New-York tribune., 1908-07-08
HEAT INTENSE AS EVER
DAYS DEATH TOLL .24.
Man and Beast Suffer from Sitting
Heather.

No cooling showers brought relief to the wilt
ing restless population of the greater city yes
terday and countless numbers suffered from the
sitting heat fully much the day before
The highest point registered by the government
thermometer was % degrees at noon. This was
one degree lower than tie record on Monday
but the cumulative effect of the continued heat
caused increased suffering among all classes.
Twenty-four deaths due directly to the heat
were reported by sunset last night. How many
more were hastened indirectly caused by it
cannot be estimated. The list of prostrations ran
up to threescore and ten. if not more. Horses
dropped all day in every part of the city, giving
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals as much, if not more, work than it had
the day before. Every person who could posi-
bly, DO so left the city during the morning. All
day long the Battery, Central Park and all the
smaller parks were crowded by nervous. worn
out mothers, pale. emaciated children and
languid
The showers which the weather bureau pre-
dicted for yesterday had not come up to last
night The expectation of them was made more
tantalizing several times by a stray wind and
slight clording of the sky Even if few fatali-
ties are reported to-day. the general strength
of the whole city will be at lower ebb than
it has been for many years The lists Of deaths
and prostrations follow:
THE DEAD.
3th street fssS gTookiyn
BITTER. Sadie. thirteen months old, Of No. 25s West
l46th street, died IN Harlem Hospital
BOOTH John. months of No 2s2 South Sd
Brooklyn
BuNosH. John. six montns old. No. 51e 117th
street.
CARTER. Harry. one year, of No rs Lorimer street
DE cAMINIs ,S!colo four old. No s17 East
11lth street
HERAIN Mary eight months old. g No. 71s Willow
HooRING John, three months No. 172 Meserole
street. Brooklyn.
HOWELL. Harry, two months. of No 1921 DeKalb
street died at Hudson street Hospital
KosHIAND Mrs Jessie seventy-seven years old of No
Hester street
KRAUs Jacob. eight months DID, of No s'4 East 10th
LEcSER LeonhaG nttysS years old Of No S5s
died at Hudson Street Hospital
PECK Mial sixty years old of No. 2se State street
Brooklyn
RAFFERTY,. Annie four months, of No. 1925 Bergen
RANKIN. Mary. fifty years old of No. Nostrand
avenue. Brooklyn.
REUBEN. twenty years old. of No. a4s Thatford
RUFF. George hftynve years old. Of No. 25 sackett
street, Brooklyn.
SCHULTZ. Edward. forty years old. of No. Ileo Union
avenue Brooklyn
soNN Frederick. thirtytwo DID, of No. BIB West
l3sth
sPEIGEI. Hirsh forty-hve years old. of No 40 Pitt
street. Hamilton Fish Park.
wEsTERGREN. Oscar. forty-eight years old. of No
lee Russell street; Brooklyn. died at his home
WOODS. william, fifty years old. of No. 10 Convent
died in Harlem Hospital.
THE FRUSTRATED
BACON. Patrick nineteen years old. of No. i27 West
Goth Roosevelt Hospital
BALLIN Clinton. thrty-ve cid. Of No SOC Broome
street; TO Bellevue Hospital
BARDIN. Michael. hfyeight years old. ot No 463 East
Bellevue Hospital.
BARBUSwITZ. Jacob. tWenty-three years Berry
Grand streets, brooklyn. overcome the Have
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