The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-12
HEAT VICTIMS MULTIPLY
Two Hundred More Deaths in New
j York and Brooklyn Alone.
RELIEF Is PROMISED TOMORROW.

The Weather Clerk at Washington Says
That Cool Wave Is Now Travelling
Rapidly Toward Us-some Remarkable
Records for the Thermometers.
New YORK, Aug. 12.-Another day Of
the fearful heat which Is depressing this
section has added II page Of fatalities and
suffering more remarkable than its prede-
cessors. In New York city, in Brooklyn
and all the adjacent towns and through.
out the states of New York and New Jer.
sey the days results ovcrshadow the re.
suit of any other day In this city alone
the death list for twenty -four hours footed
up at midnight, contains more than 100
names; Brooklyn adds about 20 to tho list,
and the heats victims In suburban towns
brings the total to 100.
Men and women walking along the
streets have dropped in their tracks and
died before physicians could be summoned,
and horses have died as though stricken
by plague. Many factories have been
closed, and outdoor workers have been
compelled to drop their tools and find
shelter during the hours when the sun
was at its height Particularly among
policemen and letter carriers has the suf-
ferlng been intense, and many have been
compelled to stop work from both forces.
Along the business streets mon have
walked with umbrellas over their heads
with coats on their arms and fans In their
hands. The hospitals of this city are
crowded to their full capacity, while the
doctors and nurses have been kept at work
night and day until many of them have
succumbed to the strain.
The department Of public works has
come to the relief Of the tenement house
districts, and forces of men with hose carts
are patrolling the streets of these sections
and 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 4
: tonight brings relief many prostrations
are looked for in the Madison Square
Garden meeting, and preparations are be-
ing made for special force Of medical
men and for special amS llances.
The thermometer has for the past six
nights fallen but few degrees from the
limits registered during the hottest part
of the day. The heat on Monday night
helu almost stationary at 81 degrees until
o'clock yesterday morning, and as soon
as the sun began to ascend tha thcrmom-
eter did likewise, until all previous records
for Aug. II were broken The highest
previous record for Aug II was 03 degrees
in 1891 and 09 degrees in 1892, while yes
terday it registered upon the top of the
Manhattan Life Insurance building, where
the weather bureau Is situated 035 de-
grees, md the humidity, which is far
worse than the boiling sun, stood at 70,and
down on the streets it was not less than
five degrees warmer.
In this city and Brooklyn yesterday the
deaths from heat arc estimated at POO. In
other places NJ reported by telegraph they
were Trenton, N j., 5; Jersey City, 49,
Staten Island, IA Newark, 9; Long Island
City,5; Pattcrson,4; HWkensack, 2; Pas
sale, g. lIobokcn7; Baltimore, 10; Wash
ington, 3; Chicago, 80; St Louis, Q; Bos-
ton 6; Springfield, Mass, 2; Nashua, n.
H., 2; Hartford, | New Haven, 8; Provi-
dcnce 4; Pawtuckot, h, l., /; Sullivan,
Ind, l.