Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-08
Relief Is Felt at Last
Throughout the
East.
SEVEN NEW DEATHS HAVE
BEEN, REPORTED TODAY
! Condition of Several Frustrated
in Past Few Days Still
Very Serious.

After enjoying the first good nights
sleep of the week the people of New
ark arose to day of what seemed
idyllio GOODNESS after the terrific heat
that burned and scorched and parched
the country beyond all precedent in
recorded history.
In the last twenty-four hours in
Newark and vicinity there have been
seven deaths directly due to the heat,
and at the hospitals there are still
cases Of prostrations that are serious.
but the cool wave is putting new heart
and life into the victims, and the tide
of death and prostrations has dropped
down TO almost nothing today.
Hot Wave Historic.
The hot wave of July, 1911, will be
historic It was responsible for sew
enty-eight deaths in Newark and the
immediate vicinity. During the seven
days of the hot spell the hospitals were
crowded with prostrations Of more or
less seriousness. The ambulance and
police wagon were kept busy day and
night and the internes were worn out
by their ceaseless visils.
While no record of the deaths
throughout the entire county has been
made. the total must be one of mag
nitude that would take its place among
the great catastrophies Of the country.
IN New York, the death roll amount
ed to the appalling total Of 147 deaths
and over 800 prostrations.
Intense Glow in Sky.
The coming Of the coolness that made
last night a benediction to the fevered
mass of humanity in the great cities of
the East was heralded by a peculiar
phenomenon az sunset.
A whitish glow, tinged with pink. of
strange intensity. spread over the sky.
which up till that moment had been
gradually darkening. 1t seemed as IL
the night had been withheld for the
time and the day called back. A Pc
culiar symphony of colors was visible
yellowish green in the light of the blaz-
ing electrics. with patches of light blue
and equally ethereal green above, fad
ing into the strange aftermath of the
sunset that illuminated the sky.
The prosaic weather forecasters did
not view this phenomenon with ro-
mantle enthusiasm, however. Their
explanation was that the suns rays
we're reflected over great clouds four
miles high.
During the night the temperature
hovered consistently around the 70-de-
gree mark. Starting at midnight at
exactly 70, 1t dropped point for two
hours. At three o'clock it touched the
lowest temperature that has been ex-
perienced, reaching 8S. After that, the
mercury climbed steadily until it
reached 78 at il o'clock and jumped
to rs at noon.
This mark, as contrasted with that
of 9S q few days ago, meant a straight
lowering of temperature of 20 degrees.
While the weather will become
warmer next week. 1t Is not expected
that the temperature will be much
above the normal level Of summer.
HEAT DEATHS.
Last Twenty-four Hours.
BOOKER, BENJAMIN, IA months
old, SIS Warren street, died at the
Babies Hospital this morning; ad-
mitted last night.
DUNHAM, MRS. MARY c., SO years
old, died at the Home for Aged
Women last night She was the daugh-
ter of the late John c. LitteI
DUNCAN, GEORGE, 46 years ofd, 46
Mulock place, East Newark; died at
his home.
KLEIN, ,----v, died at the City Hos
pital this morning; he was overcome
in q bakery in Clinton avenue near
Chadwick avenue.
LEWIS, ELIZABETH, colored, $40
Market street, died at the City Hos
pital during the night; was taken there
last Tuesday.
o'KEEFE. DENNIS, At years old.
Thomas and Mulberry streets, died
during the night at the City Hospital;
he was overcome at the .5tengel
Leather Works.
SHUBERT, GEORGE 461 South
Nineteenth street, died at 1o:45 last
night in the City Hospital; he was
taken there last Tuesday.
Charles Cooke, the painter. who,
overcome while working, plunged to
the pavement and was baC injured,
is to be operated on at the City Hos
pital today His condition is serious.
At the Home for Incurables there are
two patients, each Of whom has been
there six years, who have been pros
trated, and while their condition is Sc
rious, they may recover. AT the Ba-
bies' Hospital, also there are two ba-
bies whose condition was regarded as
serious until this morning. They will
recover.
City Hospital Cases for Week.
Following is a complete list of the
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