New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-12
PART III.
PAGES II TO IA.
HEATS AWFUL DEATH ROLL
sryENTEEN UNABLE TO SURVIVE YES
TERDAY's TEMPERATURE.
iva EFFECT OF THE LoNG-CoNTINUED
spE!Il-BEsIDEs THOSE WHO DIED EIGHTY
EIGHT WE'RE FRUSTRATED

EIGHT WERE FRUSTRATED.
ria scorching heat continued yesterday. and
,,r,ber OF victims of prostration was greater
49, an anv day since the beginning OF the
.oo,ed period The death list ran up to seven
40, reported up to o'clock. and eighty-eight
..,stretions From all parts of the city came
..o one story. and that was that the ambulance
oo,s we're busy with those who had been
,opor down and the hospitals. in conse-
orce soon became overcrowded. the people
- had occasion to he on the streets walked
Nan, in a languid sort Of way, as II life were
burden. indeed o,.ar
-Nera was little or no relief from the ocean,
,,r,, IN the morning a slight breeze swept over
-. .i,, hut as the sun rose higher IL uleu Out
ling the air still and dead. AS early as
,c,ock the calls for amoulances anu pa"o'
o,rs hogan and from that time onward up to
-.,s,;cb, the hospital surgeons ana ponce were
,,,s, attending to those who had been
.,o, II is a wonder how the surgeons ana
49, hove stood the extra strain imposed upon
rbev have worked heroically. Deputy
, Superintendent Mackellar said last night
YUM 49, ono policeman had died In the hos
'n"' 80 cha, was the only fatality from the
,.,,,, had occurred in the Department lie
''" 49, ,hov were strong, rugged fellows.
S,N a,,a q great deal more than an equal
10 %
~. citizens taken at random Dr. foru'
,,e notice surgeons, said that ne hao
, ,nentv policemen in his territory unoer
'"' q, nresent but not all OF them were
,ring from the heat
>, : impossible to say just how many ioIoe'
49,. heen Frustrated within the week AhuIe"
,r;sse who has the contract to dispose Oh 'he
s,ad animals at his fertilizing works al barren
,.,o,d said that the heat OF the last 1e" ua'S
Nod nroven more fatal to horsefesh and every
,od ~ animal life than any similar periou III
fifteen years.
There were over thrty-fve cases reported up
. carly in the afternoon yesterday, and many
move VET 10 he heard Of SO great has peeh Tic
,rsssure that Mr. Wissel and other contractors
and II impossible 10 remove the dead animals
fro,, the streets as soo1 as they would like w.
Following IS the list OF deaths and neat pros
,ra,ions reported up TO o'clock last nlen,
1os.ph Kins thrty-four years old OF NO lou >'''-
:, found dead I'm his loom .
Tim Ruckhabcr Of No. l0% Putnam-aVe' iou"u
Ms Victor Hoskey sixty-two years old OF, OF NO;
iG2 south Third-si-; dropped deau i" '0"'
ps,ronan William Lynn who was removed removed rom rom
nos. Monday evening died al Guy hosp""' ~
',n,a ,arlSirs forty years old. overcome at No.
~ Throop-ave died before ambulance arrived.
NJ ;slleu ('laNeN. seventy wears Olu' VI w. w.
sf,artic-ave: found dend IN peu. ,
,,,ahael Griffin. forty-hve years old Of FOURTH
ave and Nnth-st.: overcome al ia',Ionne ar.
end Kings Highway; died before anou'a"0e a.
Matilda schaumberter sixty-esht years reor 0lo Oh
10 ls3 Fulton-st; found deao III ns' - ~ ~,
George Valentine. thirty-fve years olu' oi W. o''
HoSt-st: found dead in bis paiIof' 80,
John MITCHELL thirty-cSht wears old' Vi NJ ''-
Manhattan ave: died AT nome "a -, No
Mathew Michelborough. ifty-sM years o'u' u AVE-
4 IafsyeItc-aNc., uleu l iN''-N' nc
Mar Fawcett thirty yelTs Old servant ~ '>0'
Macon-st; dead al hoHie -, - N $40
Christian Kuhn, tlirty-eisn' Se"'
T'1ra. Mcsweeny, thirty years Old at lodging
house No. IS Fulton-s'. e., -, W ara
,rch stcker,sh thirty -eign, years 3D. at NO 'i'
80 Colipe. twenty-five years DID, of No 4ISla
,-r,,-o,, hay found dead in Fla,bush-ave.
,rh. registrations reported from q a. m to .
'. W Yesterday were follows:
-. Ni,chaels twenty-six years old. OF Powers
ken t. St johns Hospital CONDITION critical
Pa,rick Lyons thirty four Years old 81 No. 90
N 81 Court-yt'. AIKEN 20 ST. johns Hospital
1,5n Sigh thir,y-eght years old. Of No. o., FIasn
,rg-ave working in MolenhauerS sugar re""e'S'
Yen 70 Eastern District Hospital.
- ,u,arv nineteen years old, Of no % CCumold-
-, taken 10 Long island College hoSpta'
Dorsey Deroucher. twenty-t~o years n r oil 10
20 30 carro.st; taken home by ambulance sur
seol. uao~so, NJ No 2Ss Reid-ave. laying car
0e, No Tsp Fulton-st; taken to ST johns HOS
P Pi,al 40 ''''- w W CO.
william, lnnI siraq AIKEN 10 St Johns Hospital
,,lr,, price twen,y-eight years old, of Van Brunt
d az Sa~kett sts attended by ambulance surgeon
,arn - reagan. Of No 1.115 Hancock-st.. overcome
'o ~, fremont and Van Brun' SITS; ATTENDED "l'
-. toward TWENTY-FIVE years old. Of No. 80
'Wsst Thirty-second-st. New-Y ork' 9verGoiIn@ U"
Boulevard; taken TO Kings County hosp.a" -,
Julia Walter fortythree years oIdi Ei 20 SIR
Ceorge Engle. twenty-nine years old OF &c: No; ~
aoou;-st. taken to Eastern District Hospnai
Michael Keenan, forty-ve years 1, Nio u NJ ''
Myrtle-ave.. taken 10 Seney 1osPi."'' &C.,.
Phillip Schoheid OF Ridgewood; taken 10 0e"eS
Hos pital ia foot G
rnown man. about twenty years 1 PId iest
sym ayes: taken TO Seney Hospltal uhconSO'ou9'
Unknown man about thirty-hve years oiu S nee.
% inches in height, taken UNCONSCIOUS ~ sony
Hospital -, IOWA nm
Charles stephens forty eight years oo nU ga re-
kroWr while a. work in Monenhauer eue" ~
rncry: attended, but not removed - >.A
John saicns thirty-sx years old or NO o. MI -
Sixtr-st: attended and taken nome. 49,,
ps:rck Hart, thirtyeshi Years OLD o. em No ~,
Sn.itn-st. driving coath N tIoa mi
Mr. Norman ffty-hve years old, OF Iwenty srv
ond between Third and r poup,n ayes taken
70 Klngs County Hospital ~ co
ychae Nhalen nineteen years Old OF 800 o."
taken TO 81. Mdry's Hospital 49,.
Edward Farrell twenty Sears Usu' taken to
Eastern District Hospital .
Francis Kelley hfty-two years old OF B9snost.
A. s,i.1tir White Lead Works: taken 10 Hoinoe-
opatnlc Hospital. ..o
John Mexican. twenty-five years old OF NO 1 81
East Forty 81, New ork, 70 Senev
Ela,bush-ave. and Maioohe-S''' '""'' ~
Hospital ~. 90,
Beniar,n Facin thirty Ave years old OF NO. ~
Manhattan-ave.. overcome Oh
home g., !.
William Cunningham. seventy-four yea'S o ItroUt
Bergen County. New-Jcrsey oVeIT 1a,i rr Hos
and Washington SITS; taken TO brooklyn hos
pial oo
Frank z,mrncrman nfty-four years old. OF NO. 5ss
Prosu,ecr-ave overcome at home; taken 10 oeicS