The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-12
PEOPLE DROP IN THE STREETS
Factories Closed. Outdoor Work
stopped and Hospitals Crowded.
Streets IN the Tenements Flooded With
Water From Hydrants-Nen. wo-
men and Children Rush Into the
Ssreams-A Dreadful Night for the
Bryan Notification Meeting.


ten has added a page OF fatalities ard
suffering mere remarkable than its pre-
d@eeSsars. In New York city, In BROOKLYN
ard al the adjacent towns. and through
cat the states OF New York and New Jer-
sey toaayts reports or deaths and pr0ssra-
tions oyershadow the record Of any other
day in many years
In this city alone the death list for
tNenty-fogr hours footed up at midnight
more than 100 names. Brooklyn adds
about twenty to the list. and the heat
victims IN The suburban towns bring the
total 10 10.
Men and women walking along the
streets dropped IN their tracks and died
before physicians could be summoned.
aRd horses died as though stricken by a
plague Many factories have been closed.
and outdoor workers have been compelled
70 drop their tools and find shelter dur
Ing the hours when the sun was hottest.
Particularly among policemen and lester
carriers has the suffering been intense
and many have been compelled TO stop
work
The hospitals OF this city are crowded
70 their faN capacity. while the doctors
and nurses have been kept at work night
and day. until many of them have sue
cgFn5ed 10 the strain.
Tha department OF public works has come
10 the relief Of the tenement house dis
tricts. and forces of men with hose carts
are patrolling the streets OF these sections
ana flooding them with water from the
corner hydrants. Men, women and chill
dren rush IN groups under the streams
from the hose, and the night scenes among
the tenements as the relief parties make
their rounds are unprecedented.
Unless tomorrow brings relief. many
rrostrations are looked for in the Madison
Square Garden meeting, and preparations
are being made fer a special force of
medical men and special ambulances.
The Thermometer has for the past six
nights fallen but a few degrees from the
limits registered during the hottest part
OF the day. The heat on Monday night
held almost stationary AZ 81 degrees until
o'clock Tuesday morning. As soon az
the sun began TO ascend the thermometer
did likewise. until all previous records for
August IL were broken. The highest pre-
vIogs record for August II was 50 degrees
In fs2i. and 81 degrees in iss2. while the
register upon the top OF the Manhattan
Life Insurance building where the weather
bureau is situated. showed 20 degrees, and
the humidity, which was far worse than
the boiling sun, stood az 20. and down on
the streets it was not less than degrees
warmer
The official Temperatures beginning at
noon. vas as follows. L noon. 80 degrees:
] p. m. 80. p. m. s3 p. m. 60. p. m.
ss: p. m. g: 6 p. m. q. and p. m, -.
and up TO midnight the temperature I'D
not drop but a few degrees. registering
IS.
In Jersey City there were twelve deaths
and twenty-eight prostratIons: on Staten
island fourteen deaths and nineteen pros
trafiOns. IN Newark. nine deaths ard
twenty prostra lions: In Long Island City.
FIVE deaths and thirteen pros;rations: In
pa - rz an a g.
trstIoRs. IL Hacksnsack. two deaths and
FIVE pros,rationS: in Passaic. three deaths
and SIX arostrations: in Hoboken. seven
deaths and sixteen prostrat.ons. The
total prosfrations in New York and
Brooklyn are estimated at go
Joseph @. Plank who died today az
Staten Island was married TO Annie Bon
dar, OF Brooklyn, last evening. AT the
bridal supper he succgmbed 10 sunstroke.
He was never able again 10 recognize
his bride or friends.
The following deaths were reported at
Bellevue HOSPITAL today: John Veal.
Jacob SchmeT. Henry yerslage. Thomas
Bern. Charles DlIlman. George Tnellmeis-
ter, James G. Bel. unknown woman. Ed
ward Hildehrandt. James Cassidy.
In Brooklyn there were ten deaths this
morning and a number OF prostrations
due 70 heat. The dead are: Patrick Cal
iope Mary Fawcett. Christopher Kuhn,
Deitrick S1opkisch. Patrolman William
Lyman. John King. AIRS. Victor Hoskey.
william r. Farrell Thomas Branansn.
John G. Denaing.
In the interior Of the state the heat Is
unabated. Troy reports four deaths n
the last fwenty-four hours.
4 Thermometer hung IN the portico OF
the city hali in this city. within reach OF
the heat radiafea from the asphalt yak.
bat stIn In the shade, Indicated IL above
zero.
washington CWy. AuE. 1.-The weather
bureau tonight holds out modera.s RELIEF
FOR the Fast AMI Central states within
thA next twenty-gour hours. II was with
some p~l8e that Mai Dunw9ody tonight
referred 20 tha area of high barometer
which he sighted OF The Rockies last nlEht-
T-ha AREA then central over the Mississippi
valley moved 70 the northeast, an4 tonignt
was bound 20 sea over the 81 Lawrence
valley. dragging the high heats IN its
wake. Then came the saIl % temperature
wnIeh panting humanity has been waiting
rar so srupa.iently for ten DAYS Or more
Montana. Colorado, Iowa. Kansas and
Nebrasxa fer its ca0l breath and enjoyed
a fall 81 temperature Of from ~ 20 - oe-
r~aes Il Travelled about 30 miles IN twsn-
ty-fou- hoars Ma Dunwoody says y VIII
move eastward AZ a more rasld lace a1f'nS
tne next twenty-four hours. ana = ceh-
tra4 over trE AHtQ FAAAAf e-+t* $40 -1
lake region tomorrow n1Ent and Feaea tae
Atlantic coast ~ Thursday morning. Al
together this pgotrastea hot s2e14 eaA 0e
~ssssas ax rerwarkahie Tze hish am
neratnra fu the prairie country has 'satea
twenty DAYS. IN the Western t8a4t states
a fortnight. and on the Atlantis seA90-f4
a wesE-
The nlghest Temperature today @ets'
pasta agfeFeasa q %ew YORK ard Albany.
e. yg-eanfrrf.r Gytv. 81. Norfolk. Va. at
Mantxoznerv Ala. =; 31a5eae, ieN-t =
:. Yofsfs - Cvn}cago. - Along the Pa
rse~ .,asss ese mercury ranges from - "a
"a hv- az some paints hack thirty miles
inland from San F'sancisoo TIE lafF'ilo's1e~ =
se~ registered 1aa
Tss,tSbrfrw Aur. 1.-Two deaths aaf
several vros-rafions resulted from heat
~, 70 ~s7sn today. TIE eeAd are Ar&-
My WASH. WlNlsm EGsan. At u
osesark enc mercury registered g degrees
8~azha. Aux. u--Repe-ts - the Tnltea
Ssxtas wea.her harsaa lnsI3cste drop *
sAs.sr g degrees ~ n4ghr- 4 eold waTe
a. svqa@n.ux frsn1 TIA northwest TIE
-rs~~arv has fallen = degrees AZ C1ey-
s.re. 4 degrees a. Hzvre. Mont
fvsf-aro. A1< 1a--Ths savers beat ecz-
.i-nes IA tsss city. There were aftT-oHe
victims Yesterday, ard tns nunaser pror1-
fses % Increase teEay- Tos weather h2-
rpzu rs rreaarts1 cooler Tesfhsr 10
wsxht A. o'esa-k shss zcrGsng t1s
star-no -seser registered s. a. TIE scp q
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