Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-07-20
MANY DIEUND[RSUN' SRAYS !
Heat Kills SO Persons il the
East.
70 DEATHS IN NEW YORK CITY
whitening Temperature with Sitting
Humidity - Prostrations Numerous
Among Those Exposed-The Summer
Seems to BE Record Breaker.

New York, July 20.-Seventy dead
and tifty-one Frustrated. That incom-
pletely tells the story of the days kill
ing heat. In the streets, which threw
back like giant reflectors the quivering
heat, the temperature reached 100 de-
grees in the middle of the afternoon.
Officially it was 94 but the heat that
killed was greater than that. Humidity
did it's share to break the records and
fill the hospitals and crowd the
morgue. At twilight the wind shifted
and welcome breeze made the night
endurable. Half Of the fatalities were
among babies and little children and
there are now about forty bodies of
the little ones lying in the morgue Of
Bellevue. One death was from an at
tempt at suicide, while the subject was
crazed with the heat. Many little chill
dren were badly hurt by falls from
fire escapes onto which they had
crowded for relief from the oppressive
weather.
IATtAl IASG VI ZIG A0Aus
The list of dead. aside from the ba-
bies at the morgue, is as follows: Chas.
T. Latter, "a years old; Otto Henke,
81 years old; John Hartford, 80 years
old; Joseph Lawrence, 81 years old;
Rameau jacques, 4S years old; Sarah
Golden, p years old; J. Runax. 40
years old; John Moran, As years old;
Martin Coheeney, rs years old: John
Mcclure, 81 years old; Cartherine
Toole, so years old; Patrick Kelly, 60
years old; Dennis Buckley, 40 years
old; James Weigler, 26 years old;
Timothy Singleton, "a years old; Maria
McCauley, IS years old; Joseph Len
non, IS years old: James Oehon, IS
years old; Unknown man, As years old;
Anthony Beinich, % years old; Arthur
Dougherty, 81 years old; Ann Sicily.
Thomas, Greri. 40 years old; John
Wohan, As years old; Mrs. Mary F.
Kelley, Elizabeth, N. j.; Richard ST.
conner, Hoboken: J. Enkin, Jersey
City; John A. Pole, Hampstead, L. l.;
JdLltS ldLtcl, 90 yCdi olu, 4>S"oi ~ Az
j.; William Moore, 60 years old, New
ark, N. j.; Thomas Ogilvle, AZ years
old, BROOKLYN; Patrick McCabe, larry
town, N. Y; Henry A. Hage, 50 years
old, committed suicide at Port Rich
mond, Staten Island; John Mcdonald
AZ years old: Daniel Mi!ligan, 40 years
old, Paterson, N. J. @
03 In This List.
Deaths reported from eastern cities
for the day are New York city, 70;
Elizabeth, N. j., /; Hoboken, N. j., 1;
Jersey City, N. j., 1; Hampstead, L. l.,
i; Newark, N. j., 2; Brooklyn. N. Y,
/; Tarrytown, N. Y. /; Port Richmond,
S. l., l.; Paterson, N. j., l; Phila Gel
phia, Pa, 6: Camden, N. j., 2; Boston,
Mass, 3; Pittsburg, Pa, 2; total, SO.
Six Deaths in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Pa, July 20.-The ex-
cessive heat caused the death of six
persons in this city and two in Cam
den, N. J. Up to a late hour forty
cases of prostration were treated at
the various hospitals. The condition
of some of the patients is serious, and
it is thought that other fatalities will
result At noon the mercury had
reached SO degrees, and it rose to its
highest point at 2 o'clock in the after
noon when SO degrees was noted. The
humidity was GO per cent during the
day, but decreased at night to so per
cent
Boston Reports Three Deaths.
Boston, Mass, July 20.-The hospi-
tai reports show that between thirty
and forty persons were Frustrated by
the heat in this city, three OF whom
have since died.
Two Dead at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa, July 20.-The tenn
perature was lower by 10 degrees than
yesterday-the maximum being So
yet two deaths and number of pros
trations are recorded as result OF
the heat. The dead are Mrs Christina
Weaver, s. years old, and James Beth
ell, 40 years old.
Europe Suffers from Heat.
London, July 20.-Torrid heat con-
tnues throughout Europe. The mer-
curry indicated IS degrees in the shade
in London. The hospitals are busy
caring for victims of heat prostra-
ton. Nine fatal cases are reported.
Laborers are obliged to knock off work
during the hottest hours of the day.