The Washington times., 1901-07-03


the Mercury From Passing the
Century NarL-Hot Wave Not Over
Relief came too late yesterday for the
nine unfortunates who died as a result
of the great heat, and only in time To
save many of the twenty-one prostrated.
Yesterdays dead reported by the police
and at the different hospitals are:
JOSEPH HoLUB white. thirty-fve 6p5 Four
and-a-hsH Street southwest; died at Emergency
Hospital.
EDWARD FIAHERTY. white, ffty. so II Street
northwest. died at his home
THOMAS KING. Colorcd. aity-nne. 2l7 Reeves
Street northwest; died at MS home.
ESTHER WESTON. white f0rty-fye, 1919 Bin
ney Street; died al Garfield Hospital.
KIRK TAPLEf, colored fifty, los Green's
Court; died at his home
CHARLES FARRELL. c0lCred. 21I5 Champaiu
Avenue; died az Frcodman's Hospital.
JOHN BROWN, white, ffty-eicut, 6I2 Second
Street northwest; died at his home.
Infant of Laura GRAY colored seven months:
died at hCme. Sutherland Road. Anscostia.
Infant, colored, two months; died at : Fenton
Place.
The following is the list Of prostrations
reported:
At the Emergency Hospital:
George W Motley. white, sixty-five
years Old. 12i5 First Street southeast.
Spaulding stevens, white. sixteen years
old. Westm ireland County. Va. taken
sick on the steamer Wakefield.
James Rhodes. white twenty-five years
old. Twenty-second Street and Massachu-
sets Avenue.
L. II. Roseman.
David Ambrose
An unknown white man found at the
corner OF Sixth and C Streets northwest
William Nothey.
Emanuei Watcher.
James Lamb. white. seventy-five, Bal
timorg.
Unknown man, fell from wheel at Sew
enteenth ard II Streets.
Berry Thomas. coIOred, twenty years of
age. 221O Tenth Street northwest
James Pointer, colored. thirty-three
years old, 2-I5 Twelfth Street northwest
At Providence Hospital:
Morton Shelton, coIored, forty-uine
years old, a19 Four-and-a-half Street.
William Carroll, motcrman Capitol /
Traction Company
At Ca-ualty Hospital:
{. Z. 5rown, thirty-eight years old. Of 1
Culpeper Va, taken from American /
House.
r Bristoe, colored, thfrty-eight years
old, student at Howard University. l5l0 |
Fourteenth Street northwest.
At Frecdman's Hospital:
Thomas Harris. colored, fifty years old,
First and New York Avenue northwest.
taken from Nineteenth and F Streets.
Benjamin Thomas. colored, twenty
years Old. taken from Eleventh and How
ard Avenue.
Mr.. Cadet florist. Home Industrial
School, treated at Home Infirmary.
William Artz, 1896 Thirty-fourth Street.
John Davis, at Homeopathic Hospital
d H.
at COS Four-and-a-haIf Street. was taken
III at his residence shortly before 3 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. Friends in the
house rendered all the assistance possible.
and notified the Emergency Hospital.
Mr.. Holub died few minutes after resch-
ing the hospital without regaining con-
sciousness His case was diagnosed as an
acute attack Of sunstroke- Mr. Holub is
d stranger IN Washington. 1t is known
lhat ne mas been here from Maryland. but
rom rom what particular place has not vet
Edward Flaherty. fifty years of age g,
bookbinder employed in the Goy-ern7,;s-t
Flnung Office, was found dead in his
room at 5o9 II Street northwest shorty
aIIer clock yesterday evening
= laherty had complained of feeling III I
lutlhs the day and shortly after . O'Clock
Ittfed 10 his room I-Bon calling him (
loI supper. an inmate Of the house re- .
gaze pon entering tife room the caller
,ound tlaherty sitting in a chair dead 7
ne police OF the Sixth precinct station {
HtIt lmTneulatel ly notified and Scrgaa7rr .
Murphy responded. Word was also sent
% coroner NeviJt- A physician who was ]
3lninoned pronounced the mans death ;
iGe 90 heart failure, superinduced by the q
Flaherty had no relatives in this CITY T
% Tar as the police were able to learn [
,ut tney were informed that he frequent l
y \.
ne Parties being given them CaDrafrl q
5oaTdman, Of the Detective Bureau. has d
ioIned The New York authorities 10 try
no ICcaie the New York friends OF the s
lead man. but as Yet has received no a
sord from tLcm ( o
Thomas King. a cOlored man. fifty-uine b
ears old died at his home. 2I7 Reeves II
tett E9IthWest. without medical atten- a
ION about --l9 o'clock Yesterday after Q c
oon His daughter notified the police
!, NJ oeeond precinct that King hao been .
uHerlnS from the heat. and that his q
eath was the result of heat prosrration. $
ne coroner was notified. g
tsther Weston was found unconscious n
4oAlaE AFTERNOON on q vacant lot near
Olrteen.h street and Howard Avenue
no was removed 10 Garfield HospitaI
ne IlEe9 al l4ly Binney Street and was A
npI1yeu at the Pension Bureau Her =
=latiFes were not found until after she
y - az 5.59 clock yesterday morning.
MIX Iapiet. colored, a driver for J I
.au4g love was found dead in his bed -
lp3 Green's Court northwest He was u
bout f.ity years old and was complaining r.
the heat before he retired Coroner .
evitt was notified &C
Charles Farrell. colored, Of 2il5 Cham II
IAN avenue northwest, was another vic u,
m ol the heat Farrell was in a serious "a
1hniuon when he was taken from his r.,
ONE about - O'Clock yesterday morn ( r.,
u, ana despite the efforts Of The pb,si
ans at The FrCedmans HosDifaI Uy6ar. g.
g was taken, he died about two boD-s -
ter HIS mother was notified and win =,
Ike charge Of the remains =
A SeNen-mOnths-Old infant Of Laura -
ray. colored. whose home IS on the Sufb -
RAND Road, beyond Anacostia, succurqb- D.
! 10 the heat about 6:39 o'clock YESTERDAY ~,
corning. As no physician was in al Ia
.nd1nce the Coroner was notified hi
A cGlDred infant. two mon hs old died -.
prostration at the home Of its parents -
FeutOu Place. between X and l. and -
orth Capitol and First Str cts north- fl
est. yesterday afternoon. The Coroner "
as notified .
There Were a number Of other prostra- te
ms which Were not reported to the DO o,
'e, the patients .sia: removed 10 their :
lmcs in private cOngs- -ances and there g..
Gated. Several Infants also died yes- Il
Tday as the resu- Of the heat but as "
ey were attended oy family physicians
eiT deaths were only reported at the
ealth Office.
The mercury at the Weather Bureau III