The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-12
FATALITIES FROM HEAT.
Pedestrians In New York Fall Dead
on the Pavement.
OVER ONE HUNDRED DIED YESTERDAY
Laborers Forced to Cease W"rk-A Cool
BIe~Ee Promised by tho Govern
ment Weather bureau.


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New YORK, August li.--another DAY OF
fearful heat, which is expressing this
! ct,v had ,dde.1 ,nothor nag. or ao.th
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ana suffering more reharkapie thah any
of It's predecessors.
In New York city, Brooklyn and all
49,. a.,t,a., - -, -.
the adjacent towns ana throuGh the
! States of New York and New Jersey the
! reports, of deaths and prostrations over
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H"i"ow tue ioco'u vi ""9 o'"ei u"y III
many years. In the city alone the death
ust for twonty-four hours footed up nj
| l,.,, ,,. - -, 100
h'HHis"' 'o""'"s more 'h"H oo names
brooklyn adds about twenty TO the list
and the heats victims in suburban towns
brings the total TO no Men ana women
-, ~ ~ 'oV' 80 "',N "'''e'
wdlNihg along the streets have dropped in
their tracks and died before physic.ans
eould be summoned and horses have died
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 It's height. Partic-
ularly among policemen and letter car
r.ers has the suffering b~n intense, and
many hdve been compelled to stop work
streets men have wnlk.,i viii ,n,hrnfin
over their heads, with coats on their
arms ana fans In their hands. The hos
ia cS al hS city, Wb Are crowded 5 TO- their
nurses have bean kept at work nGsb. a a,,d
day until many of them have si,a9,mn I,i |
works has ro,ne ,o , Iivp rsi OF pubic
mont hcasc distrcts we en ,e',ei f oi we 'une
Wl carts are pairoing the ie's streets St s"{ on
waIsr rni fsS% The 6ydraais Men" " women men
streams from The hose ou nn,, d ,hn MIN, the
,artv n,aIsls ,nv 'eueiiehts as thc relief
, ','';s maze tneir rounds ore unprece-
.ef many pr9s,r9a1 ionrow sr nignt hr'"ss re-,
Madison Square Garden. and rrcpaat on ti
a ,,, nelng made for Il force of medical
The thermometer has ,is'' f"r ,bs nae. s,,
nights fallen but a few degrees fr" from, t ss
limits registered during the hottest part
Tuesday mornIns S'' amy "s AT " nntil clock
S [,a to !, ascend he ihermomeer did Ike
ii were broken T TtS fs ,ih Tor AUGUST
record for august II Ne wl ns ~ R,rpeviogs
e srs aGfr ,es Z is whie ioday t res saH
Insi,,, Tpo" , ,H lop OF the Manhattan Life
bureau is stna.ed i s S9P dsvr the Me,ther
1.h which is far worse tS H"a the the
r,roetss TN; va s,oon at 20, and down on the
warner was not less than degrees
o The official temperaturc beginning at
, ~ m w; ~ "' i"Iows, Noon 30, p. m. 50.
g and m TO- All ~ % p 10 m r. r m, m
rnpemtnre dil not drop but n few
'1 E,alio,r. r,ag.sterne IS.
!, p n tn wlg IS revised list of deaths:
;IilcspIe. TO- Emil yfta rd of age e Morris
Munton' 20; sophie Brandon "a; j. j 'li ae.
!lnznr, ~ Marsarct Walmck, %; August
> slr la, 81 Michael o'Toole. IS. Patr.cK
j - 40; 70 McGu!rk, iS; Charles In i lips S
r oh n."''S ess,,nnEert, ~; Charles Kramer, 49,
Iohn soanien e'l .De ,r' bridget O'llara,
c, 1lI,"''' 1n ~; Heorsr March 90; Annie
ellie IL 'I IN, lnlssekc, Horny Gros- Q
)nfrv !, hpyio, Alice Ernest. Michael a
3r,nnrd Nccnr, ,TigtFaId. John bowling, c
ct. ' oi" 'inco JOIN M1rsden, SO; John u
Nally, 40. PAWN 'io,,an. 30; John Mo q
anderson. IS: Wary iTronbSsII t, -, l,.,rry c
my; ;rSss ~ y. u Hridee, Mulaney. ~ Jacob ' c
on, q; Unknown man. aboni t''' ao0 t mm, G
'assc 80; Josonh Eisks,nn a., ~, Ionn Y
,ncrian. 81; clara North ?. vi,ii,rm y
,, ny, a. John G1mbana. 10, 'Thom,n a
;ra ann, "aattleS l13lman. Z months. Sophe e
,n'rVno hospital; Ed Hiiderbran a. %
ai''S nassidy. 70; Francis Mooney. sam u
w. aao' issty Frederick Potrowsky Al
4, .9 rit' towers "a; Charles F'ianngno
D. James tsGon,uinr, 81 George Seyer
!, 1870 rmh"8an, II. Pair clS Iryan
vyndorf, .InIjns r nomy Saves. August u q,
ialsreiicb ii% Leo e. Mayer. Charles c,
ndrcw Titman, iG, Gh 5uhn Gp9tr tr' Al y
I, Knight II; chart. sntruhineir "a; IL. re-
'olman Pctor +. Kane Of tRn Wo m "a b,
lg, % N'"on' Al Herman Lud- -