The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-11
MANY VICTIMS OF HEAT
The Terrible Mortality in and
About New York City.
PATROL WAGONS AS AMBULANoEs.


The Hospitals. Unable to Furnish Trans
portation for the Dead and Dying, Ar
Obliged to Call Upon the Police Depart
ment for Aid.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE number O.
deaths caused by the heat in greater New
sYork yesterday is about q hundred, and
additional victims are being recorded
hourly. The prostrations are almost in
Vulnerable, and no accurate estimate Of
chem can be made. Ambulances and
patrol wagons were running about all
day, the clamor of their gongs becoming a
familiar sound. Street car horses dropped
An the tracks by scores. Out-of-door work
was largely suspended and many factories
are temporarily closed Sunday night was
the hottest OF the summer, the climax of
the present torrid spell, and one of the
hottest known in the city for years Morn
ing brought no relief, and at a m. the
thermometor stood five degrees higher
than the same time Sunday, but MS the
humidity was less intense than on theYpre-
ceding day there was less discomfort in
the atmosphere Early In tho morning
there was Rpt 30 per cent. of humidity
which is rather below the normal.
! The official record of temperature at 8
a. IN. was 50 degrees; at p M, 80. These
tests were taken on the top of one of the
highest buildings in the city. Tho street
temperature, taken in the shade ut point
near the center of the city, was SO at 8 a.
m, rose to ~ at II, to 80 at / p IN, to lO3
at 8, and at 9 had fallen to 81, and further
decreased to SO at 9p. IN.
I Suffering has been most intense in the
tencments, where poor people are unable
to get breathing space. In these sections
the charitable organizations have had their
hands full. many infants and children
succumbing to sunstroke The hospitals
were Obliged to call on the police depart
ment to aid them in responding to calls
as their ambulanoes could not cope with
the number Of cases reported. So police
patrol wagons were pressed into service
to carry heat victims to the hospitals.
Many other wagons were used to carry
away dead and disabled animals
Following is u list of the deaths yester-
day: Charles Swanson, 40 years old;
Peter Brady 3S; Samuel Becknan, 8;
John Zoga, 35; Martin McGowan, So;
Thomas McFaddon, AS Marie Reilly, 81;
Ellen Sullivan, 80; r. c. Courtney, 4j;
Patrick Farrell, 53; William Armstrong,
e8 Robert Anderson, 36; Michael Nc
Cam, 80; Selig Kinsburg, IS; John Law
der, 29 Reine Drucke, 81; Charles Car
roll, 80; Henry Schroeder, 55; James Far
rell, AS William Drouson, 25; Jennie
Mouze, IN; Louis Schumann, 80; Peter
O'Brien, 25; Norah O'Brien 4; Rev.
Father William Foy, 49, Charles Paula,
B5; Martin Kane, As; Amelto Blanes, A;
Thomas Byrnes, Al; f. H. Stullender, 65;
Charles f. Mcdonald, 85; Catherine
Nrowley, 32 Henry DehSlate 80; Charles
Hoffman, "a; William Strong, 55; Kate
Uhl, %; Thomas Kenney %; Charles
Kitzendorf, 80; Adolph Strasser, 30; Henry
Diederich, 43; julius Arriens 36 Edward
May, president Of the Mount Electric
light company; Patrolman John Goodi-
DO; John Hiilson, so; Joseph Walker, 40;
Patrick Thornton, 49, Peter Moran, 35;
Mary Jauch, 50; Adolph Straens, 32; Ben
jamin Hasserlo, 45 John Leideh, so Sarah
Broderick, 81; Thomas Kehoe, 2S; John
Campbell, 60 Patrick McGlone, 80; Emil
Erdman, J. II, Okeer, Mamie Carroll,
James Gitlanoy, Gustave Kelley, Louis
Hoffman, Thomas d. Burke, Norah None,
M. dreiten, Benjamin Hessenlopp, Fred
erick Darling, J. D. Kinner, John Il.
Haughey, Thomas Lemont, Altheus Ken
non Conrad Sheire, Jacob kcnning, Pat
nick McGarrien, Patrick Mention, Sophie
Brand, Martin Higgins, Jacob Mahr,
Michael Nugent six unknown men.
Deaths in Brooklyn: John Loos SO years
old; Frank Gibbs, 35 Mrs Allen Cahill,
B3 Mrs Annie Shibley, 43; John Higgins,
o; Michael Hyland, &c. Otto Soldan, ?;
Morris Pettigrew, 80; John Ijenkler; Will
liam Kane, 40; two unknown men.
i Staten Island heat victms Patrick
Whalen, aged 80 years; Thomas Leach,
e2; Patrick Reagan 35 Romano Locher-
mann, 70; Patrick Quinn, 35; Frederick
Blume AZ; Thomas J. Pittman, "a; vii,
liam Schmidt, 10; Pauline Becker, 72;
Mary Farrell. 49, Patrick Ruddy, 25
James Flanders, 90; Frederick Taber, IS
Charles Gargardi 25.
! The dead in Jersey City: Patrick Sheri-
dan, "a years old Charles Callahan, 81;
Henry Ticdoman, 81; Jacob Eisel, 85;
Charles NJ. Harding, 27; David Pryor, 45; ,,
John Hart, IS; John Kerwin and an un-
known man supposed to be a baker named
"A. Upper; an unknown man of middle |
nge.
= In Hoboken: Henry D. Meyer, aged A |
years; John Pridy, Richard Kraeger and
IN unknown man about 10 years old
, In New Brunswick, N. j.. Mrs S. Fl. |
Lane, aged 80; Thomas Bradley, 80, and
Thomas Brown, 43.
{, In Newark, n. j.: Miskato Pelof, aged
Is; Charles Huntley, n; Charles Rose
Grams, 8S; David Cusack, 45; John Nc
hugh, Michael Drury, Alexander McNish