The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-07-10
'[RCURY TUMBLEs
rs DEGREES IN
An HOUR
Shsesu Bring Detroit Temporary
relief IRON Heat Which swells
List Of Dead BY Four IN
Two Days.
1ohn D. McKenna, Victim Of Hot
weather Is Stricken While
Bathing at Bots Blanc,

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nnAr VICTIMS or TWO DAYS
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t<esk sis-kiswis.. aged %. No. 81
1isIsei ss~.rt-. .sea 81 Cleveland.
4ssssw Belo~.ki. assa 40, No. 81
Showers, Monday morning and ear
u IN the afternoon, brought consid.
&rabIe relief from the heat. From SS
Ickrees az ~ o'clock, the maximum
[of the forenoon. the temperature In
|1o olIcial tube tumbled to 70 In an
hour. which n regarded as some
1frnf even BY the blase denizens Of
ne weather once, who are accustom-
ia 10 mercurial volplaning exhibit
4 Iona The humidity was high, how
ever, and Il was still rather sticky
md uncomfortable in the streets,
&<en after the drop.
An over the lake region II Is from
[our TO six degrees cooler today.
n this city the temperature was about
Two degrees higher, early Monday
morning. than Il was at the same
||mo sunday. The Official tube on
|.<1red IS at 6 o'clock, so at 8 o'clock
showers were general over Wiscon-
&In and northern Michigan, Sunday
nIeht. and scattered showers are re-
<orfed from several OF the western
The little needle In the kiosk touch
~ the 100 mark, Sunday afternoon,
Ind Woodward-ave was like bake
oven. Thousands took to the river
IS search Of cooling breezes and were
<14arded TO some extent, though some
70 the pleasure boats were uncomfort-
&1Iv crowded. The most comfortable
&|<Ixen was the man who stuck to his
@4u back yard and fused around
m|th the Garden hose, wearing no
Lore than the law insists on. A
&reexe from the south helped to re-
|c<e the heat In some measure.
There have been four deaths. di-
|sctIy or indirectly due to the heat,
IS the last two days. The latest VIC
md was John ID. McKenna, aged %,
druegist At No 692 Grandy-aye.. who
&os stricken with apoplexy, supertn-
Iced by the heat, while bathing with
rs If-year-old son, Willard, at Bois
Shortly after their arrival at the
land. on the afternoon boat, the son
1<eestcd that they 30 In bathing and
n McKenna readily assented They
Ma been In about 10 minutes when
f McKenna was seized with the
&<a1 attack. He grasped frantically
3 log. Other swimmers. noticing
I1t something was wrong, went to
Is assistance and found him uncon-
1Ious. II Is though he was dead at
Had time. Several OF the bathers
He'd IN vain TO resuscitate him, using
I& methods that are employed In a
Me- Of drowning. Coroner Parks, OF
1Iersfburg. certified that death was
11 10 apoplexy and permitted the
uoxal OF the body to Detroit on the
14mer Columbia
Hemarkable fortitude was shown by
|c young son OF the deceased, and
courage won the admiration OF
.< hundreds who gathered around TO
tend their sympathy. Meyer New
@|1. Of Detroit. took charge OF the
Isl and arranged by telephone for the
.11Dfion Of the body In Detroit.
Xf McKennR is survived by q
dow and four children, Roy Nc
ma. now in Panama; Mrs. Ray
||Intame, OF Lake City; Mrs. Ella
Couohlan, Detroit, and willard. He
a.. a member Of Salt River lodge.
e Al. NJ. OF Shepherd, Mich, where
I|ved before coming to Detroit sew
wears ago.
Ohm p. Mckenna. aged AZ. who was
related TO John ID. McKenna In
... L.. Mt -
rs residence OF his sister. Mrs. HI.
.chanan, No. 291 Jefferson-aye.
Frank sienkiewicz. who was taken
while prisoner In the county Jail.
&&1ay, died In ST. Mary's hospital.
11ay morning. His Illness was
@uEht on BY the heat. Deceased was
ears old and lived at No. So Bran
1t He was brought from Saginaw
.1k ago to answer a charge OF
1donine his family. His body was
ned By daughter.
|chnel Schwartz. IS years old, OF
land. o.. who mas been working
1<ob Krnft's roadhouse at Wood
Lave and the Seven-mile road,
found dead I'm bed IN his room
|< Sunday morning. as the result
11 heat
drew BoIowski, aged 40, No. 81
.1-st-, was overcome py the heat
F. ~ work In q Delray plant, Sat
II and died Sunday In Solvay hos
Hci caves q wife and several
.<1n IN Russia.
&<1c persons were overcome by
lat Monday morning.
mes Ryan, no home, was over
H[ No. 13 Bafea-at and waa
.n 10 81 Mary's hospital.
I@ Mary Krale, No. 500 Piquette-
wee overcome at her home. She
81 Nary's hospital.
@I = Croxton. No. 1879 Gratiot.
*as overcome at Twenty sixth
[1rtle-sts. He was taken home.
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