The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-08-13
FEARFUL HEAT CONTINUES.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY "a
TALITIES REPORTED N NEW
YORK YESTERDAY.
NIGHT AFFORDS BUT LITTLE RELIEF.
Eastern Mercury Has a Habit Of Stay,
iug Near the Top Day and Night.
Many People Drop Dead Walk
ing the Streets.

ing the Streets.
New York, Aug. 11.-Another day Of
fearful heat, which is depressing thi-
section, has added another page Of "a
talities and suffering more remarkable
than its predecessors. Ia New YORK
City Brooklyn and all the adjacent
towns and throughout the states Of New
York and New jersey the days report
IF deaths and prOstrations oyershad0w
the record Of any other day in many
years. Ia this city alone the death li.t
footed up at midnight more than 100
names: Brooklyn made 20, and the ,g-
burban towns bring the number up 10
100. Men and women walking along
have dropped in their tracks and died
before physicians could be summoned.
and horses have died a. though stricken
with the plague. Many factories have
been closed and outdoor workers have
been compelled to drop their tools and
find shelter during the hours when the
sun was at its height. Particularly
among policemen and letter carriers ha,
the suffering been intense. and many
have been compelled 10 stop work from
both forces. Along the business streets
men have walked with umbrellas over
their heads, with coats on their arms and
fans in their hands. The hospitals Of
this city are crowded 10 their full ca
pacity, while the doctors and nurses
have been kept at work night and day
until many Of them have succumbed 10
the strain. The department of public
works has come to the relief Of the tene-
ment house districts, and forces IF men
with hose carts are patrOlling the streets
Of these sections and flooding them with
| water from the hydrants. Men, WON
en- and children rush in groups under the
streams from the hose, and the scenes
| among the tenemcnts are Unprecedented.
Unless tomorrow brings relief many
DrostratiOns are looked for in the Mad
| isOn Square meeting, and preparations
are being made for n special force Of
| medical men and for special ambuances.
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 until
! o'clock Tuesday morning, and as soon
| as the sun began TO ascend the thermOm-
etcr did likewise, until all previous
| records for August II were broken. The
highest previous record for August II
was % degrees in 1891 and % degrees
the ton of thr Manhattan liz Insura pCn
building. where the weather bureau is
located, 3D. degrees. and the humidity
was far worse than the boiling sun. The
official temperature beginning nt noon
was as follows: Noon 90. / ~ m ~.
u. m, ~ and 7 u, m' 30 and nm f. mid.
night the tcmpcraturn did not dron bmt n
few points. registering 81
Following is n revised list of DEATHS.
Kate Drcsslcr IS wears old. AIeya
Guthrie. 40: Morris (;illnspiD' 10. Emil
Erdmnn. 3G: Patrick Mention, 40. Sonhie
Brand. "a: j. ]. Hngcrman. 40: Morga-
gust Lagrandc. ~. Golos Krittn 81.
Michasrl O"Toole, 30: Patrick Aschman'
Michael Rority, 20: Herman Adnlhoff
10. I'd Ncl;mirk A.. Chnrlns pbillims
As: Louis Sirprrt 10. Charles kramer
40: Robcrt StoIlnnhcrgrr RriJpet
O'IIara John Seaman. 10. charles
Plum, GG: Charles Mcdonald n. Geo
March 40: Annie Dillon 40: lanes Ims.
srkn Henry GrnssnlIn II II RnvIe Alice
Ernest, Michael lDllttE. y X E'ltZUpr-
| aid lain Dowling 9S. Rornord NcTnr-
nick lain Mct;oniplr lain Tnnnch
John Mnrsdcn. lain Vcnjl 10. jncob
Scbmcr weeks. Jobn O'Icorv 70.
John Hogan, 70: lain McWajly 40:
Patrick NulIigon az. Tnrrnncn ndnr,
son. 81: Mary Ircdrl 40. Mrs Ellen
Murphy AZ: Bridget Mulanrv, D.. Jncoh
Gross 40. Mary Marin 3S: WIN Wi.
son. I5: unknown man about 40: John
pnssc 10. Jnscnh Eisk,mn a. InJrn,v
Sheridan ii. f,I,ra Wnrth .. WiIi;ar,
| KIM 51. lain RomhnIlo a. Themes
Rourns Charles DiIimnn Sonbin Rrnn-
non ri. Gnorgo Tullmnitor HI. I,nn.
| Cnmnbcil ~. uuknnyn woman died ot
| Rnjinymn bngIit,I. III u;lJn,h,on 81.
lanes CnssiInyI ~. Trnnri s. HTor %'
| SAMUEL Nor,;ocov Tbon,ns pnv,or. ii
Charles TLnnopSn RI. Thomas Crnmcr
~. W;lIiom William, 2o. WnItor SnJr'
| mnnI 70. Gonr~n Sever iO, Jamo. lin
nn"nm Al. pot,;cl, Hrv,n o.. Iaonh
| AnIt %. RAW Savers Anguyt WiIorf
,Julius Armins lain \icC;nn Jnbn Wur'
nhv 10. Loo q W,vor rhori"s iIoi,-
irrirh Charles JJnII"f 1o. I"ennh nnh-
linz mukn"wn It,linn LAIN GooJwiu AZ.