The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-11
swELrERrNG IN REV YORK.
Many DEATHS from tho Heat, While PROS
trntio,ls are UnprtCr,lrut,d,

NEW YORK, August lO--AmorS
those who were prostratcd from the
heat early In the day was Policeman
Edward ". K!cn. This officer hud
been detailed 30 duty In Allen street,
which is locality In which many OF
the striking tuilors cOngregutC. officer
Klen had hcen on post but short time,
when he foil. overcome by the heat. At
the hospital 10 which he wag taken, his
condition was regarded rs SERIOUS. The
following deaths were reported: Peter
O'Ilr1en, twenty-five; Nora O'IIrlen, four
years: Mary Donnelly. .thrty-ilyn years;
Charles Pnulc, thlrty-thrCc years;
Mamie Carroll. twenty-five yoars; Sol!g
KingsburR, sixty-hvc years; John Law
Ter, twCnty-nlnU ycarH.
Nineteen additional prostratiOns have
been reported up 10 nuon, nnd one
more death wRB recorded, the Inter
IiainG Druckc, aged thlrty-ono years
At the COrunCrs Oillcn tlfs following
deaths have been reported since mid
night from sources other than the po-
lice records:
Ellen Sullivan, ngcd thirty: Gus
Kelly: y. c. COurbtTy, aged forty-slx:
James GIllaney; Patrick Farrell, hfty-
five years; Mamie Carroll, sevon years;
William Armstrong twenty-EiX years:
Adam YulCh: Robert Anderson, thirty
SIX years; Charles Swanson. aged forty
years; Peter Brady, thlrty-Cight years;
VI. GTeltcn: Nora None; Samuel Beck
man, eight years; John Zega, thirty
five years; Martin MCGOwan; Thomas
McFaddcn, forty-ciGht years: Thomas
d. Burke; Michael Buckley. twenty
seven years; Louis Hoffman,; MarIa
Reilly, ilfty-ono.
In Brooklyn, numerous casey Of sun
stroke have been reported and from
points throughout tho state como tales
Of suffering from the l,eat To n degree
beyond anything experienced In years.
At llohokcn, New Jersey. two dcLt
are recorded. one being Henry u. Mcy-
or, aged forty-fOur. and the other. an
unknown man.
At Orange, New jersey, Thomas Hus-
soy died OF the heat and nt Drunswicli,
New Jersey, the following deaths oc-
Cured:
Mrs. s. II. Lane; Thomas Bradley,
aged ttty years; Thomas Brown.
At Boston and IN other cities OF New
England. there are the same conditions
as exist here. Providence, Rhode Is
land, reports three deaths and two
proatratlons. tho deaths being:
Michael Canning, twenty-cight yclrs;
Walter Thomas, six weeks old: John
Nntarry. twonty-elght years
The number OF deaths caused by the
heat IN Greater New York Is about
one hundred and additional victims are
being reported hourly.
Last night was the hottest Of the
summer the climax Of the present tor
rid spell. and one OF the hottest known
in the city for years. Morning brought
no relief and at n. m. the thcrmom-
etCr stood five degrees higher than on
the preceding day there was Less dis
comfort in the atmosphere. Early in
the morning there was but fifty per
cent OF humidity. which Is rather below
the normal.
Suffering has been most intense in
the tenement sections where poor pco-
pie are unable to get breathing space.
In these sections the charitable OIL
GERS have their hands full, many in
fants and children suCcumbIng 20
sunstrokc.
At midnight there was no relief from
the strain OF the past week. and on
thousands Of roofs city dwellers were
trying 10 get sleep.