New-York tribune., 1902-08-05
LAID LOW BY THE HEE
~HEF FRUSTRATED IN HOTEL BASE
MENT DIES AT NEW-YORK
HOSPITAL.

There was no record breaking weather yesterday
although the temperature was q degrees
four degrees higher than the average for the day
for the last twenty-five years. The maximum tenn
nerature which was recorded at 5 o. M was S5
degrees several degrees below the record for the
season There were several prostrations and one
death from the heat. They were as follows;
Tony Corbet. thirty-one years old, or NO Il
Parrou,-s4 was overcome while at work Pier
No. a. North River He was taken to the Hudson
Street Hospital
Robert Good. of No. PIG West sixty-eighth-st.'
was overcome at Fffth-ave. and One-hundredth-st-
and taken TO the Harlem Hospital.
Bridget Kane. ffty-four years old. of No las
Second-ave. was overcome yesterday morning IN
front of No 300 East SiXtiethSt, and taken TO the
Presbyterian Hospital
Albert Speves sixty-ive years old of No. 152
West One hundred nd fort y-rst-st.. was over
come the pier at Fifdeth-st and the North
River. and taken TO Roosevelt Hospital.
Unidentified man about thirty-hve years old.
overcome by the heat in front of No. 325 West
Fifty -fourth-st. He taken to the Roosevelt
Hospital The man is about feet inches tall.
weighs about $50 pounds and has light complexion.
He had dark hair, smooth shaven and wore
blue serge suit with black Fedora hat. He was
unconscious when taken to the hospital. and his
condition serious.
Joseph Hammard, thirty-seven years old en-
ploye at the Herald Square Hotel. was overcome
by heat while at work in the hotel. He was taken
to the New-York Hopital. where he died
A large crowd o. sghtseers visited the cave-in
caused by Sundays storm at West One-hundred-
and-forty-ifth-st and Bradhurst-ave.. yesterday
and considerable amusement caused by several
persons who, in leaning over too far TO look to
the bottom. lost their hats These were only re-
gained after considerable trouble gang OF thirty
men began in the morning repair the damage
done to the sewer and water pipes. Foremen James
Hughes and James Finn, of the Sewer Department
said that the work would take several days TO
complete and that the occupants of Nos. 32l. 323
32t and 327 West hundred-and-forty- -dfth-s. in
front OF whose houses the break occurred, would
be without water for at least two days
y sang of Iaborers under Canavan Brothers. con-
90 feet long and 10 inches thick The tenants Of
No. 37 Were ordered out. the building more
undermined than the others The buildings viii be
closely watched. The manhole in front CT No. 3l2
began TO sink with the ground around II. and the
day.
The sewer drains the district bounded by One
hundred and -fortyntth and One-hundTed and-nfty-
NTH SITS and Ed6ecombe, St Nicholas and Convent
ayes 1t runs under the sidewalk. as is usual
Nhere the street Is rnacadaInized ana IS IN mace
ground: The heavy rain. II washing this ground
away. loosened the supports Of the sewer, causing
II TO coiaPSe ana faI on the main water pipe 4n-
derneath- The water pipe then broke and Hooded
which Is about twenty-five feet below the street
level received the overflow, and from 1t the water
ran into the cellars OF the nathoUses on the south
side OF One-hundred and-forty-fifth-s h-st and the
north side Of One-hundred and forty fourthst Yes
terday morning, however. the water in the Gel
lars had dried up and no material damage was
Walter Reid, building Inspector. after examining
Nos. &2l 323, a25 and 327 West ne-hundred- and
loryItth-st said that al were perfectly safe eN-
cept No 81. This would have 10 be shored up
think the tenants would have leave the building.
All the houses affected, however, will have 10 have
extensive repairs made the sIoops having sunk
several feet In some cases they collapsed en-
Neither Of the four houses viii have sewer water
or gas connections for some time. 1ney are on
what is known as Colonial Park property. and are
Hayden