Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-20
STILL HOT TN GOTHAM.
indications Are that the Torrid
Spell Will Draw to a Close


Indications Are that the Torrid
Spell Will Draw to a Close
Today.
New York, Aug. 12.-There were indi-
ca tons this forenoon that the torrid spell
under which this section has suffered
with slight intermission for two weeks,
had drawn to close. The heat, how
ever. was excessive all the night and in
creased with the rising of the sun. AT
8 a. m. the thermometers downtown
marked 50 degrees in the shade, the Off
cial record, however, being 5 degrees
less. A brisk breeze tempered the fer
vid rays of the sun even with the humidi-
ty at 20 per cent At 1O:45 a. m. the
weather Observers thermometer showed
a temperature of S512 degrees. The
pavements, however. had vast deal of
caloric stored in them which does not
make itself manifest in official reports
based on observations 100 feet above
the street level.
Between and o'clock the police had
been notified of six deaths as the result
of the heat. The names follow:
WILLIAM DEMPSEY, aged 35.
ANN KEANNEALLY, 27.
HENRY DEASTEL, 60
MARY ANN DEy!NE. As.
EDWARD ALBERT, 30.
At 8 O'Clock all the police records
showed that sixteen persons had been
treated for sunstroke since 2 o'clock in
the morning.
Up to l O'Clock p. m. there had been
reported at police headquarters twenty
seven additional deaths and fortyfour
more prostrations. The dead are as fol-
lows:
ELLEN c. HOGAN, aged 34
EDWARD ALBERT. aged 80.
ALBERT RUNAS. aged 40
MALACHI GRUNUR, aged 49,
PATRICK ROACH, aged 45.
MAN HERZOG. aged 40.
OWEN RUSH. aged 81.
MARTIN E1CHEL, aged 70.
DOPAN
JAMES KEATING. aged IS.
MRS. CATHERINE BUCK, aged 65.
CAROLINE GARGAINEY, aged 4s.
JACOB UIMER. aged 49,
MRS CATHERINE BYRNES, aged 80.
HENRY KRUME. aged 60.
AUGUST ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, aged So
MRS JAMES KERWIN.
JAMES HENRY.
UNKNOWN MAN.
JOHN CAHILL, aged 4 months.
MARY DARNEY. aged l.
WILLIAM KEIGL, aged Is.
MARY SEMINAR.
Deaths Number 1913.
During the twenty -four hours euding
at noon today 1913 deaths in this city
from heat We're reported at the bureau
Oh N1Iol STATISTICS Oh tue ueullu uepstIL-
ment and altogether 335 deaths were re-
ported from all causes. In the week be-
ginning July "A, 1892, JOG deaths from
heat were reported on the Tuesday of
that week, which was the record up to
today.
Over in Brooklyn.
Six deaths from the heat and many
cases of prostratiOn were reported i'll
Brooklyn from midnight last night to 10
o'clock this morning. The list of dead
is as follows:
CATHERINE ATGRATu, 35.
FRANK ROONEY.
CELIA M'COUGH %.
WILLIAM MNAMARA, 70.
EDWARD M'CANN. 40.
UNKNOWN MAN.
Later five more deaths from heat were
reported in Brooklyn, making total so
far today eleven.
The additional names of the dead fol-
low:
MICHAEL WARD aged 80.
SA RAHCOL1MAN. aged 35.
FREDERICK b. ROMIACK.
HANS SEDESLElN, aged 81
MRS. McGOUGH. who Eel from q win
dow, being overcome by the heat.
Jersey City's Record.
Jersey City's record up to noon was
one death and twelve prostrations. the
fatality being in the case of John Mich
OILS 25 years old. John Kennedy became
insane from the heat and will probably
die.
In the interior of New York state there
has been q slight diminution CT the heat,
but many cases of sunstroke are still oc-
curing.