New-York tribune., 1910-07-12
HEAT ADDS TWELVE
DEATHS TO LONG LIST
Prostrations and Affections Nu-
merous, Despite Moderation
of Weather.
MERCURY MOUNTS UP TO SO
Rush to the Parks, to Coney
Island and Other Cooling
Places Continues
Through Day.

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and taken a heavy toll in human lives
moderated somewhat yesterday, but it
left many persons in such a weakened
I state that il was responsible for twelve
/ deaths in greater New York yesterday
which were credited, directly and indi-
rectly, TO the oppressive temperature
The hottest part of the day was at
$50 o'clock. when the thermometer
showed SO degrees.
Reports were made of nineteen cases
of prostration in Manhattan and ten in
Brooklyn.
The list of deaths for the day included
James Bradley, sixty-seven years old, of
/ No. DDS Hudson avenue, Brooklyn;
Katherine Deisbach, four months old, of
| No 40 Cook street; Mrs. Anna Forkas.
twenty-four years old. of No. 26S East
7th street; Anna Goldenberg, sixty
seven years old, of No. 22S Osborn
street. Brooklyn; William Keltesky,
thirty years old, of No. 80 Sd street,
Brooklyn; Alexander Kuryla. thirty
years old, of No. 312 East roth street;
Harry Lasinsky. eighteen years old, Of
No. 205 East 96th street: John Mahon.
| seventy years old. of No 205 West 62d
street: Mark OConnor, thirty years old,
! Of No. 25 Ashland Place, Brooklyn:
| George Pcpp. thirty years old, of No. 10
| Linden street. Williamsburg. and John
]. Rockefeller, six months old, Of No. 36
Division avenue. Brooklyn.
Sought Relief: Found Death.
Mrs. Forkas was overcome in Bay
onne. where she had gone to visit her
father. She thought that Bayonns
would be cooler than New York She
was sitting in-the house with other MEM
bers Of the family, when she suddenly
| slipped from her chair unconscious.
Medical aid was called. but she died in
a few minutes
Kaltesky was working on the roof Of
a new five story building in Brownsville
yesterday when he rubbed his forehead
with his hand and told companion that
the heat would be the death of him The
next minute he staggered and fell down
an elevator shaft. He died instantly.
Kuryla was one Of a gang of laborers
doing some work on the elevated rail
road tracks on Columbus avenue, be-
| tween the 66th street and 72d street sta
uons- He was overcome by the heat and
fell across the third rail. His body
twisted and writhe.d and then fell be-
| tween the ties He was dead when an
ambulance surgeon reached him.
The heat drove Harry Lasinsky to kill
himself yesterday. He complained Of
the heat yesterday morning just before
the family sat down to breakfast While
they were eating they heard a shot and
ran TO Harry's bedroom. He was lying
| on the bed, with a. revolver in his hand
A bullet wound was in his left breast
An ambulance surgeon said that he had
died instantly.
Overcome at Open Window.
Popp's death came through a fall He
vas sitting at 2 window in his fat
while his wife and FIVE children were
asleep early yesterday morning. He be-
came overheated and tainted while lean
ing out Of the window \ policeman
found him lying in an areaway and sum
noned an ambulance surgeon. -Pepp- died
fifteen minutes after reaching the Bush
wick Hospital
Heat-6raz zed. a woman who said she
was Mrs Margaret Hess. twenty seven
wears old of No. 835 Eleventh avenue
/ Jumped from the pier at 5eth street and
| the North River yesterday. TWO men
| Jumped into the water after her and got
! her TO shore DR.. Harton: Of FoIwer
Hospital, revived her and took her to the
hospital.
/ The heat caused men and animals to do
D. 65I-
! twenty-one years old. a clerk was af-
| fected in City Hall Park. and made q
| dash for the fountain. He was stopped
! by a policeman, to whom he announced
! that ne was engaged to Mayor Gaynor's
! daughter He was sent 10 Bellevue.
! The heat got the best of Hendrick
j Hudson. one Of the Central Park lion
| cubs Keepers braced him up with three
milk punches. He will be on the sick
/ list for few days, but eventually will
| he all right again.
An old man on whom was found a
! telegram addressed to George A Greg
/ ory. No % Main street, Paterson. y. J..
was picked up on Main street, in Hack
! ensack. n. J., yesterday by Chief of
! Police Dunn. He seemed to be a victim
t Of the heat and could not tell who he is
or where he lived. He carried q suit
| case, and the police thought he was
about eighty years old
! Flatbush. though usually Indifferent to
weather conditions. was all upset yes
| terday when the water supply in the
! town was cut off. The residents sud
! denly realized that il was hot and clam
ored for water. Men who wanted to
| shave at home or TO get shaved in barber
/ shops were disappointed, for there was
no water. The supply was cut off so
| that large pump in the Paardegat
water works station could be repaired.
/ The lack Of water made it hard to re-
/ vive a woman who tainted in the Flat
! bush police court after being fined SO
| for disorderly conduct.
A large steer. crazed by the hot
weather and from lack of water to
quench its thirst, separated itself from
herd being landed at the end of North
! 10th street and the East River, Will
/ iamsburg, yesterday. and ran to Bedford
avenue 1t narrowly missed hitting sew
/ eral persons. 1t ran into South 11th
street, followed by a crowd. and jump
| ing into the river II was lassoed by men
! in rowboat and taken ashore by means
/ of