New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
TEN DEAD FROM HEAT
,rJJEF EXPECTED TO-DAY
life of City Stagnated by Humidity
and High Tenn perature.

-,o-o have been hotter days than yesterday
.urnrner sith more depressing humidity.
% ,,eh temperature. which kept up fairly we'll
.ae, os. Il and 81 degrees above zero caused
aeet,ts in New York and vicinity. Six pros
TONS -, were reported. but the patients rallied
under treatment
s-.e weather prophets along the waterfront
.,afned that the high death rate was due
:. ,be General steadiness Of the temperature and
=. bpnaidity. and not their maximum.
THE DEAD
,,.,,,re nine months old Of No es1 Liberty
ALtTn .ysnYe brooklyn. died of heat at her home
oRoNH Msry thirty b yea5s a g o "a wacott sTee,
Rrookiyn
LAX Thomas three months old. of No. zoe Utica
6xenue Brooklyn died Of heat prostrstion al his
home
DsyTs Louis forty-esht old of No l7s Osborne
IA r,-eef Froollyn. overcome in wilkins street
ana died his home before medical assistance
GREY. A1bert c. eighty years old overcome at No IA
ef>'fi Broaa street. died in hudson Hospital
.v1N Matthias sixty-six years old. of No 169 Rogers
t'A avenue BROOKLYN. died Of heat at his home.
-osE11E Florence May. three months old. Of No $50
ana die3 at home
xARKowITz Annie, lfty-eisht years old Of No m i22
beat At Tompins sqnaTe re- PaTk 1s and died few w
the Tnion Marke; police station.
Sullivan John. afty-Hve years old. found
e9h BerTv street brooklyn He was removed to
The Williamsburg Hospital where he died several
. from 5 Gd Sss Of T tSe t2 s6ms East st
his sister at No. 44S East 120th street
PROsTRATIONS.
rTsver employed at 10. so Ann street was over
come at his work yesterday and removed to St
GRAHAM. Louis H thirty years old, of No 4se
work at Erie Basin
KELLER. Anna. six years old Of No 1ss Avenue A.
overcome by the heat at her home and was
to Bellevue q
LAMBERT Frederick thirty-seven years old Of Ridge
c1s55 street ferrThonss and removed to Gouver
neur Hospital
PATTON Harry tEenty-eeht years old Of No eaS East
home overcome by the heat.
@ 70 Ms H 5ss,s 3a from nc rdBEn, h9 wss s5e 5
PARK. overcome by the heat
The death of Andrew Enkersciseier fifteen
wears Old of No 1882 First avenue. was
caused indirectly by the heat. He was playing
tag and avoid being tagged jumped into
the East River His heated condition resulted
in his drowning.
While the women in the shopping district
nsused often TO buy cool "soft" drinks and
found time 10 sit and fan themselves before
counter Of goods they may or may not have
Manned 10 purchase the procession Of shoppers
moved more slowly than usual yesterday
throughout the afternoon.
The general hustle in lower Broadway which
strikes the visitor the sightseeing coach was
less active yesterday between IL and
2 n, and one OF the sightseers allowed that
they moved quicker in Wall Street when he
was here last winter"
Battery Park was one Of the cool spots sought
hv hundreds of persons yesterday. If there is
q breeze at all it be found blowing at its
best speed along the Battery wall The munic-
ipal ferries to St George, Staten Island, carried
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were bent on using the fast boats Of the city
as a cheap means Of avoiding the city's heat
The North and East rivers had their share Of
soungers at midday and there were more fishing
lines thrown over the sides Of the excursion
fishing boats off Sandy Hook than i'm any other
day this summer.
The heat retarded somewhat the movement
Of teams along West street and from p. M
to ! p. m. there was considerable congestion,
which blocked the way of the Belt Line cars.
Il was a blessing for the tired horses on cars
and wagons when a blockade occurred The
animals took advantage OF every stop and re-
quired some urging when the way was cleared
The soda fountains did thriving business
According TO the proprietor of a large down
town cafe the soda fountain is the real paying
proposition in the summer time, The people
are becoming educated now to the fact that
alcohohc beverages are not goou IN not Ntdth-
er." he said. we are doing less business every
year in the summer, while the soft drink estab-
lishments are increasing their patronage.
The temperature yesterday was far from a,
record breaker The highest temperature. 81
degrees above zero, at ! p m, was degrees
below the record for this year. The mercury
began well, starting the day at a. m. with
Il degrees above zero. Tho humidity, which
was 81 l,er cent at s a. m, decreased to 77 at
D. N. Showers and fresh easterly winds are
expected 10 bring relief from the heat to-day.