The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-13
HEAT KILLS one:
COOLER WEATHER
SURE, TUESDAY ]
VICTIM OF SUMS RAYS Is FagO
RATHs, ICE HOUSE WORKER
THREE DRowNINos IN RIVER,
SUNDAY.

Detroiters should swelter In pa-
thence today. for cooler weather Is In
sight for Tuesday. as Observer Con-
ger figures the dope
The heat wave was practically
broken Sunday night" said Mr. Con-
ger. There was a material drop af-
ter O'Clock and this morning, after
the thunder shower. the mercury got
down to sc. IL Is on the rise again
now and will get well up into the
eighties during the day, but IL will
not reach Sundays maximum OF "a
degrees. The atmosphere is rather
muggy, however. and that will make II
seem pretty warm. Thunder storms
are possible during this evening and
| cooler weather Is the outlook for
Tuesday"
The heat wave has passed on east
walG, and now covers all OF the east
ern states. What seemed to be SIS
crest passed over Detroit Sunday at,
tee Goon. when the mercury on the CT.
ficial thermometer got up to 81. On
the street. however. unofficial Their
mometers registered all the way frDm
So TO TO-. according to location, and
Il almost too hot TO breathe. Those
who had ambition enough to get
dressed sought the cooling breezes OF
the river or took a trolley ride into
tho country, but IL was almost as hot
one place as another
| The heat claimed one life In De-
troit. Sunday. The victim was Fred
Raths. 81 years old. No. 144l Military.
ave. He was working in an Ice house
owned by the Michigan Central about
d mile west OF West Detroit. helping
10 load ice on freight cars. when he
|suddenly toppled over. II ewas taken
on switch engine TO the Michigan
| Central depot and thence 10 the De-
troit sanitarium. where he died short
! | yafter 8 o'clock, Sunday evening
! There were three drownings during
the day, and the heat was indirectly
| responsible for at least one OF them.
John Chapman, the l6-year-old son OF
William Chapman, No. 81 Third-st.,
| VAUDEVILLE, went into the river TO
cool Off Having come here only re-
Gently from England. he was ignorant
OF the fact that the channel drops
or suddenly from shallow water. He
| waded out as far as he could and
then started to swim When he again
put his feet down. intending to rest.
he found himself in the deep chan
mel and, with a GRIP for help, sank
from sight. Arthur Ellis. OF Walker
Vile. who was passing In launch.
dived for the lad, and rescued him on
the third attempt. but all efforts at
resuscitation were vain.
Charles Woodward, aged IL, son or
Aid. Charles Woodward, of the fourth
ward. Wyandotte. was drowned In the
river near Michigan Alkali works No.
about o'clock Sunday evening. He
had gone TO the plant TO see his Ia
Their. who is employed there as .
| foreman, and decided 10 take a swim.
He had been In the water but few
moments when he was seized with
cramps and went down. The river 10
being dragged for the body.
While swimming In Proctor's pond.
which covers about four acres or
ground in the vicinity OF Central and
Michigan-aves, Felix Borden, II
years old, No 90 Thirty-third-st. sud-
denly sank from sight and was drown
ed. Sunday afternoon. He was a fine
swimmer and when he failed TO come
up right away the boys who had been
watching him thought he was merely
| trying to show them how long he
could hold his breath under alter.
| They waited In vain, however. and
| then scampered home In alarm. The
body was recovered by Barney Long
and August Brose. The drowned lad
was one of family OF eight children.
Coroner Parker Will hold no inquest.