The Detroit times., 1908-07-13
HEAT KILLS ONE;
COOLER WEATHER
SURE, TUESDAY
VICTIM OF SUMS RAYS Is FRED
RATHs. ICE HOUSE WORKER
THREE DRoWNlNos IN RIVER.
SUNDAY.

Detroiters should swelter In pa
tence 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 q material drop at
ter o'clock and this morning. after
the thunder shower. the mercury got
down to &C. II Is on the rise again
now and will get we'll up into the
eighties during the day. but II will
not reach Sundays maximum or "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 IL the outlook for
Tuesday"
The heat wave has passed on east
ward. and now covers all OF the east.
ern states. What seemed to be its
crest passed over Detroit Sunday ar.
ten noon. when the mercury on the OF.
ficial thermometer got up to "a. On
the street. however. unofficial Their
mometars registered all the way from
S5 to l02. according to location. and
1t was almost too hot to breathe.
Those who had ambition enough to
get dressed sought the cooling breezes
OF the river or took q trolley ride into
the country, but 1t was almost as hot
one place az another.
The heat claimed one life in De-
troit. Sunday. The victim was Fred
Raths, 81 years old, No. 1441 Military.
ave. He was working In an ice house
owned by the Michigan Central about
a mile west Of West Detroit, helping
to load Ice on freight cars. when he
suddenly toppled over He was taken
on a switch engine to the Michigan
Central depot and thence to the De-
troit sanitarium. where he died short.
ly after 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 16-year-old son Of
William Chapman, No. 81 Third-st.
Walkerville. went into the river to
cool of. Having come here only re.
Gently from England, he was ignorant
OF the fact that the channel drops
of 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 cry for help, sank
from sight. Arthur Ellis. OF Walker.
Vile. who was passing in launch,
dlved for the lad, and rescued him on
the third attempt. but all efforts at
resuscitation were vain.
Chor1ao uynnduord agn1 c.y, ~
Aid. Charles Woodward, OF the fourth
ward, Wyandotte, was drowned In the
river near Michigan Alkali works No.
l about 8 o'clock Sunday evening. He
had gone TO the plant to see his IA
Their. who Is employed there as q
foreman. and decided to take swim
He had been In the water but few
moments when he was seized with
cramps and went down. The river II
being dragged for the body.
While swimming in Proctor's pond,
which covers about four acres OF
ground In the vicinity OF Central and
Michigan,aves.. Felix Borden. IA
years old. No. 98 Thirty.thirdst., sud.
denly sank from sight and was drown
ed. Sunday afternoon. He was fine
swimmer and when he failed to come
up right away the boys who had been
watching him thought he was merely
trying 10 show them how long he
could hold his breath under water.
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 a family OF eight children.
Coroner Parker will hold no inquest.