The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-12
WAS HOTTER IN NEW YORK.

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 -The Deaths in Brooklyn. ', New York, Aug, 1.-The oppressive heat has within six days caused the death of fully 200 persons in and about New York and filled the hospitals to with its victims, Yes terday the roll In the metropolitan dis trict numbered 112 deaths and 266 By o'clock this morn ing reports from the various police pre- cincts added to the list of dead in New York alone, over 23, with 23 cases ot and at ? o'clock the num- Der of deaths reported was 34, and the number of prostrations 46. At o'clock this morning 1t was l degree warmer than at the same hour yesterday and there was Ii per cent. more humidity. And humidity is what causes the. great est discomfort. There was 69 per cent, this morning.
 There was little sleep in the crowded parts of the city during the night. It was just as hot as on Sunday night and there was less breeze and no thunder storm to bring relief, even for few hours. A four mile breeze from the northwest crept through the city, but where the mass of the people were, on the roofs and fire-eScapes of the ten ement districts, the air hardly stirred.
 The department of public works has come to the relief of the heat stricken of the East side. General Collis con- ceived the idea of cooling the baking streets by a deluge of water and last night he sent out a gang of men to open wide the fire plugs in the most op- pressed districts.
 The experiment was such a success that the plan will be carried out as long as the intensely hot spell lasts. The district operated in last night was tNat bounded by the Bowery, the East yer, Grand and Houston streets. The department men opened the plugs and sent a cooling stream of water rushing through all of the streets. The result was splendid. Aside from the fact that the temperature of the thoroughfares was materially lowered, thousands and thousands of little children plunged into the water and found relief and pleasure in its coolness.
 Deaths and Prostrations Reported
 Yesterday.
 The following cases of death and prostration due to the heat were re- ported by the police to-day.
 Deaths.
 Emil Erdtmann, 36 years old, of 70 Battery place, at his home.
 Patrick Menton, 40 years old, of S2 West Ninetieth street at his home.
 .l0; z .1II s.f East Thirty street, at her home
 Augusta Lagrand, 53 years old, of Il Bleecker street, while visiting her daughter at 2S2 Henry street.
 Patrick Ash, 51 years old, of 2s7 West Twenty-seventh street, at his home.
 Michael Garity 52 years old, of s33 Eighth avenue while at work in Ever ards brewery at 6 East One Hundred and Thirty third street.
 Edward McGuirk, 32 years old found dead In bed at his home, 30S1a East Thirty-third street.
 Michael O'Toole, 35 years old, of S1 Carmine street, died at his home.
 Golas Krietta, 6l years old died at his home, 357 West Thirty ninth street,
 John J. Hayeman, 10 years old, of 249 East One Hundred and Twenty fourth street, died in the night at his home.
 Herman Adelhoff, a laborer, 40 years old, died at his home, 120 Cedar street
 Margaret Walbrick, 29 years old, of 413 West Twenty sixth street, died at her home.
 August Blazer, a waiter, 36 years old, found dead in bed this morning at his home, 327 East One Hundred and Sev- enteenth street.
 Earl Boyle, 37 years old, died this morning at his home, 424 East Eleventh street.
 Henry Greissel, p years old, of 1SS Pitt street. died this morning at his home.
 Henry Schroeder, 55 years old, of 5S West Twenty-second street and Bergen, N. J., in Hudson street hospital yester- day afternoon.
 Henry Deidrich 43 years old lahorer Of Hanc ok avenue, Jersey City Heights, | in Hudson street hospital last night | John O'Mara, A years old, laborer, of 234 Sackett street, Brooklyn, in Hudson street hospital last night. | Michael Hastings, 32 years old, la borer, of PIP Second street, Hoboken, N J., in Hudson street hospital last night | Louis Siegert, 70 years old of 24 Sec | ond street, at his home in the night. l Michael Geary, g years old, of 49( Sixth avenue, at his home. Charles Phillips, 4S years old, of 1,86S Amsterdam avenue, found dead in bed l Conrad Fugmann 93 years old, at his home, 511 East Sixteenth street. | John A. Magee, a lumberman of 1 1,00S Halsey street, Brooklyn, who was pros l trated yesterday at West and Watts streets, died at the Hudson street hos l pital this morning.
 | Charles Kramer, 40 years old, of AT West One Hundred and Twenty fifth street, while at work in bakery at that number; taken to Fordham hospital where he died.
 l Daniel Mahoney, 60 years old, died al his home, 301 East Ninety-seventt street.
 Annie Reilly, 60 years old died at hei home, 236 Elizabeth street.
 Alexander Guthree, 40 years old, ot 11S West Sixty-third street, died sud denly at his home.
 Thomas McCue. 9 years old, baker 1 of S57 Hudson street, was found deac in his room this morning.
 - Stottderger of 313 East Fifty sixth street.
 Bridget OHara of PAP East Fiftietf street
 John Scanlon, 40 years old, of 233