Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-10
Many Prostrations by Heat in Other
Cities.
NV YORK, CHICAGO, PHILADELPHIA
They Lead All Others in the Num-
Der Of Deaths.
LISTS OF THE NICT NJ S

NEW YORK. August 10.-Although the
sky is overcast with clouds today. there was
little apparent relief at noon from the
intense heat which has prevailed without
intermission for a week. At IL o'clock the
temperature was So degrees. according to
the thermometer in the signal off1cer
tower but on the street ii was all the way
from three to six degrees warmer. while the
humidity. 81 per cent. made the atmosphere
seem lifeless and sitting. in spite OF f1tful
breeze. The reports of prostrations and
deaths from the heat began to reach police
headquarters early in the day. the first in
stallment given out at O'Clock. showing
seven prostrations and seven deaths
ascribed to the effects of the heat.
Among hose who were FRUSTRATED early In
the day was Policeman Edward NJ. KEN.
This officer had been detailed to duty In
Allen street. which is locality in which
many of the striking tailors congregate-
officer KEN had been on the post but
short time when he fell. overcome by the
heat. At the hospital to which he was taken
his condition was regarded serious.
The following deaths were reported: Peter
OBrien. twenty-five years old: Nora
OBrien. four years old: Mary Donneliy.
thirty-fve years: Chas- Paule. thirty-three
years. Mamie Carroll. twenty-five years:
Seiig kinsburg. sixty-f1ve years: John Law
Ter twenty-nine years.
Nineteen additional prostrations had been
reported up to noon and one more death
recorded. the latter. Raine Drucke,
aged thirty-one years.
At the cOroner'S office the following
deaths have been reported since midnight
from sources other than the police records
Ellen Sullivan. thirty years: Gus Kelly. 7.
Curby. forty-six years: Charles Gillaney.
Patrick. Farrelly. Mamie Carroll, seven
years: VIM. Armstrong. twenty-six years:
Adam Yulch. Robert Anderson. thirty-six
years: Charles Swanson. forty years: Peter
Brady. thirty-six years; VI Grei.ef. Nora
None. Samuel Beekman. eight years: John
Zega. th!rty-fve years. Martin MCGOWAN,
Thomas McFadden, forty-e,ght years;
Thomas D. Burke, Michael Buckley. TWEEN
ty-seyen years: Louis Hoffman, Maria
Reilly, fifty-one years.
In Brooklyn numerous cases of sunstroke
have been reported. and from points through
out the state come tales of suffering from
the heat to degree beyond anything ex-
perienced in many years. At Hoboken. ".
>. two deaths are recorded. one being
Henry d. Meyer. aged fortyfour. and the
other an unknown man.
At Orange. " j.. Thomas Hussey died of
The heat. and at Brunswick N. j.. the fol-
lowing deaths occurred: Mrs s. II. Lane.
Thomas Bradley. fifty years old; Thomas
Brown
At Boston and in other cities of New Eng
land there are the same conditions as exist
here
two prostrauons. the deaths being Michael
canning, twenty-eight years old: Walter
Thomas. six weeks old: John Natarry
twenty-eight years.
ChItAGO, August 1o.-LateSt reports
snow that SiXty-five persons were pros
trnted by the heat yesterday Twenty will
die and three were driven insane by the
heat, one or whom ended his life by poison
and another attempted to slash his throat
with a razor. The dead are: Charles Buck
sledt. Dennis Carmody. John Caloshe Geo.
Carr. Charles Champion. Robert D lid John
Emit. James Gordon. Robert Gugand Mi
chaei Hagos. John Hartman, Patrick Ho-
gan. Mary Joyse. William Lade John Mar
ion. Michael MARI. Justana Poinska Ste
phen Scherer. Vincent Sedsky. Mrs. Emma
Walton, unknown man Those driven in
sane from heat are: Michael E.nright at
tempted TO take his life by cutting his
threat with razor: now at his home in a
critical condition: Fred Krohne took poi
son. died at his home: j. ". Johnson a
!aborer. taken to the Desp,aines street po-
lice sta ton
II began to grow uncomfortabIy warm
fere today at early dawn. and as the blaz-
Ing sun pushed its way up over Lake M,cI,-
igan the intensity Of the heat was in
creased hour by hour at the rat. of
s-o:neirical progression. To make life still
more unbearable. steamy-hot wind as
banefui as sirrOcco from the sands of Sa-
hara. blew over the city from the marshes
and swamps beyond the southern limit II
was a blghting wind. and m en- sought to
escape from IT. II was terrible even on the
lake front and in those quar- lers of Chicago
where wealth and plenty abound but in
the Ioverty-stricken tenement districts the
agony was awful to contemplate. All
lofS me miserable wretchpl
tered ana painted In vain for breath o. re-
freshinS air. They slept or tried to sIe.n
by thousands on the sidewalks and on the
pavfEg stones. while the steamy yaDors
ssa,h rom me garbage heaps. spreading
ana patrol wagons from the police stations
We're Kept on the run all hight long bearing
victims OF the heat to the hospitals In the
,,i,hnan men walked through the streets
without coat or vest. and painted and
sweated and suffered for want OF fresh
cooling air ISM
Prostrations from heat began to be Re.
ported as early as O'clock Animals over
come by the heat lay dead in almost eyeIy
~ to"h- Ihey were so numerous
mar the garbage men could not keep the
streets clear Of them. The first death frnr,
heat reported to the poHce was w., 80
fred Retter a laborer. at $3.50 Seminary
avenue He died at 7:55 O'Clock
the coroner office was buster today than
IL mas been before In years There were nor
enough deputies to do the work An ~
yesterdays heat victims and a part Of rbosa
who succumbed Saturday were on the hooks
a"ains inquests In order to get through
with the work. the coroner sent ont
roi-es that in all cases OF death from ex-
treme heat physicians certificates could
take the place Of inquests The coroner
SAID that In any case of sunstroke where
the facts were plain. certificates of doctors
would be sufficient TO dispense with in
quests
Herman Ash of 1879 Wood street and
4HpHadS " oIldDOm OF 30 W est Lake street
were reported at the coroners office as hav-
ing died of heat during the night
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, August 1o-The
weather bureau offers no announcement
for any immediate relief for swelter1ng hu-
InanIty in this city. Yesterday was hot
hut today is hotter. At o'clock this morn
ing the thermometer up in the weather bu-
reau registered ~. one degree warmer than
al me same nour yesterday. Shortly be-
fore noon cool breeze sprang up which
made life bearable. The thermometer at
noon registered 82 degrees There had
been several prostrations reported but no
deaths
NEW HAVEN. Corn, August 1O-Con-
nt1ticut 3 still suffering from the intense
EFat. and according TO the weather bureau,
there ~ little or no promise of relief
In New Ha"er many prostrations have
occurred. Reports received at the office Of
the Associated Press Indicate that the en-
tire state is suffering uniformly. Men and
beasts in every section of the state are be
ing overcome and crops have suffered
greatly.
KANSAS CITY. No. August IO.-Many
prcstrations and several deaths from sun
stroke reported from cities in the west
At Le-venworth Henry O'Brien, a retired
army sergeant, died from the effects Of
sunstrcke- AT Hardin. Mo. Albert Rutuar,
aged man was ken down and cd