The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21
Record Of Deaths and Prostatons Ex-
ceed That Of tuesday.
THUNDER STORM BRINGS RELIEF
75-Many Prostratfons Occurred at
Seaside RcsOrt-Driven Insane by
the Heat a Young Mother Stabbed
Her Baby to Death and Attempted
Suicide-Hundrcds OF Horses Pros
trated

New York, July 19.-Whiie the rec
ord of deaths and prostrations greatly
exceed that of yesterday there was a
distinct diminution today in the tenn
perature prevailing throughout the
eastern section Of the country. Al
though the midday heat was every
where terrific, it was broken by scat
tered thunderstorms, many OF very
violent character, and towards, even
ing the temperature fell rapidly, until
normal summer conditions We're reach
ed
| In New York the highest tempera-
ture recorded was 95/one degree lower
| than that of yesterday, when the high
est record of the season was reached.
Philadelphia reported slightly
higher maximum range and in other
| cities the highest point Of yesterday
| was not touched while everywhere a
sharp fall was noticed, beginning early
| in the afternoon.
Following are the maximum tenn
peratures, and the deaths and prostra-
| tons from the effects of the heat
New York-MaXimum temperature,
95 degrees; deaths, 70; prostrations,
| 1O7
delphia-Maximum, 95.S; deaths
| 10; prostratiOns, 40.
Baltimore-Maximum 92.2; deaths,
| 4; prostrations, 8.
hington-Maximum, 90; deaths,
|; prOstratiOns, IA.
Observation-Disclosures, 94; deaths, l.;
prostrations, %.
Pittsburg-Maximum, 81, deaths, 5;
prOstrations, 6.
Buffalo-MaXimum, 76.
The accumulative effect Of the tor
idity of the day was painfully evident
| in the enormous increase Of the num-
ber of deaths in New York. While the
death roll of yesterday was only 26,
that of today reached the appalling to-
tai Of Is, being nearly half Of those
prostrated This was almost entirely
due to collapse Of young children and
| aged persons, whose exhausted vitality
was unequal to the strain of further
suffering.
After a night of sweltering heat
l
| the public parks, on piers along the
| river front, and in every vacant place
that promised a breath of air, the con-
ditions that confronted the people Of
New York this morning were terrifying
The sun rose in a clOudleSs sky and
hour after hour the heat grew more in
tense.
Every ambulance was kept busy and
l. IN Ao1e xryH0 o.
with sufferers.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon came
the long prayed relief when terrific
thunderstorm and a deluge of rain
burst O, " Brooklyn and the lower part
of Manhattan and sections of New
Jersey. In Brooklyn two men were
struck by lightning and seriously hurt,
and in Jersey City one man was KILLED.
While the storm lasted only few
minutes and left the upper part OF the
city untouched, the relief was almost
instantaneous, and from then on the
mercury fell steadily and cool breeze
springing up after sundown gave as
surance of a comfortable night.
Even the seashore resorts in the VI
cinity of New York did not escape the
heat and many prostrations occurred
among the thousands that fiocked to
Coney Island and the other beaches ON
the Long Island shore.
Among the distressing incidents OF
the day was the killing of her infant
in Brooklyn by young woman who
was suddenly driven insane by the
heat. She stabbed the child to death
and then made vain attempt on her
own life.
Leonard Sanders, a colored man,
from New Haven, Went mad III the
public park in East 13Oth street and
leaped into the river from the Har-
lem bridge. He was rescued by three
hoatmen after terrific struggle, n
which he upset the boat and nearly
drowned his rescuers.
Several of the deaths reported were
those of persons who had fallen, While
asleep, from fire escapes, where they
were endavoring to escape the sitting
atmosphere of crowded tenements.
In order to save all who might fall
into the hands of the police after court
hours the torment of night in the sta
ton house cells. the police magistrates
made arrangements TO accept bali for
prisoners at any hour during the night
during the continuance of the heat.
The suffering among animals during
the day was intense, hundreds of
horses, many of which died, being
prostrated. An extraordinary mortali-
ty among dogs and cats, of which hum
dreds of bodies were picked up in the
streets, were reported by the police.
Throughout New York state severe
thunderstorms with rain and winds,
served to moderate the heat
One man was killed and two injured
in Troy by the collapse of roof at the
Burden Iron Works during the storm.