The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-11
MANY VICTIMS OF THE HEAT
The Terrible Mortality in and About
New York City.
PATROL WAGONS AS AMBULANCES
The Hospitals Unable to Furnish Trans
portation For the Dead and Dying,
Are Obliged to Call Upon the
Police Department for Aid.

deaths caused by the neat In greater New
York yesterday is about u hundred, and
additional victims are being recorded
The prostrations are almost in
Vulnerable, and no accurate estimate of
them can be made. Ambulances and
patrol wagons were running about all
day, the clamor of their gongs becominga
familiar sound Street car horses dropped
in 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 n of the
hottest known in the city for years. Morn
ing brought no relief, and at s a. M. the
thermometer stood five degrees higher
than the same time Sunday, but as the
humidity was less intense than on theipre-
ceding day there was less discomfort in
the atmosphere. Early in the morning
there wa but so per cent of humidity,
which is rather below the normal.
The. official record of temperature at s
q. m. was 50 degrees at 4 p. m, 80. These
tests were taken on the top Of one of the
highest buildings in the city. The street
temperature, taken in the shade at u point
near the center of the city, was SO at 8 a.
M, rose to 81 at II, to 90 at 1 p. m, to 1902
az p hiN tb " AAtNA AAC y o. VIZ hANA
decreased to SO at Q p. IN.
Suffering has been most intense in the
tenements, where poor people are unable
TO get breathing space. In these sections
the charitable organization 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 ambulances could not cope with
The number of cases reported. So police
patrol wagons were pressed int service
to carry heat victims to the hospitals.
Many other wagons were used to carry
away dead and disabled animals.
Following is a list Of the deaths yester-
day: Charles Swanson, 40 years old
Peter Brady, SO; Samuel Beckman, s.;
John Zoga, 35; Martin MCGOWAN, So;
Thomas McFadden, 4S; Marie Reilly, 81
Ellen Sullivan, 30; T. G. Courtney, As;
Patrick Farrell, 30; William Armstrong,
&c; Robert Anderson, So; Michael Nc
Cam, 80; Selig Kinsburg, IS; John Law
Ter, 30; Refine Drucke, 81; Charles Car
roll, 33; Henry Schroeder, 90; James Far
rell, As; William Drouson, 25i Jennie
Mouze, IL; Louis Schumann, 80; Peter
O'Brien, 25; Norah O'Brien, 4; Rev.
Father William Foy, As; Charles Paula,
B5 Martin Kane, As; AmeltO Blanes, "A
Thomas Byrnes, AZ; f. H. S%tullender, %;
Charles F. Mcdonald, 30; Catherine
Crowley, 80; Henry Dehslate, 80; Charles
Hoffman, "a; William Strong, So; Kate
Uhl, %; Thomas Kenney, 20; Charles
Kitzendorf, 49, Ad6lph Strasser, 30; Henry
Diederich, 43; julius Arriens, 36 Edward
May, president of the Mount Electric
Light company; PatrOlman John Goodi-
son, 81 Barney Birch, 40; Michael Whine,
| SO; John Hillson, so; Joseph Walker, 49,
Patrick Thornton, %; Peter Moran, 80
Mary Jauch, SO; Adolph Straens, 80; Ben
jamin Hasserlo, 45; John Leideh, 50; Sarah
Broderick, 81 Thomas Kehoe, 2S; John
Campbell, 80; Patrick McGlone, 80; Emil
Erdman, ], H. Okeer, Mamie Carroll,
James Gitlaney, Gustave Kelley, Louis
Hoffman, Thomas D. Burke, Norah None,
NJ. Greiten, Benjamin Hossenlopp, Fred
erick Darling, j.. d. Kinner, John F,
Haughey, Thomas Lemont, Altheus Ken
non, Conrad Sheire, Jacob Kenning, Pat
rick McGarrien, Patrick Mention, Sophie
Brand, Martin Higgins, Jacob Mahr,
Michael Nugent, six unknown men.
Deaths in Brooklyn; John Loos, 3Syears
old Frank Gibbs, 36; Mrs. Allen Cahill,
SO; Mrs. Annie SHIRLEY, 43; John Higgins,
20; Michael Hyland, 90; Otto Soldan, 2;
Norris Pettigrew, 80; John Benkler; Will
liam Kane, 45 two unknown men.
Staten Island heat victims: Patrick
Whalen, aged 80 years; Thomas Leach,
22; Patrick Reagan, 30; Romano Locher-
mann, 70; Patrick Quinn, 30; Frederick
Blume,- AZ; Thomas j. Pittman, "a; Will
liam Schmidt, 50i Pauline Becker, ~;
Mary Farrell, As; Patrick Ruddy, 25;
James Flanders, so; Frederick Taber, 56
Charles Gargardi, 20.
The dead in Jersey City Patrick Sheri-
dan, "a years old; Charles Callahan, 81;
Henry Tiedoman, "a Jacob Eisel, 80
Charles NJ, Harding, ~; David Pryor, 40;
John Hart, So John Kerwin; and an un-
known man supposed to be a baker named
A. Upper; an unknown man of middle
age,
In Hoboken Henry d. Meyer, aged A
years; John Pridy, Richard Kraeger and
an unknown man about 40 years old.
In New Brunswick, N. j.; Mrs. S. H.
Lane, aged 32i Thomas Bradley, 90, and
Thomas Brown, 43.
In Newark, n. j.; Miskato Pelof, aged
49, Charles Huntley, n; Charles Rose
Grams, 9s; David Cusack, 40; John Nc
Hugh, Michael Drury, Alexander McNish
and Daniel 0'Learey.