New-York tribune., 1908-06-25
HEAT ENDS SIX LIVES
STORM BRINGS RELIEF.
Hammers Mercury Dozcn to so De-
grees, but Not Without Damage.

Iy responsible for two other deaths At
O'Clock the weather bureaus thermometer reg
fstered 90 degrees. the maximum temperature OF
the season. Luckily, two hours later the swell
tering city got relief from a steady rain and a
high wind which forced the mercury down to So
But the wind also brought casualties with IT,
At Midway Park. in Fifth avenue between 10th
and 111th streets. big derrick on the walls OF
a partially completed structure was sent crash
ing to the ground. carrying with it part Of
the west wall of the building Three ironwork-
ers were injured. and several hundred women
and children near by narrowly escaped being
crushed by the flying tons Of brick and steel
DEATHS
F0TD Panisl l. seys3ty years G Old 1 Of qs, PqFs s
Vernon avenue. Hunters Point. Queens.
FRAGE Marsarst three months old Of 70 $50 s2gts
from heat neat -''lA'''''''S' '4- '''''''''
STEWART John. hfy-aye years DID, Of Hendrix stree.
Of drug store at No 2es8 Atlantic
TEtkN Lillian sshs months ns Ga , Of Ne SO f qgTh Bea
overheard drowned
PRosTRATIONs.
ABRAHAMs: Charles. twenty years Old Of Of No 21s
way; taken to St vincenGs Hospital.
BooRY j. @ letter S carrier RE aaess ass Rss TO . san 3n. b
removed Bellevue Hospital
BREMELs Richard Of No 81 4 East aa.1 l4eh street;
River suffering from heat proetration-
BRocKETT. John. hfty-seven years old. OF No. "a
Meeker street Brooklyn: overcome IN front OF NO
pitaL
CURTIS John. fortyye old. Of No 12t East 12st
nue.; taken to Harlem Hospital and then home
DRIsCoLL Mis-. Ms-y fartyons yssrs % Cd & q No dt3
Concord streets: Cumberland Street Hospital
Fss @ !ese fsas8 f6 f6s 9d Of q NJ S s fs
Second Flower Hospital
MA7Ksoy LOUIS forty yaSs old .S e no 45 ao s.:s w:s.
taken to New York Hospital
MILLS. Annie. hfysx years Old. Of No AZ Penn street
42s West 18th street taken to Bellevue Hospital.
arP9S5p JssRn foTty s yssTs rS 9e s85 q Ii & Vest Vest
18Th street; taken to St Yincents Hospital
osAUL- Henry. twentyseven years Old OF No ,9 2ss
street; attended and went honns-
sCHIPP Frederick parolnaI attached 54 20 Eass IT'S ee
S e ss 9 siT rsmoqs q@ to ftsa s Hospital
scHMdRT sndg1 S29P oyePcoe IN font IF No $40 East
street; taken to Harlem Hospital
scHTz erRaTd years @ Pfs Sa 81 q Nc Sors
River: taken to Hudson street Hospital
forty n as, old 6 S6 % S $50 e E.. Tss ass
street: taken 10 Bellevue Hospital
IN sSqut a9F sF G4 % 1so feet Seun s
brown y sr a sss, spd @ s oer a,a % N
an unconscious condition
Those injured in the accident caused by the
wind were:
AGNEw Patrick. hr,y-tour years old. ironwOrker. Of
81 East 1Stst street.
BAF49E 20 East t0hs fasth IoSV' ss4e5t years '' '
sUPHsoN Isaac tvventyous old. Of No. 1525 Park
All were attended by doctors from Harlem
Hospital
The captain Of the New York Central bargs
Edgewood. Frustrated with the heat as he sat
O nthe edge of the barge at East 29th street
topp1ed into the water. His wife. who was in
side the cabin at the time, heard the splash
and ran out. She plunged overheard TO save
her husband and both were drowned before
man who swan out 10 rescue them from
nearby pier, could get them The police
were unable to learn the name Of the captain
Several hundred persons who were on ths
pier to which the barge was tied the trag-
edy. Two men the pier jumped off and in
trying to aid in the rescue were nearly drowned
themselves The bodies Of the captain and his
wife had not been recovered up to a late hour.
With no clouds to lessen the terrific heat and
little or no breeze until 6 o'clock to give par
tiaI relief the sun poured down yesterday, SEEM
ing always to increase its intensity Before noon
three persons were reported dead. The Prostra-
tions recorded up to a late hour last night num-
bered sixteen. The temperature in the streets.
dropped by the score under heavy loads. was
much higher than the record Of % degrees
roade by the official thermometer, which is high
above the reflected heat OF the pavements.
The heat so animated a horse attached 10 a
Madison street car that the animal ran away.
taking his partner along with him, after break
ing the harness. Before his exaltation could
he suppressed he had injured a person and
smashed into an express wagon. The point OF
Iofa tv- rboH H-,y-- Ia
and he had TO be killed The other horse was
,nini,1red and was finally caught in Chambers
street.
IIydrants at various places were in constant
use all day throughout the city, and many
horses were saved by cooling showers as they
Iabored along in their harness
The narrow and congested streets Of the East
Side harbored perhaps the greatest number OF
sufferers The tenennents deserted within
and shaded fire escapes and pavements sheltered
the occupants.
Battery Park was the resting place for many
of the oppressed. Those unable TO find seats
crawled into shady spots on the grass and the
park employees and policemen did not SEQ
them
The horses on the Belt Line were relieved frs-
ouently at the watering station in West street.
and made fewer trips than usual. extra horses
beIping out in keeping the cars moving.
The maximum temperature of 90 degrees was
not only the record for this summer. but the
highest temperature for any June 24 ON record.
and higher than the maximum temperature for
any dav last June by five degrees. The highest
June temperature recorded by the weather Su-
reau is 81 degrees. registered June 8. 1899
The humidity. which was 92 per cent at a.
m. yesterday. decreased gradually. until by the
time the thermometer had reached its maximum