Grand Prix season, Season review
A big field of 30 cars was entered for the Grand Prize. A number of American manufacturers were now producing racing cars and running works teams. Stutz had signed Howdy Wilcox, Earl Cooper and Norwegian-American Gil Andersen. Billy Carlson and Eddie Rickenbacker ran Maxwells for the United States Motor Company team, while Barney Oldfield ran one for the Maxwell company. The Duesenberg brothers had former riding mechanics Eddie O'Donnell (for Rickenbacker) and Tom Alley (for DePalma); Case ran with Harry Grant and Eddie Hearne.


1915 Grand Prix season, Season review
At the end of the abbreviated 1914 season, a few of the leading European cars had been purchased and shipped across to the United States. Ralph DePalma had upgraded his older Mercedes with the 18/100 car that Louis Wagner (or Lautenschlager) had raced at the French Grand Prix. Peugeot Auto Import entered a 7.6-litre EX-3 for Dario Resta (which had been raced by Georges Boillot at the previous year’s Indianapolis race), which had been overhauled by Harry Miller. Just prepared in time, it was still in its primer-white colour. Claude Newhouse was running a Delage Type Y.


1915 Grand Prix season, Season review
Barney Oldfield was fastest in qualifying, but it was British driver Dario Resta in his Peugeot that dominated the race. Half-way through a heavy storm swept across the circuit, making the wooden boards very slippery. A dozen drivers retired due to the treacherous conditions. Resta carried on to win by 6 minutes from Howdy Wilcox, with Hughie Hughes third in his FIAT Special (fitted with a Pope-Hartford engine). Only two other cars ran the full distance.


1915 Grand Prix season, Season review
The bad weather stuck around, forcing the Vanderbilt Cup race to be postponed. Virtually the same field assembled again for the race a week later. Bob Burman ran a third car in the Case works team for the race. This time the day was sunny and warm with 100,000 spectators coming out for the event. Rickenbacker briefly led at the start until a fuel line broke, whereupon Alley took over in his Duesenberg.


1915 Grand Prix season, Season review
An exciting duel for the lead then ensued between Resta and Eddie Pullen in the Mercer as they built a two-minute lead over the chasing pack led by Burman. Then a series of accidents occurred. Alley went wide and ripped up 50 metres of fencing along the roadside, then his teammate O’Donnell hit a hay-bale and rolled but was uninjured. Soon after Cap Kennedy lost a wheel that went into the crowd injuring a spectator. The worst accident was on the 44th lap when Burman crashed and rolled his Case. Although Burman was thrown out unhurt, his mechanic suffered a broken leg and ribs.


1915 Grand Prix season, Season review
In the latter part of the race, it was the Mercers of Pullen and Ruckstall that led the pursuit of Resta out in front. But with only five laps to go, Ruckstall’s car broke its axle and then Pullen had to pit to tie down his fuel-tank that had been shaken loose. The pressure off, Resta cruised to a consecutive victory seven minutes ahead of Howdy Wilcox who inherited a lucky second place. Pullen got running again to finish third while DePalma came in fourth.


1915 Grand Prix season, Season review
Over fifty cars were entered to qualify for the twenty-four starter places for the Indianapolis 500. This year the maximum engine size was 300 cu in, meaning that many cars in the regular AAA Championship were ineligible. Stutz entered with their three works drivers while Duesenberg added Ralph Mulford as their third driver, and the US Motor Co team added Tom Orr. The Peugeot Import Team provided Dario Resta and George C. Babcock with Peugeot EX-5s from the French Grand Prix.


1915 Grand Prix season, Season review
Ralph DePalma was racing his Mercedes GP which set up an intriguing rematch from the epic contest from the previous year. Another significant entry was from the British Sunbeam team, with two works cars for Italian Jean Porporato and British Noel Van Raalte and a third privateer entry for Harry Grant. A new driver to the race was Louis Chevrolet, racing his own Cornelian car.


1915 Grand Prix season, Season review
Fastest qualifier, taking pole position, was Howdy Wilcox in the Stutz. The front row also included DePalma (Mercedes) in second, Resta (Peugeot) third and Cooper (Stutz) on the outside and the cars were numbered according to their grid position. None of the Mercers qualified. However, after qualifying, Bob Burman’s privateer special was ruled by the officials to be a Peugeot, and as that meant there were now four Peugeots in the starting line-up. One had to be dropped – and it was Jack LeCain’s (although there were five Duesenberg-based chassis running). Van Raalte (travelling under his wife’s surname, “Graham”, to race during wartime) had used Barney Oldfield to qualify his Sunbeam further up the grid. He was demoted back in the field to his own timed runs.


1915 Grand Prix season, Season review
Race-day Saturday was stormy, so the event was postponed to the following Monday. For those spectators who did turn up on the Saturday, Ralph DePalma put on a display of his team’s quick tyre-changing pit-stops – changing a front tyre in only 19 seconds. The race became a duel between Resta and DePalma. The Peugeot was faster on the straights but the Mercedes could catch up in the corners. DePalma led for a majority of the race and in the end it came down to the Peugeot‘s tyres again.


1915 Grand Prix season, Season review
Resta needed to take one extra pit stop and was unable to make up the time. History almost repeated for DePalma with his engine failing and running on only three cylinders. But he won by just over three minutes from Resta, with the two Stutz team-mates Andersen and Cooper (who both had Johnny Aitken as a reserve driver) finishing third and fourth over eight minutes back.


1915 Grand Prix season, Season review
In August Resta won the first 100-mile race in less than an hour, at the Maywood board-oval near Chicago. But the lethal nature of the high-speed ovals was evident with over a dozen drivers and mechanics killed during the year. These included Harry Grant, who died in a practice crash at the Sheepshead Bay oval.


1915 Grand Prix season, Season review
As with previous editions of the series, there was no overall champion declared. However, when a retro-active points system was calculated in 1927 it was Earl Cooper who was unofficially awarded the championship after winning five races and getting four seconds. The wins included the inaugural 500-mile race at the Minneapolis speedway and the final two races of the championship. Dario Resta was beaten to second, having also won five times but only had the single second place, at Indianapolis.


1915 Harvard Crimson football team
The 1915 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1915 college football season. The Crimson finished with an 8–1 record under eighth-year head coach Percy Haughton. The sole loss was a 10–0 defeat against Cornell. Walter Camp selected three Harvard players (tackle Joseph Gilman, halfback Richard King and fullback Eddie Mahan) as first-team members of his 1915 College Football All-America Team.


1915 Haskell Indians football team
The 1915 Haskell Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Haskell Indian Institute  (now known as Haskell Indian Nations University) as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach A. R. Kennedy, Haskell compiled a 5–5 record and was outscored by a total of 150 to 75. Its victories included a game Oklahoma A&M; its losses included games against Illinois, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, and Chicago.


1915 Haverford Fords men's soccer team
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1915 Haverford Fords men's soccer team
The 1915 Haverford Fords men's soccer team represented Haverford College during the 1915 ISFL season. It was the program's 15th season of existence. The season began on October 16, 1915 and concluded on January 22, 1916, with ISFL league matches occurring in November and December.


1915 Haverford Fords men's soccer team
Haverford won their first ISFA national title since 1911, and their sixth overall national college soccer title. Freshman striker, John Crosman, led the Fords with 10 goals across 13 matches.


1915 Heywood by-election
The Heywood by-election of 1915 was held in England on 10 November 1915. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, Harold Thomas Cawley, being killed in the Battle of Gallipoli. It was won by the Liberal candidate Albert Illingworth who was unopposed due to a War-time electoral pact.


1915 Holy Cross football team
The 1915 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1915 college football season.


1915 Holy Cross football team
In its second year under head coach Luke J. Kelly, the team compiled a 3–3–2 record. Edward Brawley was the team captain.


1915 Holy Cross football team
Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.


1915 Honduran general election
General elections were held in Honduras in October 1915. Francisco Bertrand of the National Party was the only candidate in the presidential election, and was elected unopposed. As the incumbent, Bertrand had been constitutionally barred from contesting the elections, but had avoided the rule by resigning in favour of his vice president Alberto Membreño three months before the election.


1915 Hong Kong sanitary board election
The 1915 Sanitary Board Election was held on 22 January 1915 for the 2 unofficial seats in the Sanitary Board of Hong Kong.


1915 Hong Kong sanitary board election, Overview
Only ratepayers who were included in the Special and Common Jury Lists of the years or ratepayers who are exempted from serving on Juries on account of their professional avocations, unofficial members of the Executive or Legislative Council, or categories of profession were entitled to vote at the election.


1915 Hong Kong sanitary board election, Overview
The election took place from 4 to 6 p.m. on 22 January in the Registry of the Supreme Court. Out of 1200 eligible voters on the jurors list and 300 exemptions, only 430 voters polled.


1915 Hong Kong sanitary board election, Overview
Three candidates ran for two seats with two long serving Board members F. B. L. Bowley and G. H. L. Fitzwilliams and also P. W. Goldring who was elected in the 1914 by-election, filling Bowley's vacant seat. Bowley was nominated by David Landale and seconded by Henry Pollock, Fitzwilliams by Henry Pollock and H. W. Looker and Goldring by E. J. Grist and H. S. Playfair.


1915 Hong Kong sanitary board election, Overview
Fitzwilliams and Goldring were elected and 806 votes out of 1,325 electorates were cast.


1915 Howdenshire by-election
The Howdenshire by-election of 1915 was held on 10 February 1915. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Henry Harrison-Broadley. It was won by the Conservative candidate Stanley Jackson who was unopposed due to a War-time electoral pact.


1915 Idaho football team
The 1915 Idaho football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1915 college football season. Idaho was led by first-year head coach Charles Rademacher and played as an independent; they joined the Pacific Coast Conference seven years later in 1922. Idaho had two home games in Moscow on campus at MacLean Field, with none in Boise.


1915 Idaho football team
In the season opener, Idaho fell to Montana for the first time in the series' third meeting, losing 15–3 in Missoula. Idaho dropped a second consecutive shutout to Washington State in the Battle of the Palouse, falling 0–41 at home. Eight years later, the Vandals won the first of three consecutive, their only three-peat in the rivalry series.


1915 Idaho football team
Idaho opened the season with four losses, then won and tied a game for a 1–4–1 record. They scored just nine points all season, and the only touchdown was an interception return, which defeated Gonzaga. Their only points on offense came on a drop-kick field goal in the first quarter of the opener at Montana.


1915 Idaho football team
A fatality occurred at practice on October 6; a part-time player, Chauncey Lyman  of Idaho Falls, was knocked unconscious after his head impacted a ball carrier's thigh. Lyman died about an hour later, and the cause of death was a basilar skull fracture.


1915 Ilford rail crash
The 1915 Ilford rail crash occurred on 1 January 1915 when an express passenger train passed a signal at danger and collided with another passenger train that was stopped at Ilford railway station on the Great Eastern Main Line in Essex, England. Ten people died and approximately 500 complained of injury.


1915 Ilford rail crash, Collision
At approximately 08:40 on 1 January 1915 the crew of the 07:06 express service from Clacton to London Liverpool Street failed to see that the distant and home signals at the Ilford east signal box were at danger. The signalman tried to attract their attention by shouting and waving a red flag from the signal box, but to no avail.


1915 Ilford rail crash, Collision
At the west end of the station, the 08:20 local service from Gidea Park to Liverpool Street was crossing over from the local line to the through line when it was run into by the Clacton express travelling on the through line at a speed variously estimated at 20 to 50 mph (32 to 80 km/h). The impact completely destroyed the eighth coach and severely damaged five others of the Gidea Park train, as well as the engine and first two vehicles of the Clacton train. Ten passengers died and over 500 complained of injury.


1915 Ilford rail crash, Collision
The official report attributed blame to the driver of the Clacton train for his "insufficient care in noting the positions of his signals when approaching Ilford". It also noted that the accident would have been much less likely if some form of Automatic Warning System had been in use, and recommended its introduction.


1915 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 1915 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1915 college football season. In their third season under head coach Robert Zuppke, the Illini compiled a 5–0–2 record and finished as co-champions of the Western Conference. Center John W. Watson was the team captain.


1915 Indiana Hoosiers football team
The 1915 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1915 college football season. In their second season under head coach Clarence Childs, the Hoosiers compiled a 3–3–1 record and finished in eighth place in the Western Conference. They won games against DePauw (7-0), Miami (Ohio) (41-0), and Northwestern (14–6), tied with Washington & Lee (7–7), and lost to Chicago (7–13), Ohio State (9–10), and Purdue (0–7).


1915 Indianapolis 500
The 5th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 31, 1915. The traditional race date of May 30 fell on a Sunday, but race organizers declined to schedule the race for Sunday. The race was set for Saturday May 29, but heavy rains in the days leading up to the race flooded the grounds and made some roads leading to the track impassible. Officials decided to postpone the race until Monday May 31 in order to allow the grounds to dry out. Speedway management would maintain their policy to not race on Sundays until 1974.


1915 Indianapolis 500
After a loss in 1912, Ralph DePalma succeeded in victory for 1915. DePalma was accompanied by riding mechanic Louis Fontaine.


1915 Invercargill mayoral election
The 1915 Invercargill mayoral election was held on 28 April 1915 as part of that years local elections. This was the first election for a biennial term.


1915 Invercargill mayoral election
Incumbent mayor Duncan McFarlane was re-elected with a reduced majority to a third consecutive term.


1915 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
The 1915 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1915 college football season. This was Jesse Hawley's sixth and final season as head coach of the Hawkeyes.


1915 Iowa State Cyclones football team
The 1915 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) in the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1915 college football season. In their first season under head coach Charles Mayser, the Cyclones compiled a 6–2 record (2–1 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the conference, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 129 to 75. They played their home games at State Field in Ames, Iowa. Edward John was the team captain.


1915 Japanese general election
General elections were held in Japan on 25 March 1915. The Rikken Dōshikai party emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 153 of the 381 seats.


1915 Japanese general election, Electoral system
The 381 members of the House of Representatives were elected in 51 multi-member constituencies based on prefectures and cities. Voting was restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 10 yen a year in direct taxation.


1915 Kansas City Packers season
The 1915 Kansas City Packers finished in 4th place the Federal League, 5½ games behind the Chicago Whales. After the season, both the team and the league folded.


1915 Kansas City Packers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Kansas City Packers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Kansas City Packers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Kansas City Packers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Kansas City Packers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Kansas Jayhawks football team
The 1915 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1915 college football season. In their first season under head coach Herman Olcott, the Jayhawks compiled a 6–2 record (3–1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 153 to 79. The Jayhawks played their home games at McCook Field in Lawrence, Kansas. D. S. James was the team captain.


1915 Kansas State Aggies football team
The 1915 Kansas State Aggies football team represented Kansas State Agricultural College in the 1915 college football season.


1915 Keighley by-election
The Keighley by-election, 1915 was a parliamentary by-election held for the House of Commons constituency of Keighley in the West Riding of Yorkshire on 29 June 1915.


1915 Keighley by-election, Vacancy
The by-election was caused by the appointment of the sitting Liberal MP, Stanley Buckmaster as Lord Chancellor and his consequent elevation to the peerage.


1915 Keighley by-election, Candidates
Keighley Liberals chose Sir Swire Smith as their candidate. Smith was a well known locally in  business and public life. He had become a national figure through his promotion of technical education.


1915 Keighley by-election, The result
There being no other candidates putting themselves forward Smith was returned unopposed.


1915 Kendall Orange and Black football team
The 1915 Kendall Orange and Black football team represented Henry Kendall College (later renamed the University of Tulsa) during the 1915 college football season. In their third year under head coach Sam P. McBirney, the Orange and Black compiled a 6–1–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 257 to 33. The team played Oklahoma A&M to a scoreless tie and lost a close game to Oklahoma by a score of 14–13. In its six victories, the team outscored opponents 244-19, including one-sided victories over Eastern Oklahoma State College (62–0), Northeastern State (55–0) and Southeastern Oklahoma State (45–7).


1915 Kentucky Derby
The 1915 Kentucky Derby was the 41st running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 8, 1915. Horses Kilkenny Boy, Phosphor, and Commonada scratched before the race. Regret, the first filly to ever win the Derby, generated significant publicity for the race, causing Churchill Downs president Matt Winn to observe that because of Regret's win "the Derby was thus made an American institution."


1915 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The 1915 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the Kentucky Wildcats of the University of Kentucky during the 1915 college football season.


1915 Kentucky gubernatorial election
The 1915 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1915. Democratic nominee Augustus Owsley Stanley defeated Republican nominee Edwin P. Morrow with 49.06% of the vote.


1915 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The 1915 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 26th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board.


1915 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
On 28 February 1916, Tullaroan won the championship after a 7-02 to 2-02 defeat of Dicksboro in the final. This was their 12th championship title overall and their first in four championship seasons.


1915 Kilmarnock Burghs by-election
The Kilmarnock Burghs by-election of 1915 was held on 28 May 1915. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, William Glynne Gladstone, being killed in action in the First World War. It was won by the Liberal candidate Hon. Alexander Shaw, who was unopposed. It was the last election held in Kilmarnock Burghs before the seat was abolished in 1918.


1915 Kingston by-election
The Kingston by-election of 1915 was held on 16 November 1915. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Conservative MP, George Cave, becoming Solicitor General for England and Wales. It was retained by Cave.


1915 LSU Tigers football team
The 1915 LSU Tigers football team represented the LSU Tigers of Louisiana State University during the 1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.


1915 Lafayette football team
The 1915 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In its second season under head coach Wilmer G. Crowell, the team compiled an 8–3 record. John Luhr was the team captain. The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.


1915 Lehigh Brown and White football team
The 1915 Lehigh Brown and White football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Tom Keady, the team compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 155 to 85. The team played its home games at Taylor Stadium in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.


1915 Liberian general election
General elections were held in Liberia in 1915. In the presidential election, the result was a victory for incumbent Daniel Edward Howard of the True Whig Party, who was re-elected for a second term.


1915 Liga Peruana de Football
The 1915 Primera División was the fourth season of top-flight Peruvian football. A total of 7 teams competed in the league, The champion was Sport José Gálvez.


1915 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
The 1915 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 23rd staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 1887.


1915 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
Claughaun won the championship after being granted a walkover by Fedamore in the final. It was their second championship title overall and their second championship title in succession.


1915 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election
The Liverpool Kirkdale by-election, 1915 was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 15 February 1915 for the House of Commons constituency of Liverpool Kirkdale.


1915 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election, Vacancy
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Colonel Gerald Kyffin-Taylor due to his military commitments.


1915 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election, Vacancy
The writ for the by-election was moved in the Commons on 10 February by Lord Edmund Talbot, the MP for Chichester.


1915 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election, Candidates
During World War I, the major political parties had agreed not to contest by-elections when seats held by their respective parties fell vacant. The Conservative candidate De Fonblanque Pennefather was therefore returned unopposed, without any need for a vote. He took his seat in the Commons on 17 February.


1915 Los Angeles mayoral election
The 1915 election for Mayor of Los Angeles took place on May 4, 1915, with a run-off election on June 1, 1915. Charles E. Sebastian was elected.


1915 Louisiana Industrial football team
The 1915 Louisiana Industrial football team was an American football team that represented the Louisiana Industrial Institute—now known as Louisiana Tech University—as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association (LIAA) during the 1915 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Percy S. Prince, Louisiana Industrial compiled an overall record of 3–1–2.


1915 Louisville Cardinals football team
The 1915 Louisville Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented the University of Louisville as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In their first season under head coach Will Duffy, the Cardinals compiled a 1–5–1 record. The team played its home games at Eclipse Park in Louisville, Kentucky.


1915 Luxembourg general election
General elections were held in Luxembourg on 23 December 1915. The Party of the Right emerged as the largest party, winning 25 of the 52 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.


1915 Luxembourg general election, Background
Earlier in the year Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde had appointed a right-wing minority government. However, the government was unable to function properly due to its lack of a majority in the Chamber of Deputies. Marie-Adélaïde then dissolved the Chamber and called new elections.


1915 Luxembourg general election, Aftermath
Although the Party of the Right increased their representation from 20 to 25 seats, they were still short of a majority. The Hubert Loutsch government lost a vote of confidence on 11 January 1916 and resigned. Marie-Adélaïde's interference in domestic politics was strongly criticised by left-wing parties, and was partially responsible for her being forced to abdicate in favour of Charlotte in 1919.


1915 Maidstone by-election
The Maidstone by-election of 1915 was held on 22 February 1915. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Conservative MP, Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart's, succession as seventh Marquess of Londonderry. It was won by the Conservative candidate Carlyon Bellairs who was unopposed due to a War-time electoral pact.


1915 Maine Black Bears football team
The 1915 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine during the 1915 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3 record. Charles Ruffner was the team captain.


1915 Maine Black Bears football team
In March 1915, Tommy Hughitt was hired as Maine's head football coach. Hughitt had been the quarterback of Fielding H. Yost's Michigan football teams from 1912 to 1914. Hughitt was credited with bringing Yost's system to Maine: "Hughitt showed the effectiveness of the Yost system of coaching by developing a bunch of green material, a team which staged a real 'comeback' after a bad start last year."


1915 Major League Baseball season
The 1915 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 10 to October 13, 1915. The Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Red Sox then defeated the Phillies in the World Series, four games to one.


1915 Maltese general election
General elections were held in Malta on 19 and 20 January 1915. Two of the eight elected seats were uncontested.


1915 Maltese general election, Background
The elections were held under the Chamberlain Constitution, with members elected from eight single-member constituencies.


1915 Maltese general election, Results
A total of 7,907 people were registered to vote. Cikku Azzopardi was elected in both constituencies I and VIII. He chose to give up the seat for constituency VIII, resulting in a by-election in March 1915. However, the candidate elected in the by-election resigned immediately after the election.


1915 Manitoba general election
The 1915 Manitoba general election was held August 6, 1915 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. The Liberals under Norris won a landslide majority with 40 seats, replacing the Conservative government that had ruled the province since 1899.


1915 Manitoba general election
This election was held only one year after the previous general election of 1914. In that election, the governing Conservatives of premier Rodmond Roblin were confirmed in office with 28 seats out of 49. In early 1915, however, the Roblin administration was forced to resign from office after a commission appointed by the Lieutenant Governor found the government guilty of corruption in the tending of contracts for new legislative buildings.


1915 Manitoba general election
Roblin denied the charges, but resigned as premier on May 12. Three days later, opposition Liberal leader Tobias Norris was called upon to form a new administration. The house was quickly adjourned, and new elections were scheduled for August.


1915 Manitoba general election
The primary issue of the campaign was corruption. The pro-Liberal Manitoba Free Press ran numerous articles criticizing the practices of the Roblin government, and alleging that the "Roblin machine" still controlled the Conservative Party. The Liberals claimed they would manage the province's affairs in a businesslike rather than a partisan manner, an approach typified by Provincial Treasurer Edward Brown call for the province to "forget party for five years and get down to business".


1915 Manitoba general election
Women's suffrage and temperance were also important issues. The Liberal Party promised to introduce voting rights for women, and to hold a provincial referendum on temperance. The party's platform also promised direct legislation and plebiscites on other issues.


1915 Manitoba general election
Faced with mounting unpopularity in the wake of the corruption scandal, the Conservatives chose federal Member of Parliament (MP) James Albert Manning Aikins as their new leader on July 15. Aikins had never served in the Roblin government, and was regarded by many as free from the controversy that had taken the Conservatives from office. In a further effort to separate themselves from the Roblin government, the Conservatives referred to themselves as the "Independent-Liberal-Conservative" party for this election. The Liberals ridiculed this name change, and sarcastically described the "new" Conservatives as the "Purity Party".


1915 Manitoba general election
The election results were a disaster for the Conservatives. The party won only five seats out of 47, and Aikins lost by a considerable margin in Brandon City. The Liberals under Norris won a landslide majority with 40 seats, the largest victory in Manitoba history, although with barely more than half the vote.


1915 Manitoba general election
In the city of Winnipeg, Fred Dixon was re-elected as an independent candidate with support from both Liberals and the Labour Representation Committee. The Social Democratic Party also won its first ever seat in the province, taking one of two constituencies in north-end Winnipeg. This election (like the previous one in 1914) used two-seat districts in Winnipeg, with each seat being determined by separate FPTP contests.


1915 Manitoba general election
Manitoba's francophone constituencies rejected the provincial trend, and continued to support candidates of the Conservative party (four of the five Conservative MLAs were from francophone areas). Many francophone voters opposed Norris's plans to end provincial funding for denominational Catholic schools.


1915 Manitoba general election
The "Independent-Liberal-Conservative" name seems to have been dropped shortly after the election.


1915 Manitoba general election, Riding results
(Einar Jonasson had been nominated as the official Liberal candidate, but withdrew.)


1915 Manitoba general election, Deferred elections
Horace Halcrow had been nominated by the Conservatives to contest this riding, but withdrew before the election. Halcrow had been Manitoba's chief game warden under the Roblin government.


1915 Manitoba general election, Post-election changes
(A Winnipeg Free Press report from November 20, 1917 shows Westwood winning by 186 votes, with one poll yet to declare. This was likely the first provincial election where Manitoba women cast votes.)


1915 Manitoba general election, Post-election changes
Minnedosa (George Grierson to cabinet, November 10, 1917), November 30, 1917:


1915 Manitoba general election, Post-election changes
Winnipeg North "B" (res. Richard Rigg, 1917), January 15, 1918:


1915 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
The 1915 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall College (now Marshall University) in the 1915 college football season. Marshall posted a 1–7 record, being outscored by its opposition 80–244. Home games were played on a campus field called "Central Field" which is presently Campus Commons.


1915 Maryland Aggies football team
The 1915 Maryland Aggies football team represented Maryland Agricultural College (which became Maryland State College in 1916 and part of the University of Maryland in 1920) in the 1915 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Curley Byrd, the Aggies compiled a 6–3 record, and outscored all opponents, 161 to 69. The team's three losses were to Haverford College (0–7), Catholic University (0–16), and Johns Hopkins (0–3).


1915 Maryland gubernatorial election
The 1915 Maryland gubernatorial election occurred on the month of November, 1915. The race pitted Democratic Comptroller Emerson Harrington against future Republican United States Senator Ovington Weller. Harrington won the governor's office in a very narrow race.


1915 Massachusetts Aggies football team
The 1915 Massachusetts Aggies football team represented Massachusetts Agricultural College in the 1915 college football season. The team was coached by Arthur Brides and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. The 1915 season was Brides's last as head coach of the Aggies. Massachusetts finished the season with a record of 4–2–2.


1915 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1915 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1915. The Republican nominee, Samuel W. McCall defeated the incumbent Democratic Governor David I. Walsh, with 46.97% of the vote.


1915 Massachusetts legislature
The 136th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1915 during the governorship of David I. Walsh. Calvin Coolidge served as president of the Senate and Channing H. Cox served as speaker of the House.


1915 Massillon Tigers season
The 1915 Massillon Tigers football season  was their sixth season in existence, and their first season since 1907. The team posted a 5–2 record and obtained a share of the 1915 Ohio League Championship, with the Canton Bulldogs and the Youngstown Patricians.


1915 Mercer Baptists football team
The 1915 Mercer Baptists football team represented Mercer University in the 1915 college football season.


1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election
The Merthyr Tydfil by-election, 1915 was a parliamentary by-election held on 25 November 1915 for the British House of Commons constituency of Merthyr Tydfil in Glamorganshire, Wales.


1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election
The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Keir Hardie, died on 26 September 1915, aged 59. He had held the seat since the 1900 general election, when he was elected as one of the first two Labour MPs.


1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election, Candidates
In May 1915 the Liberals, the Conservatives and Labour had formed a Coalition Government, although the majority of the Labour Party had stayed outside the Government. Furthermore, from August 1914 until June 1918, a war-time electoral truce existed between the three parties; the party holding a seat would not be opposed by the other two at a by-election. The Conservatives and Liberals therefore did not contest the by-election.


1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election, Candidates
Merthyr Tydfil was a miners' seat, and power within the local Labour Party lay within the locally dominant trade union, the South Wales Miners' Federation. The SWMF balloted their members to determine the Labour candidate.


1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election, Candidates
The selection procedure quickly became a battle between competing factions of the Independent Labour Party, played out within the administrative structures of the SWMF. The two principal candidates were James Winstone, the President of the Federation, and Charles Stanton, a Miners' Agent in the constituency.


1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election, Candidates
Winstone was anti-conscriptionist and pro-Union of Democratic Control. Stanton, on the other hand, was Vice-President of the British Workers League, a 'patriotic labour' group which was anti-socialist and pro-war. Stanton had fought East Glamorganshire as a Labour candidate in December 1910.


1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election, Candidates
The SWMF conducted three successive ballots after which Winstone was narrowly selected.


1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election, Campaign
Following the result of the selection, Stanton resigned as a miners' agent and fought the election as a pro-war 'National' candidate. He attracted support from the local Liberals and Conservatives on a 'straight war ticket "to fight against the Huns for our homeland. "'.


1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election, Campaign
The wife of David Watts Morgan, Agent of the No. 1 Rhondda District of the SWMF and to be elected Labour MP for Rhondda East in 1918, supported Stanton, an act he (Morgan) later had to apologise for.


1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election, Results
On a reduced turnout, Stanton won the seat with a majority of 4,206 votes.


1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election, Results
At the 1918 general election, the Merthyr seat was divided into two single-member constituencies. Stanton fought the Aberdare seat and won it by a larger majority, defeating the pacifist Labour candidate Thomas Evan Nicholas. The British Workers League had transformed itself into the National Democratic and Labour Party and Stanton stood under its label, with the Coalition Coupon.


1915 Miami Redskins football team
The 1915 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1915 college football season. Led by coach Chester J. Roberts in his first year, Miami compiled a 6–2 record.


1915 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team
The 1915 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In their fifth and final year under head coach John Macklin, the Aggies compiled a 5–1 record and outscored their opponents 258 to 38.


1915 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team
At the end of the 1915 season, fullback Neno DaPrato was a consensus first-team selection on the 1915 College Football All-America Team. He was called "the greatest scoring machine of the year" after scoring 130 points in just six games during the 1915 season.


1915 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team
The 1915 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1915 college football season. The team compiled a record of 4–2–1, shut out five of their seven opponents (including a scoreless tie with the Michigan Wolverines freshman team), and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 154 to 25. John B. Hartman was the team captain.


1915 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team
Elmer Mitchell, formerly a high school coach in Grand Rapids, was hired to coach the school's football team in May 1915. At the start of fall practice, 60 students tried out for the football team, the largest number in school history up to that time. As the team lacked any players weighing 200 pounds or more, coach Mitchell was compelled to build his team around speed.


1915 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 1915 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In its 15th season under head coach was Fielding H. Yost the team compiled a 4–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 130 to 81. After winning its first four games, the Wolverines lost three consecutive games.


1915 Michigan Wolverines football team
Right guard William D. Cochran was the team captain. Key players included left halfback John Maulbetsch, quarterback Lawrence Roehm, fullback Cedric C. Smith, center Walter Niemann, and guard Frank Millard. Maulbetch was selected as a first-team All-American by Tommy Clark and as a second-team player by Walter Eckersall and Monty. He also received the Heston-Schulz Trophy as the team's most valuable player.


1915 Mid Antrim by-election
The Mid Antrim by-election of 1915 was held on 17 February 1915. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Irish Unionist MP, Arthur O'Neill, being killed in action in at Klein Zillebeke ridge during the First Battle of Ypres in the First World War. It was won by his brother the Irish Unionist candidate Hugh O'Neill, who was elected unopposed.


1915 Mid Durham by-election, The Vacancy
John Wilson, who had been the Liberal MP since 1890 died on the 24 March 1915 at the age of 78. Wilson was sponsored by the Durham Miners Association, an organisation that he had helped to found. When the Miners Federation of Great Britain decided in 1909 to request all miners sponsored MPs to take the Labour party whip, Wilson with the support of the Durham miners, refused and continued to take the Liberal whip. The Labour party was unwilling to go against the Durham miners wishes, and allowed Wilson to continue to represent Mid Durham.


1915 Mid Durham by-election, The Candidates
The new Liberal candidate selected was Samuel Galbraith, who was one of the leading figures in the Durham Miners Association. The Labour party had hoped that following the death of Wilson, they would be able to either get a leading Durham miner to stand, such as Joseph Batey as their candidate or get a socialist to stand. However, once the Durham Miners decided to back the Liberal Galbraith, a Labour candidate did not materialise. The Unionists, who had not contested the seat for some time also decided not to contest the election. The fact that Britain was now at war also contributed to the Unionist and Labour parties not contesting the seat.


1915 Mid Durham by-election, The Aftermath
The Mid Durham constituency was abolished and replaced by Spennymoor for the 1918 general election. At that election, Galbraith was again returned, defeating Labour's Joseph Batey.


1915 Middle Tennessee State Normal football team
The 1915 Middle Tennessee State Normal football team represented the Middle Tennessee State Normal School (now known as Middle Tennessee State University) during the 1915 college football season. The head coach was Alfred B. Miles serving his third season with the team.


1915 Milan–San Remo
The 1915 Milan–San Remo was the 9th edition of the Milan–San Remo cycle race and was held on 28 March 1915. The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo. The race was won by Ezio Corlaita.


1915 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 1915 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1915 college football season. In their 16th year under head coach Henry L. Williams, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–0–1 record (3–0–1 against Western Conference opponents), tied for the conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 191 to 35. The only setback was a tie with Illinois with whom the Gophers shared the conference championship. The team was retroactively selected as the national champion for 1915 by the Billingsley Report.


1915 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
End Bert Baston, fullback Bernie Bierman and guard Merton Dunningan were named All-Americans by the Associated Press. Baston was also named an All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation and Look Magazine. Baston, Bierman and Dunnigan were named All-Big Ten first team.


1915 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team
The 1915 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team represented the Mississippi A&M Aggies of Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi during the 1915 college football season.


1915 Mississippi College Collegians football team
The 1915 Mississippi College Collegians football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi College as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1915 college football season. In their third year under head coach Dana X. Bible, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record.


1915 Mississippi Normal Normalites football team
The 1915 Mississippi Normal Normalites football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi Normal College (now known as the University of Southern Mississippi) as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In their second year under head coach A. B. Dille, the team compiled a 4–3 record.


1915 Mississippi gubernatorial election
The 1915 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1915, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat Earl L. Brewer was term-limited, and could not run for reelection to a second term. As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate won in a landslide in the general election so therefore the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election.


1915 Mississippi gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
In the Democratic primary, Lieutenant Governor Theodore G. Bilbo received just over 50% of the vote, eliminating the need for a runoff. He defeated 4 other candidates to win the nomination.


1915 Mississippi gubernatorial election, General election
In the general election, Russell easily defeated Socialist candidate J. T. Lester.


1915 Missouri Tigers football team
The 1915 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1915 college football season. The team compiled a 2–5–1 record (1–3–1 against MVC opponents), finished in fifth place in the conference, and was outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 102 to 72. Henry Schulte was the head coach for the second of four seasons. The team played its home games at Rollins Field in Columbia, Missouri.


1915 Montana A&M football team
The 1915 Montana A&M football team was an American football team that represented the Montana College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Montana State University) during the 1915 college football season. In its second season under head coach Fred Bennion, the team compiled a 4–2–1 record and was outscored by a total of 86 to 75.


1915 Montana A&M football team
Radford "Punk" Taylor, who had previously played for Gallatin High, was the team captain.


1915 Montana A&M football team
Cy Gatton was the quarterback and was selected at the end of the season to serve as captain of the 1916 team. In announcing the selection of Gatton, The Anaconda Standard noted: "Gatton has played a brilliant, scrappy and consistent game throughout the entire schedule and has been the pillar of the Aggie defense.


1915 Montana football team
The 1915 Montana football team represented the University of Montana in the 1915 college football season. They were led by first-year head coach Jerry Nissen, played their home games at Dornblaser Field, and finished the season with a record of 2–2–2.


1915 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The 1915 College Basketball All-American team, as chosen retroactively by the Helms Athletic Foundation. The player highlighted in gold was chosen as the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year retroactively in 1944.


1915 NCAA baseball season
The 1915 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1915. Play largely consisted of regional matchups, some organized by conferences, and ended in June. No national championship event was held until 1947.


1915 NCAA baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1915 season.


1915 NSWRFL season
The 1915 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the eighth season of Sydney’s top-grade rugby league football club competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season, with the Balmain club finishing on top of the ladder to claim the premiership.


1915 NSWRFL season, Season summary
Even though World War I had broken out across Europe and many players were unavailable, there was a general consensus amongst the public that the rugby league premiership continue. On 8 May in good weather the first matches were played between the eventual top four clubs: In front of a record crowd of 13,000 Glebe defeated defending premiers Easts at the SCG, and at Wentworth Oval Balmain drew 11–all with Newtown. Midway through the season, three clubs had clearly broken ahead of the others: Balmain, Glebe and South Sydney.


1915 NSWRFL season, Season summary
With South Sydney falling away in the second half of the season, Balmain and Glebe became the two remaining contenders for the title, and they clashed with four rounds to play. In front of 20,000 people, the two clubs played out a memorable match at the Sydney Sports Ground, where Balmain eventually prevailed 12–2 on a cold, rainy day. Balmain were assured their first premiership without the need for a playoff after their close last-round win over South Sydney 7–4.


1915 NSWRFL season, Season summary
Balmain went through 1915 undefeated – a feat achieved by only five other teams since. They won the premiership in all three grades. Members of the Balmain first-grade premiership winning side included Bob Craig, Bill Schultz and E. Burnicle.


1915 NSWRFL season, Season summary
In 1915, the NSWRFL lost its first ever full-time Secretary Edward Larkin when he was killed in fighting at Gallipoli on 25 April.


1915 NYU Violets football team
The 1915 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In their second year under head coach Thomas T. Reilley, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record.


1915 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1915 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1915 college football season. In its first season under head coach Jonas Ingram, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record and was outscored by a combined score of 118 to 99.


1915 Navy Midshipmen football team
The annual Army–Navy Game was played on November 27 at the Polo Grounds in New York City; Army won 14–0.


1915 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1915 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1915 college football season. The team was coached by fifth-year head coach Ewald O. Stiehm and played its home games at Nebraska Field in Lincoln, Nebraska. They competed as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. The 1915 season was part of Nebraska's 34-game unbeaten streak that ran from 1912 to 1916.


1915 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
Following the season, Guy Chamberlin was named the first All-American in Nebraska history. Stiehm, who had won the MVC in each of his five seasons at Nebraska and also coached the school's basketball team, was offered $4,500 annually to take over Indiana's athletic department. Despite suggesting he'd remain at Nebraska for less money, the school refused to offer him a raise and Stiehm exited with the highest winning percentage of any coach in school history.


1915 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Abbott, Earl RGBalis, Arthur ECaley, Loren QBChamberlin, Guy HBCook, John QBCorey, Tim TDoyle, Raymond FBGardiner, Jimmy HBHalbersleben, Paul CKositsky, Ed TMoser, Ellsworth COtopalik, Hugo HBProctor, Brodie HBRasmussen, John EReese, Herbert HBRiddell, Ted ERutherford, Richard HBShaw, Edson TShields, Paul G


1915 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
This was the first meeting between Nebraska and Notre Dame. Written accounts of this game compare with NU's 7-0 victory over Minnesota in 1913 and 6–6 tie against Michigan in 1911. Nebraska trailed 13–7 at halftime but a pair of late touchdowns gave the Cornhuskers a one-point win.


1915 Nevada Sagebrushers football team
The 1915 Nevada Sagebrushers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada as an independent during the 1915 college football season. The Sagebrushers were led by first-year head coach Jack Glascock and played their home games at Mackay Field.


1915 Nevada Sagebrushers football team, Previous season
The Sagebrushers finished the 1905 season 0–3–1. The team did not have a head coach.


1915 New Orleans hurricane
The New Orleans Hurricane of 1915 was an intense Category 4 hurricane that made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana, and the most intense tropical cyclone during the 1915 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm formed in late September when it moved westward and peaked in intensity of 145 mph (230 km/h) to weaken slightly by time of landfall on September 29 with recorded wind speeds of 126 mph (206 km/h) as a strong category 3 Hurricane. The hurricane killed 275 people and caused $13 million (1915 US dollars) in damage.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, Meteorological history
According to the Atlantic hurricane reanalysis project, the 1915 New Orleans hurricane began as a weak tropical storm moving across the southern Windward Islands on September 21, 1915. Its tropical cyclogenesis was determined via analysis of atmospheric observations from the surrounding islands, though shipping in the region would confirm the storm's existence the following day. Tracking slowly towards the west, the nascent tropical cyclone gradually strengthened, reaching hurricane intensity by 00:00 UTC on September 23.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, Meteorological history
This steady phase of intensification would continue unhindered as the hurricane progressed across the Caribbean Sea, allowing the storm to reach major hurricane strength on September 24. At 12:00 UTC the next day, the cyclone's maximum sustained winds crested at 145 mph (230 km/h), making it a powerful Category 4 hurricane if rated using the modern-day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale; the storm would maintain winds of this scale for over three days. One ship observation, estimated to have been likely taken late on September 25, documented a barometric pressure of 931 mbar (hPa; 27.50 inHg).


1915 New Orleans hurricane, Meteorological history
This pressure reading would stand as the lowest taken during the hurricane's lifespan, and also suggested that the storm's initially assessed intensity—equivalent to a modern-day Category 2 hurricane—was significantly underestimated. As the cyclone passed south of Jamaica, it curved towards the northwest, taking it towards the Yucatán Channel. By September 28, the storm had entered the Gulf of Mexico.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, Meteorological history
The hurricane maintained its gradual forward speed and fairly steady intensity as it approached the Louisiana coast. As the cyclone neared land, it entered a denser area of shipping traffic, allowing the storm's intensity to be more readily assessed. Slight weakening occurred as the storm moved over shallower continental shelf waters, leading up to the hurricane's landfall on the Gulf coast of Louisiana at 18:00 UTC on September 29. The hurricane's strongest winds upon landfall were estimated to measure 125 mph (200 km/h), correlating with the upper-end of a Category 3 rating on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, Meteorological history
Near the time of landfall, the hurricane was documented as having a central pressure of 952 mbar (hPa; 28.12 inHg) at Tulane University. At the time, this was the lowest pressure ever recorded in the United States. Using this measurement, the Atlantic reanalysis project calculated that the hurricane struck Louisiana with a lower pressure: 944 mbar (hPa; 27.88 inHg). Analysis of onshore observations also suggested that the storm made landfall with concentric eyewalls.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, Meteorological history
Although the moist swampland of the Louisianan Acadiana allowed the hurricane to maintain strength longer than what would otherwise be expected, the storm would eventually succumb to land interaction. Rapid weakening ensued as the cyclone moved inland, degrading back into a tropical storm within twelve hours of landfall. As it entered Mississippi, the storm began to interact with a quasi-stationary front. This resulted in the formation of a new low-pressure center and denoted the transition from a tropical to extratropical cyclone at 12:00 UTC on September 30; and these remnants advanced northeastward into the Mid-Atlantic states before they were last noted on October 1 over Pennsylvania.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, Caribbean impacts
Owing to the scarcity of shipping traffic across much of the Caribbean Sea, the storm's intensity and potential track were difficult to assess early in its lifetime. Light rain from the system fell far north in Puerto Rico and the Turks and Caicos Islands, with the latter reporting 0.23 in (6 mm) of rain. As the storm passed south of Jamaica, strong gales were felt in Kingston, Jamaica. Some winds were strong enough to cut telecommunications between Kingston and the outlying districts of the island nation.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, Caribbean impacts
The hurricane's brushing of Jamaica led in part to raising cotton prices to a yearly high. Offshore, the United Fruit steamer Almirante sustained considerable damage but was able to return safely to Port Royal. Ships sailing for the Yucatán Channel and in western Cuban waters were warned to exercise extreme caution following the hurricane's passage of Jamaica. Winds peaked at 36 mph (58 km/h) in Havana, Cuba as the storm passed through the channel well to the city's west.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Preparations
As potential impacts on the United States became more clear, the Weather Bureau issued storm warnings for virtually the entire extent of the Eastern Seaboard from Eastport, Maine southward to the Florida coast on September 27. Storm warnings for the Louisiana coast—where the hurricane would eventually make landfall—were first issued by the Weather Bureau on the morning of September 28 and disseminated via telegraph and mail. That afternoon, a hurricane warning was issued for coastal regions of the Gulf of Mexico from Pensacola, Florida to New Orleans, Louisiana.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Preparations
Extensive efforts to communicate the imminent threat the hurricane posed began in earnest following the issuance of warnings for the area, with public interests being advised that the approaching storm could be stronger than the 1909 Grand Isle hurricane, which served as New Orleans' strongest documented tropical cyclone at the time. Warnings continued into September 29, and local emergency offices enforced strict curfews for New Orleans as landfall approached; meteorologist Isaac Cline stated in an entry to the Monthly Weather Review that the effective dissemination of warnings and strict enforcement of curfew "unquestionably" mitigated additional loss of life in the city.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana
As the hurricane traversed the Gulf of Mexico from September 28 to September 29, it produced rough surf along its path. The cutter Miami was caught in the storm, but was able to use a heavily damaged ship as an anchor before resuming its trek towards Key West, Florida.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana
Storm surge and rough seas produced by the hurricane along the Louisiana coast arrived shortly before the storm made landfall. Evacuees departing the coast as late as September 28 reported no abnormal tides along the shore. However, sea levels began to rise at abnormally rapid rates on the morning of September 29 as the hurricane neared. By the afternoon hours, low-lying lands south of New Orleans and east towards Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, as well as areas adjacent to Lake Pontchartrain, were inundated by the quickly rising storm surge.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana
Levee overtopping along Lake Pontchartrain resulted in the flooding of much of western New Orleans. Parts of Carrollton, New Orleans were submerged under as much as 8 ft (2.4 m) of water due to the levee failure, and much of this inundation remained for up to four days as the city's drainage system slowly drained the floodwaters; in other locations, floodwaters receded rapidly. At its height, the surge was estimated to have crested between 15 and 20 ft (4.6–6.1 m) in height, setting a record for the highest tide reported in the region.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana
Ocean swells topped levees along the Mississippi River and progressed well upstream; at the confluence of the Harvey Canal and the Mississippi River nearly 100 mi (160 km) from the Gulf of Mexico, the river swelled to 6 ft (1.8 m) above normal. Elsewhere, waves 10–12 ft (3.0–3.7 m) above normal high tide were reported along the same river.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana
Upon making landfall, onshore anemometers documented winds stronger than had been recorded in any previous hurricane along the United States Gulf Coast. Gusts as high as 130 mph (210 km/h) were reported in New Orleans, with five-minute sustained winds peaking at 86 mph (138 km/h). In Burrwood, Louisiana, a Weather Bureau anemometer documented peak five-minute sustained windspeeds of 122 mph (196 km/h), though when the abnormally high bias of the era's anemometers and adjustment to the more standard one-minute sustained measure are accounted for, this yields a speed of 99 mph (159 km/h).


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana
The intense winds caused extensive damage across New Orleans, where nearly every building sustained damage. The French Market was partly demolished, while the roof of a prominent Masonic temple partially collapsed. Combined with powerful waves, the winds resulted in the sinking of four small steamers at the Port of New Orleans, in addition to several coal barges. A number of other steamers and small craft were blown from bayous and bays onto dry land. The winds also caused widespread power outages, cutting telecommunications to and from the city, and putting over 8000 telephones out of commission.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana
Electric lighting was also disabled by the storm following the failure of city's power station. Damage to city-owned property in New Orleans was appraised at nearly US$500,000, though the total amount of damage to all public and private property in the city was estimated to have been at least ten times greater at US$5 million. Damage to shipping along the Mississippi River in and around New Orleans was estimated at US$1.75 million. Following the storm's passage, rail service to New Orleans was suspended.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana
Roofs were blown off buildings and the Presbytère on Jackson Square lost its cupola. The clock on St. Louis Cathedral stopped at 5:50pm, the height of the storm. The hurricane damaged the Times-Picayune building, hampering  newspaper production. More church steeples in the city were blown down or significantly damaged than remained intact.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana
The landmark Presbyterian Church on Lafayette Square collapsed, as did St. Anna's Episcopal Church on Esplanade Avenue. Half the rides at Spanish Fort were destroyed. Horticultural Hall in Audubon Park was destroyed. Wind damage was worse than the most recent previous hurricane to hit the city in 1909, but flooding was much less widespread; however, there were reports of waters from Lake Pontchartrain being forced backwards into the city's drainage canals by the storm, an event which would be repeated more catastrophically with Hurricane Katrina 90 years later. After power to drainage pumps failed, parts of the Mid-City neighborhood suffered significant flooding. Only 21 of the storm-related deaths were within the city.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana
The hurricane also caused significant damage in areas around New Orleans, including the destruction of 90% of buildings destroyed along Lake Pontchartrain. Only one house remained standing in Leeville, Louisiana; similar destruction occurred between Golden Meadow, Louisiana and Cut Off, Louisiana, where 100 houses were demolished. In Morgan City, Louisiana, winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) blew down wires and crippled communication. The total damage to infrastructure in areas surrounding New Orleans was estimated at US$6.5 million.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana
The heaviest rain fell within an area 25 mi (40 km) east of the center, though heavy rainfall occurred throughout the eastern half of the tropical cyclone as it moved inland. Franklin, Louisiana measured the highest rainfall associated with the storm with a reading of 14.43 in (36.7 cm); on September 30, 10.28 in (26.1 cm) of rain fell in Franklin, setting a September 24-hour rainfall record for the city.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana
Precipitation spread ahead of the hurricane as it interacted with a stationary front draped over the Southeastern United States, causing widespread rainfall totals in excess of 3 in (8 cm) across much of Mississippi and Alabama. A 13-foot (4.0 m) storm surge rolled into St. Bernard Parish, the Rigolets, and the Lake Catherine area.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana
Areas along the Lower Coast (south of New Orleans) were hit even harder than the city. A telegraph report states the situation:


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana
Whole country between Poydras and Buras inundated. Levees gone, property loss appalling. Life toll probably heavy. Conditions estimated worse than ever before. Relief needed. No communications...


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana
There were 23 dead in Venice, Louisiana, with similar numbers in coastal towns of Frenier and LaBranche. Plaquemines Parish experienced the worst fatalities with deaths estimated at over 200; the bodies of some victims were never found. In Plaquemines Parish, there was severe flooding and miles of levees were washed away. Thousands of people were left homeless. The hurricane also wrecked many of the oyster boats, damaging the local economy.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana
Some communities, including Breton Island and the town of Saint Malo were completely destroyed.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana
Though it was not as deadly as the 1893 Chenier Caminanda hurricane, this hurricane was the deadliest Louisiana hurricane until Betsy 50 years later.


1915 New Orleans hurricane, United States impacts, Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi
Early reports that streets in Biloxi, Mississippi were inundated under 6 ft (1.8 m) were initially denied by Louisville and Nashville Railroad dispatchers. Mobile, Alabama did not experience significant damage as winds remained under 50 mph (80 km/h), though storm surge  A local train carrying relief supplies from Mobile was sent to affected areas, though most train service in the region was suspended.


1915 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1915 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were announced on 1 January 1915.


1915 New Year Honours, Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)
For the operations off the Belgian Coast from the 17th October to the 9th November: —


1915 New Year Honours, Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)
For service in the Dardanelles in Submarine " B.ll " on the 13th December:— .


1915 New York Giants season
The 1915 New York Giants season was the franchise's 33rd season. The team finished eighth in the eight-team National League with a record of 69–83, 21 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.


1915 New York Giants season, Opening day game
Opening day was April 14, 1915, at the Polo Grounds against the Brooklyn Dodgers with 20,000 attendees. Mayor John Purroy Mitchel threw the ceremonial first pitch. The New York Giants Opening Day starting pitcher was Jeff Tesreau. The Giants won 16 to 3.


1915 New York Giants season, Regular season
After finishing first in 1911, 1912, and 1913 and second in 1914, the Giants fell to last place in the National League in 1915. Much of the collapse was due to the pitching staff. Hall of Famers Christy Mathewson and Rube Marquard both struggled through subpar seasons. Marquard would be placed on waivers in August and claimed by the Brooklyn Robins.


1915 New York Giants season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 New York Giants season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 New York Giants season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 New York Giants season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 New York Giants season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 New York Yankees season
The 1915 New York Yankees season was the 13th season for the Yankees and their 15th overall. The team was under new ownership and new management.


1915 New York Yankees season
The team finished with a record of 69–83, 32½ games behind the American League champion Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Bill Donovan. Home games were played at the Polo Grounds.


1915 New York Yankees season, Opening day game
Opening day was an away game at Griffith Stadium against the Washington Senators. The Yankee opening day starting pitcher was Jack Warhop.


1915 New York Yankees season, Opening day game
The first game of the season on the home field was April 22, 1915, against the Washington Senators at the Polo Grounds with 7,000 attending. Mayor John Purroy Mitchel threw the ceremonial first pitch.


1915 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 New Zealand rugby league season
The 1915 New Zealand rugby league season was the eighth season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.


1915 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Northern Union Cup
Auckland again held the Northern Union Cup at the end of the season.


1915 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-district competition
Canterbury toured the West Coast, defeating West Coast 30–16 on 3 June at Victoria Park, Greymouth. That night the West Coast Rugby League was formed. Canterbury then played Blackball the next day, winning 23–10 before defeating Hokitika 33–8 on 5 June.


1915 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Grafton won the Auckland Rugby League's competition. North Shore won the Roope Rooster. Grafton included Karl Ifwersen.


1915 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
Sydenham won the Canterbury Rugby League's competition. Federal and Northern Suburbs played in their first seasons in the first grade while City left the competition. Northern Suburbs had evolved from the St Albans club.


1915 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
Hornby FC was founded in March and competed in the junior grades.


1915 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
Sydenham defended the Thacker Shield against Athletic from Wellington and won 38-6.


1915 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
The West Coast Rugby League was formed on 3 June, after Canterbury and West Coast played each other earlier in the day.


1915 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
On 14 June Kohinoor left the West Coast Rugby Union and two days later, on the 16th, they started the senior club competition with Blackball and Hokitika. The Grey club was added on 6 July.


1915 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
The West Coast Rugby League went into recess at the end of the year, until being revived in 1919 by J.D.Wingham.


1915 Newark Peppers season
The 1915 Newark Peppers season was a season in American baseball. After the 1914 season, the Indianapolis Hoosiers' remaining interest was purchased by Harry F. Sinclair and moved from Indianapolis, Indiana to Newark, New Jersey. The club also sold one of its top players, Benny Kauff, to the Brooklyn Tip-Tops to offset financial losses. After winning the Federal League championship the previous year, the Peppers dropped to fifth place. They finished 80–72, six games behind the Chicago Whales.


1915 Newark Peppers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Newark Peppers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Newark Peppers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Newark Peppers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Newark Peppers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Newfoundland prohibition referendum
A referendum on the introduction of prohibition was held in Newfoundland on 4 November 1915. It would prohibit unauthorised people from possessing or consuming any drinks with an alcohol content of more than 2%.


1915 Newfoundland prohibition referendum
The rules required that at least 40% of registered voters vote in favour of the proposal for it to pass. With 24,956 voting in favour, the quorum of 24,581 was narrowly passed and prohibition was introduced on 1 January 1917. It remained in force until 1924, after which a quota system for purchasing alcoholic drinks was introduced. This was scrapped on 31 March 1966.


1915 North Carolina A&M Aggies football team
The 1915 North Carolina A&M Aggies football team represented the North Carolina A&M Aggies of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts during the 1915 college football season.


1915 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1915 North Carolina Tar Heels football team was an American football team that represented the University of North Carolina in the 1915 college football season. The team compiled a 4–3–1 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 105 to 98.


1915 North Dakota Agricultural Aggies football team
The 1915 North Dakota Agricultural Aggies football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota Agricultural College (now known as North Dakota State University) as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In their first year under head coach Paul J. Davis, the team compiled a 3–3 record.


1915 North Tipperary by-election
The North Tipperary by-election of 1915 was held on 17 June 1915. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Irish Parliamentary MP, Dr John Joseph Esmonde. It was won by his son, the Irish Parliamentary candidate John Esmonde.


1915 Northern Illinois State Normal football team
The 1915 Northern Illinois State Normal football team represented Northern Illinois State Normal College as an independent in the 1915 college football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach William Wirtz and played their home games at Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus. The team finished the season with a 2–5–1 record. Henry Barton was the team's captain.


1915 Northwestern Purple football team
The 1915 Northwestern Purple team represented Northwestern University during the 1915 college football season. In their second year under head coach Fred J. Murphy, the Purple compiled a 2–5 record (0–5 against Western Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Western Conference.


1915 Norwegian Football Cup
The 1915 Norwegian Football Cup was the 14th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The tournament was open for 1915 local association leagues (kretsserier) champions. Odd won their sixth title, having beaten Kvik (Fredrikshald) in the final.