Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-11
Continuation of the Wave of
Torridity.
new YORK AGAIN At THE TOP
Sixty-Eight Prostrations by Heat
Today.
BRIDEGROOM'S DEATH


ard twenty-nine prostrations comprised the
! first LIST given out at police headquarters
today Of casualties attributed to the heat
| The accumulated effects Of Elore than q
week OF extremely hot weather are being
shown In the number of fatalities reported
and although the weather conditions today
are slightly more favorable than they were
yesterday. 1t is to be expected that the
death roll will be quite as large il not
larger than was that Of yesterday. There
is breeze which brings u feeling of relief
t" those who can get within its range. but
the temperature at IL o'clock was % to 81
on tn, streets, and the humidity 10 per
cent.
The list of deaths from the heat in this
city as reported 10 the police UP to 10
o'clock was follows: Margaret Wal
brick, twenty-nine years old; Albert Blozer
thirty-six years: August Lagrand. twenty
SIX years; Gola5 Kritta. thirty-onc years
Michael O'Toole, thirty-flve years; Patrick
Asch. f1fty-one years; Michael Rority. fifty
TWO years; Herman Adellhoff, forty years;
Edward McQuirk. tEirty-two years: Charles
Phillips. forty-eight years; Louis Siegert,
seventy years; joan A. MCGEE, Alexander
Guthrie, forty years.
There had been thirty eight prostrations
reported up to IL o'clock in addition TO
those included in the foregoing list.
In Brooklyn there were seven deaths this
morning and numerous prostrations due 10
the heat.
The deaths we're as follows: Patrick CAL
iope. aged twenty-seven: Mary Fawcett
aged thirty: Christopher Kuhn, aged thir-
weight: Deitrick Stopkf1sch, aged fifty:
Patrolman VIM. Lyman. who was stricken
on post last night; James King. Mrs. Vic
tor Hoskey.
'rbrea .,o,+h, r,o,,
as follows: VIM. H. Farrell. twenty Eight
years old: Thomas Rranahan thirty years:
John {. DenninE. fifty years.
Five cases of sunstroke in addition were
fatally.
Fatal sunstrokes are reported from the
various cities and towns adjacent to New
York In the interior of the state the heat
Is undated. Troy reports four deaths in
the last twenty-four hours.
Within the space of fifteen minutes two
men werc stricken as they were passing
through city hail park this forenoon. A
a anerm non hung In the portico, of the
city hall. where it was within reach of the
heat radfated from the asphalt walk but
sun in the shade, indicated 112 degrees
above zero.
At o'clock two names had been added
to the list Of dead in New York city. and
the record of prostration had grown to
siAty-eight for the day. The dead are:
NLrie Reilly, aged thirty-fve: Thomas
McCue.
peculiarly sad death is that of JOSEPH,
G.. Plank. who expired today at Rosebank.
Staten Island. Mr.. Plank was married
to Miss Annie Bender of Brooklyn last
evening. At the bridal supper he sue
cumbed to sunstroke. and was taken from
the room unconscious. He was never able
again to recognize his bride or friends.
Herman Wagner and his wife Pauline
We're found dead in their bed IN Passaic,
n: j.. today. 1t is believed that Mrs.
Wagner. who was an invalid. died from
disease and the effects of the heat, and
that her husband killed himself with
cup by the bed. Wagner had threatened
to commit suicide in the event of his
wife's death.
CINCINNATI Ohio. August 1l.-Enquirer
heat specials report as follows:
Catlettsburg. Ky.-Mercury. 100; no pros
trat.on.
Athens. Ohio-Gcorge L. Pillsbury. an
asylum enaploye. died Of excessive heat
Richmond. Ind.-Edna Fulghum, died of
sEnstroke.
Montgomery, w. Na.-Mrs. John Waters
who weighed so pounds, died of excessive
heat The mercury here was 100 nearly all
day.
Irunton. Oh.o-Mercury 90. Iron mills
shut down on account of heat.
CHICAGO, August 1.-THE harvest of
death from heat continues in this city
There " ere ffty-one victims yesterday and
the number promises to be incre ased TODAY
l hc weather bureau mas preQicted cooler
weather for tonight, but for the present
the terrible beat continues. There seems
to BE- no escape from 1t. The usual refresh
iIg breeze that cools the fevered brow of
TINS great town Is absent. At o'clock this
morning the thermometer registered 70
dc Srees at the top Of the Auditorium tower.
twenty-five stories from the ground At
o'clock it was - degrees and at 8 o'clock
!, i, wa o. degrees. In the close. Sitting
tenement quarters. surrounded by dead
animals ard fostering, fomentirg garbage.
the heat was 100 per cent more intense and
fatal. At 10 O'Clock today the following
oeathS mad been reported al the health de-
partmt mt: Ernest Dohse. Myrtle f3rincnen.
W WcjechowitZ, Ellen Burg, Austin Cuts
Chalk, Maria HamrGerstein j. j. ,iorman
henry D.ttling. Vincent Sladky, James
hea'.fg' christian Strom and Peter Mel
The health department has never been so
active as now. ~
TROY, n. Y, August 1.-THE intense
heat Is responsible for four more deaths In
this city. The victims. who died last night.
We're.
Frank Koran. teamster. aged forty-five
years; Bernard Rafferty,, teamster, aged
tIty-five years; Joseph Peterson. boxmaker:
John Demers brick manufacturers
w nile the thermometer did not register
as high as the night before. last night was
very oppressive one. There is d marked
Improvement, although the mercury has
reached ninety in the SUM-
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. August 1.-THE
awful heat continues in this vicinity and
today promises to be the hottest since the
torrid spell began. AT o'clock the weather
bureau thermometer registered eighty four
degrees, and at noon the mercury had
climbed up TO ninety-flve and half No
air was stirring, and ths streets We're al
most deserted. Up to noon two deaths
from heat had been reported ut the coro-
hers office. as follows: Mary MerteZ, aged
sixty years; George Edwards. aged fifty
three years.
Only four cases of heat prostration had
been treated at the hospitals up to that
hour.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-. August I.-There were
not so many prostrations yesterday as on
previous days of the present hot spell, q
cool wind temperinS the heat
AT = am. the thermometer registered S,
and but eight degrees were added to this
during the day. This Is eight degrees low
err than the highest point reached Sunday.
A number OF deaths were reported, most
Of them being victims who were Frustrated
Sunday. They as follows: John Ru-
pert. deputy marshal: Patrick Tobin, labor
er; Barney Dixon. colored porter; E. Brink
hause, cigar maker: Thomas Haden, labor
er: Frank Allenheimer, laborer; H. c.
Buell.. laborer: John H. Aherns. jeweler:
Thomas Ogleman. Thomas Fagarty and NJ.
j. Carney. Iaborers