New-York tribune., 1908-07-06
HEAT CLAIMS 4 MORE
NINE PROSTRATED.
Hotter at Beach than IN the Caty-
Again "Fnr" To-day.

Again "Fmr" To-day.
The sun, his genial countenance 'sicklied o'er
with the pale cast Of malevoence. smiieo IN q
ghastly way yesterday st the myriads OF s"eiter-
ing humanity hunting for current of air. But the
air knew better than to exercise on sucn oas' 50
there was no Tightening of the heavy blanket OF
humidity which sapped the life from strong ana
weak alike. Hot amt t?' was the universal
greeting for yesterday ne one had energy enough
to swear
And. as the last straw It was hotter at the beach
in actual degrees than 1t in the city AT Coney
Island where 10000 city swelterers sought relief
in vain reached 80 in the shade the hottest Gay
the resort has known in several seasons indeed
1t was hot enough to kill Kenneth Blourock. four
teen months old, of Morris Blourock. a dry
goods merchant. of No. 1898 Fort Hamilton ave
nue. BROOKLYN as he playing with his two little
sisters on the beach beside the cool ocean This
happened at Sea Beach Walk and the infant dieo
in the midst of the big. excited crowd before Dr
Fischer. of the Reception Hospital could reach
him Four prostrations were recorded among tne
pleasure seekers at the resort
1t is ten days since the hot wave struck the city
The weather bureau says fair for to-day, Wnlch
is only its method of breaking the news senty-
But for Tuesday showers and cooler is the fore-
cast Yesterday the thermometer reached !" de-
grees at 2:4O o'clock in the afternoon having
climbed there from 75 at o'clock in the morning
The humidity in the morning was 81 but IL oroppeo
to 73 at O'Clock at night. when the temperature
had fallen to SO.
The fact that II was Sunday and 'day Of rest
undoubtedly saved many from death. and even
more from prostration AS it was, four deaths
were reported. the heat drove man insane ana
nine were reported prostrated
THE DEAD
BLASE RTpnv Ea 5on died a 9 @ Soe Of her
Fort Hamilton avenue. Brooklyn died on beach at
coNRoY. Patrick j. thirty-one years old prisoner in
Tombs: found dead in his cell
lontic Avenue Brookyn: died at his
THE FRUSTRATED.
An4sx at Vest I'd 1 IS l5 F!sy ss
Reception Hospital
noNETo Mary. his mother. overcome time;
Reception Hospital
william isgS 2d at Of
walk near Surf avenue: Coney Island Reeep'i0
Hospital.
aTenue The Bronx overcome at No, ssa Elton ave
nue. Lebanon Hospital. -.
KAMERY Enge fourteen years & o1o oi Bridee Central
Park; Presbyterian Hospital
ryIEGsRJTRY william hfty-two years old No ~
nam 15s. avePgs T}sc. BrooRSn Brooklyn Hospital
MpoNAD Rose thirtythree years old No 2o s94h a4h
" avenue Brooklyn. overcome at Avenue A anu -1i'
49, lanes sirt,six years old 1855 steinway
" arenue Long Island City. overcome IN MAIN se''
T,rooklvn Brooklyn Hospital
M1sKMAN Mrs Esther sixyeght years old: Eo ssa35e
% bssch at west 10th Coney Island Recep-
ton Hospital
Nnidenhsa 9iah s dsephs Hospital Rockaway
pstrick r Conrov a United states prisoner ded
last night in a cell in the Tombs from oie hea.
His home was at No. s31 Eleventh avenue ne was
arrested for counterfeitlns- ,s..-
Unbalanced by the heat, Joseph Mlchdelle''i
so,,a bis family from their home at No. % North
18th street Williamsburg. yesterday morning. "iu'
after wreckfng the house. laid DOWN Oh d 'C'
co-,nIetely exhausted. When Dr. Aelhz' Vi 'i0
Eastern District Hospital tapped Hilcideii ,s
the shoulder he jumped up with yen anu ~
49, ambulance surgeon by the throat ana was
choking him when Thomas Dr1scoli' tne dIINe['
dashed into the house and dragged Nlcnd.
to the top of the stairs. and the TWO roiieu -
~. bottom with Driscon on top. Nlchaehet'er
was taken to the ooser'a'ioii ~ -
County Hospital
c,.o,ne ont Of doors to escape the heat seems 10
he gaining IN popularity among the "eh-'ouo' III
fact the midsummer custom, dlscarueu ny ~
tenement dwellers of sleeping on the rooi mas o
.,tbusiastically taken up by many in much more
,o-.able surroundings. The tenement mouse
dueI,er now takes the fire escape or TO Tie park
er..s when the Park Department becomes gen
erous. ,.,,o h
however and will not be sacritcec TO the heeus VI
~ .,,eerinp moor until desperate measures seem
necessary In the mean time the nre escapes WIN
=, ar,,,oe6 with mattresses and bedding 10 de1eat
their nurpose and save the starsazers from 'iie
trouble of taking their beds to the roof
One of the most enthusiastic of the roof sleepers
is Frederick T. Greene assistant general agent ol
40 CHARITY ORGANIZATION Society. Mr.. Greene con-
tracted the habit in Turkey, where ne served for
many years mission worker The Armenlans'
ha cows are In every respect physically superior TO
those who have lived in America any consloeiaole
length of time because of their custom or sleep
ING in the open on fat tiled roofs. Mr. Greene
+o overcome the disadvantages for sleeping on the
Now York roof has invented roof bed frame,
covered with a slanting canvas roof ana sloe cur
tains which will cover two canvas camp oeds with
a foot-wide aisle between. The whole may be
cIamped to chimney II the owner IediS pelhS
blown off the roof
in the various downtown skyscrapers who return
70 their office roofs to sleep The roof habit is
also taking strong hold in Brooklyn. particularly
IN the Park slope From the tops of those houses
,.era is a wonderful view of the bay. It is in
this section that Nine. Alma Webster-Powell the
singer has star parlor, which can be used by
the whole family rain shine for roof sleeping
Rut indiscrminate sleeping out of doors. whether
nm roofs fire escapes other equally sheterless
,,1aces has proved dangerous for young and deli
ca+. children Charitable institutions on the East
s,ae ~enort numbers of cases of pneumonia among
infants in that crowded section, peculiar maady
TO come in the wake of a heat wave
moMEN ATTACK "PEEPiNG TOM"
r,anutv Commissioner Woods and nnety-hve de-
,ec.ives from Manhattan and Brooklyn ponced
Conev Island thoroughly yesterday and made nu-
merous arrests in the big crowd of VISITORS An
alleged "Peeping Tom found beneath bath
p and ha