The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-21
HEAT VICTIMS.
Two Infants Perish in Their Mo-
Tiers Arms in Street.
TW.ENIsY-O ONE DEATHS.

" 'SssRpSisss-t> Ao,- - ~AO"~~e A'S'osSo
Train Sesa Victim Fall in the Car
and DiS. Over Fifty Prostra.
tlons In One Day.
According to the New York Ameri
can Monday of last week in that city
was a daY}of terrible, overpowing heat
which rolled up an appalling list Of
dead and frustrated, was checked and
temperedspnly for time in the after.
noon by alSiolent storm, which flood.
cd cellarsi sisewers and Subway, and
left a tralIof disaster and ruin In it's
wake. At!night it was again intoler-
ably hot. Nineteen persons, most of
them children, were killed by the
SUMS merciless rays and stilllng hu.
midity. $Scores of others were over
como, and at midnight new cases were
still being reported.
First 40 was the extremely high
temperature which assailed the city
| almost aT break Of day. at a. M.
76 degrees, and from that time on the
mercury kept climbing steadily. The
climax came at 2 p. M, when 80 was
| reached, But 1T was the extraordinary
degree oghumidity which caused most
| Of the dlatress. At o. m. the densi-
ty of tRSair registered the very high
mark $3.50. Relief came in the after
noon wfpn the heavy rainstorm sent
the mefsury tumbling 16 degrees in
less than an houe. The rainfall in
that time was 1.2O inches.
Lighthlng also came along with the
rain and struck the City Hall flag
staff il3 Brooklyn, cutting spiral
ribbon from 1t. The bolt tore the
flag to pieces, flung down the eagle
surmouR ting 1t shocked fifty persons
in the building, besides cutting out
the electrlc switch board and extln.
guishitsg all OF the lights.
The1atn came 80 suddenly and in
such bhnding volumes that the streets
we're speedily converted into running
streaD'', For the first time in good
imam avs lower Manhatten received
asgS egefreshing drenching.
lstgzx end Centre streets the
heavy G9fNrush OF waters swept back
from the clogged sewers and filled the
adjoining cellars. The back waters
swept down the streets and over the
side walks, and within fifteen minutes
there was two feet Of water in the
basement Of the Criminal Courts
Building. For Gimc II seemed as II
the engine room would be swamped
and the elevators shut down.
At the South Ferry terminal Of the
Subway the water poured over the
curbing and down the entrances in
| Niagara like volumes. The sudden
cessation OF the rain alone saved seri.
Gus trouble. AS 1t was, it took the
pumps over an hour to clear the tube.
But the worst phase Of the storm de.
veloped at ELM and Duane streets
where fifteen men were entombed in
the collapse OF an excavation under
mined by the heavy rainfall.
In Now Jersey and various other
sections of outlying and adjoining
suburbs lightning struck In several
places, but no one was killed. At
Ellis Island two bolts struck the ad.
ministration building and the last one
tore out ten feet Of the roof, besides
demolishing the skylights.
| Yet, despite this disastrous effect,
the storm was welcomed as few storms
have been welcomed this summer
The excursiOnlstS who had left New
York on Saturday and Sunday apd
had congratulated themselves on the
manner In which they had escaped
| han H,l
ditiGns worse than those from which
they fled.
The suffering, Of course, was the
keenest on the crowded East Side. 1t
always is. Yesterday the sidewalks
were packed with suffering, painting
men, women and children, in all states
Of dress and undreSs, trying to find
relief, that was not to be found. 1t
was to these sections that the ambu.
lances were kept going most frequent.
ly, and 1t was from the ranks OF the
suffering East Siders that death and
the hospitals gained their largest list
Of recruits. The deadly rapidity with
which babies succumbed was heart
rending.
Two infants died in the arms OF
oiiCil polOlO UllC oCIlOuollCSo VI
their condition was realized. Another
baby died In the carriage in front Of
) the door, where it had been tempora
rily left standing. In almost every
instance the end came so swiftly that
parents had little or no warming.
Whereas the children predominateC
In the list of fatal cases, the grown
ups practically comprise the entir,
roll OF prostratlons. Brooklyn suffer
ed equally with Manhattan, and IL
both borougha ambulances were KEEP
busy taking the stricken ones to til,
hospitals. The majority of thos,
overcome in Manhatten went to til,
Hudson Street Hospital. Tner
almost every cot was filled befor
night, and several physicians them
selves narrowly escaped falling ex
hausted from their exertions. IIea
victims fell unconscious on the street
In the Subway and on the elevated
trains.
John Falvy, formerly foreman O
q Fire Department Truck No. Id, lC
: Gated on East One Hundred an
q twenty Fifth street died In Thir
= avenue elevated train. Mr.. Falvy
who weighed over two hundred pound
Il had given MS seat TO an aged woma
= and few moments later he fell t
- the floor. At Thirty fourth street h
n a