The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-12
Greater New York.

Greater New York.
NEW YORK, Aug, 11.-Yesterday
was another scorching day and 1873
people were killed by the heat in
Greater New York and in New Jer-
sey.
This terrible mortality was not en-
tirely due to the heat of Monday. 1t
was due to the terrible heat that has
seourged this vicinity during the last
six days, and which seemed to culmi-
nate in all its fury yesterday. The
death list for New York city alone yes
terday aggregated 81 and it is certain
that all the names were not reported
to the authorities
No one will ever know the number
of prostrations caused by the suns
cruel rays. The hospitals in New York
are all full.
In New York city alone the number
of prostrates will exceed 200 1T is be-
lieved, and in the territory of Greater
er New York with Jersey City and Ho-
boken added, it is confidently believed
the aggregate will pass 500.
Men dropped dead. Others were
stricken SO suddenly and so remorse-
lessly that death came within few
hours. Many of those whose lives were
saved by prompt treatment in the hos
pitfalls will never really be well again
All sorts and conditions of men are
among the victims. Hospital doctors
and nurses gave out from exhaustion
and volunteers took their places Am
balances could not meet half the calls.
A demand was made ON the police de-
part1nent for assistance, and patrol
wagons were pressed into seIvic4 as
ambulances.
Gangs of men went through the east
side last evening opening every n.y.
drant from Houston to Division streets
east of the Bowery The streets were
/ filled with running water. Half naked
men and women plunged into the hy-
drant streams. Children lay in the
water in the cutters.
The official heat record was 81 de-
grees, with SIS per cent of humidity.
| Although the prediction was for coolea
weather today. the heat was as intense
! as it was yesterday, and the record fol
| the warmest August II in the history Of
| the weather bureau was broken today
| The temperature at o'clock this morn
! ing was IS degrees-one degree warmer
! than at the same hour yesterday morn
ing, and only 10 degrees less than the
warmest August IL on record. The warm.
I est August II was in 1892. when at tht
/ hottest hour of the day the temperature
/ was SO degrees. At 8 p. m. today it was
{ a.
I One hour after the official observation
was made this morning at O'Clock the
temperature had climbed to 81 One houl
later, at 10 o'clock, it was S6 degrees anC
! the mercury was still going up at al
was 60 per cent; the highest point the
mercury touched was "a at p. M Thu
weather bureau folks say that the TEN
perature will remain high tomorrow, bu
the weather will be cooler Wednesda,
night. On the streets today the heat wa:
intense. On lower Broadway, where traf
fic is heavy, in the early hours in thu
morning, many horses dropped to thu
! pavements.
There We're seventy-four deaths from
/ the heat reported to the police during
the day and 1856 prostrations.
4 In Brooklyn and surrounding towns thu
heat was intense. Many deaths and pros
trations are reported. In Brooklyn thir
teen deaths and fortythree prostration:
/ from the heat were reported.