New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
HOT WAVE KILLS TEN.
s5cCIDENTS IN IT'S WdKE.
Nan Made insane Crosuds IN Parks
and Public Baths.


-. .Es heat followed in the wake OF The pitt
-. clare of the sun yesterday the hottest June
- Z, ave wears Children in frail health had
.s.nco for life, particularly in tho tenement
-. - s,~triets. where their hold on lie is always
T.-,v in the day victims Of the heat and
s-;+v we're taken 70 the hospitals. BY noon
.,;ldren had died from the heat and half
49, -.,7e ~ prostrations had been reported.
sos5om has the bridge crush been so great
=. - between / and o'clock, when thousands
800 bomeward bound or bound for coney
--,.r5. struggled for a bare foothold In the all
100 few cars.
.,.soor lounging places all day. and at night be-
oe huge dormitories. At night in the East
-. ~,vl-s the sleepers were so thick in spots
s.s ,,e Law with his knees in the small of his
..,.hhor's back, as soldiers lie spoon fashion In
.,srebes The bath houses, which opened
,,storaav. failed 70 care for tenth of the crowd
s,,st besieged them
A. she bafhhouses in East 11th street and
.u.n street rlotous crowds made necessary the
.,T,ng OF the police reserves. One or two extra
.+roIrnen were stationed at the other baths In
sFsnbaftan and at the floating ones. and they
zere able TO cope with the crowds without fur
sher assistance
,.ss1 reported 20 the Coroner's Office sn Nfanhat-
tan They were:
z,vrP F7areucs two months old. No. ss7 A
rorroN william. rhir1y-ave years oid No. 4ss East
rrryFRcHIo Blanca, seven months old no 1s7 West
Horston street
r,pPTrr. james z, four months oid- No 5ia West
ssfh street
-7aTozA11 srsr4e t.vO months old. West fst
..rT7 Aaoaph SIXTY years old no. 81
CiS
POISSON John two months old, 10 e42 Third
oeRApY. Elizabeth. three months Old No iSe East
SMITH Andrew fourteen days old. TO as East s1st
street
The prostraflons reported TO the police between
midnight and midnight were:
Three persons died from the heat. and thirteen
were overcome in Brooklyn. The dead:
rsANAcAnz Margaret cour years ola OF 2noa Nos-
BnIrIeHAzG yozn. six months ola. OF no. sa5 ST
s9cK Thomas fh.EsyaZs years Ss q a,v ne iess Ss
works and died az ST. Johns Hospital
PRosTRATIoNR
soR aasa2.: S6; :n to sa5 ss rsss Ss oss & @
BsS S ssR Sss . Villains Wasafs aT aosD 4a E No. '0'
sad Esw York ssEausi taken to Kings County Hos
COLE .aas % :s s g Es.ss ADJ Bs5 2s Gos8a e S ~ '''
CURTIS Mary thiTty-ave years old. q 10. 6sl Starting
Places taken to Kings County Hospital
zO ssHns %ll1 sssa soE 70 ss zsls ssi Sa 0 NO $50 AfA
A sssnSs3 S sssn fs % isss sss9s f6fsa R No. "a @
HAND James hfty-six years old, of no. io8 Ayenus DI
faksn 70 Brooklyn Hospital
Lab :n 5n .o caazsaG sa zsa sso 3a 4 S SS r. Adams streets
aA s ..n ases sS sne1 sni oySts yi old OF NO iSs s'h
zoTI.ACH Luther. thir4y-thres years old OF Croqssy
and Bay 22d street; taken to Norwegian Hos
PORTER Elizabeth twenty years old OF Nineteenth
sTsads and isth street. taken % sensg Hospital
fSS g Ssans 81 sas f0y ysss DID, Of East Ne" York;
Euci IAano. Eve years old, living at No. 1s2
Mulberry street, was playing on the fire escape
Of the fourth floor there. when, dazed by the
heat which was thrown back from the hot street
and buildings. she fell 20 the street. striking
suuarely on the shoulders of a passing italian.
A patrolman picked up the child and sent her TO
St. yIncents Hospital, where she was found TO
be seriously injured. The man who broke her
tau was go frightened that he fed without say
sng a word. but his speed indicated that he es-
caDed scatheless
Late in the evening another child fell from
fire escape. receiving concussion OF the brain.
The victim this time was Mamie NeIM. four
years old Of No 80 BIeecl1er street She fell
through an opening into the yard, thirty feet
below She IS In a serious condition in 81 VIM
cents Hospital.
When the Storm which brought slight re-
lief from the heat, swept the city, John Rue, a
butcher. living at No. e31 Teller avenue. was
struck down by a tree limb loosened by light
ming bolt. The tree stood in front OF NO. BOA
East 153d street. A patrolnan who went TO his
rescue found that he was bruised and cut. but
had escaped serious injury.
II was so hot early in the morning that James
Brennan Of No 153 East 23d street went TO the
fire escape to Sleep He rolled of into the yard,
two stories below, probably fracturing ms skuLl.
The heat made insane Harry Butler, OF NO. 3lo
West 117th street. who has been frail in health
FOR long time without warning, he began 20
scream wildly and tried TO throw himself from
a window His mothers cries for help brought
neighbors. who restrained him until the arrival
Of Patrolman Burns. OF the West 125th street
station Burns needed az; the help that five
men could yiys him 20 get the crazed man into
straittaclset and 20 the J. Hood Wright Hospital.
The East Side bs1.l.s were besieged the moment
t3ev were opened ~ 3 g. m. There is always
Zig attendance on saturday the Hebrew Sab
iatI The bath being a ceremonial requirement.
bpt 20 heat brought cut hundreds who sought
'l.iy tl~ cco!aess of tilc shower baths.
A. ~ oasfihcusc at EoZ. LIB ana l35 Allen
ft-~e; s5ueh Mui.ary s in charge. with three men
at6 tiiree qon.aa i:3der hira. There are seventy
eight showers aaa Go.r tubs in the house, and
i..enty rl.a,:t-s were allowed TO each OF the
e.shty'-two persons that the house could accom-
lnodsie ot one tine. Once man got inside ne
vas 10th - give tle SIN uHwashed 3 chance
and force had 10 5e ;saG to eject many bather.
AT the firle the sun was well up and the
Dsrchea streets nad become practically glow
inS furnace tee stan at the bath was entirely
i9o small 10 control the crowds. Efforts TO