Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-08-14
DIED BY THE SCORE.
GREAT MORTALITY IN NEW YORK
CAUSED BY THE HEAT.

The Hospitals Crowded with victims and
the Ambulance Service Proves Entirely
Inadequate-Many Deaths From Heat
In Most Of the Larger cities.
NEW YoRK, Aug. 12.-Another day Of
fearful heat which is depressing this SEQ
tion, has added a page Of fatalities and
suffering more remarkable than its pred
eoessors. In New York city, in Brook
lyn aud all the adjacent towns through
out the states Of New York and New Jer-
sey the days reports Of deaths and pros
trations overshadow the record Of any 9TH
or day In many years. In this city alone
the death list for "a hours, footed up this
morning, contains more than 100 names.
Brooklyn adds about 20 TO the list, and
the heats victims in suburban towns
brings the total to $50,
Men and women walking along the
streets dropped in their tracks and died
before physicians could be summoned, and
cart horses have died as though stricken
by plague. Many factories have been
closed, and outdoor workers were compelled
TO drop their tools and find shelter during
the hours when the sun was at its height.
Particularly among policemen and letter
carriers has the suffering been intense, and
many were compelled to stop work from
both forces Along the business streets
men walked with umbrellas over their
heads with coats on their arms and fans
in their hands The hospitals Of this city
are crowded TO their full capacity, while
the doctors and nurses we're kept at work
night and day until many Of them have
suocumbed TO the strain The department
Of public works came to the relief Of the
.av.kh hCttoo rr,I 81 man
with hose carts patrolled the streets Of
these sections and flooded them with
water from the corner hydrants. Men,
women and children rushed in groups un-
der the streams from the hose. and the
night scenes among the tenements as the
relief parties made their rounds were un-
precedented.
Unless night brings relief, many pros
trations are looked for in the Madison
Square Garden meeting, and preparations
are being made for a special force Of inedi-
cal men and for special ambulances.
The thermometer has for the past six
nights fallen but few degrees from the
limits registered during the hottest part
Of the day. The heat on Monday night
held almost stationary at 81 degrees until
O'Clock yesterday morning, and as soon
as the sun began to ascend the thermome-
ter dld likewlse, until oil previous records
for Aug. IL, were broken. The highest
previous record for Aug. IL was SO degrees
In 1891 and 92 degrees In 1899, while yes,
terday it registered, up on the top Of the
Manhattan Life Insurance building where
the weather bureau is situated, 99H de-
grees, and the humidity, which Is fan
worse than the broiling sun, stood at 10,
and down on the streets 1t was not less
than five degrees warmer.
The heat yesterday claimed many VIC
Tins throughout the country, though the
mortality was not so great outside of New
York as on the previous day. The follow
ing is the number OF deaths in the prinoi-
pal cities:
Boston, Z; Philadelphia 12; Baltimore
2; Washington, Il Chicago, 33; st. Louis,
8; Providence, z; New Haven, 2; Hart
ford, 4; Louisville, l.