Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-07
WILLIAM PINCH
IS FOUND DEAD
Heat Claims Another VictU
During Ni0ht--Paiptsr
Fsund Dead I1 Bid.
BRING TOTAL Y TO SIX
Five Day Siege Of Torrid
Weather to Terminate To-
day, Is Announcement.
BRING TOTAL VI TO SIX

According to Willis L. Moore,
chief of the U. S. Weather Bureau at
Washington, d. c., the five-day siege
of torrid weather which last night
added another victim to Its toll of
five dead in this city from the heat
since Tuesday, will be terminated to-
day by showers or cooling breezes.
The latest heat victim was William
Pinch, sixty-five years old, of ESQ
Hobart street, who was found dead
in bed this morning.
Relief Last Night.
The first indication of the arrival
of welcome weather came around 8
o'clock last night, when clouds bank
ed up in the north and spent them
selves with a stiff little breeze from
that quarter. A thunder storm look
ed imminent at that time, but the
black clouds held no rain for this
quarter of the globe. At s P. M. the
thermometer registered 88 degrees,
but with the approach Of the wind
dropped rapidly to IS degrees. 1t
was a pleasant change from the
sweltering heat of the past four days.
In Other Cities.
Other cities in the North Atlantic
States, which have shared with the
cities OF the Middle West the same
broiling heat, were relieved in much
the same manner. A little rain visit
ed New York last night, though, and
cooled off the baked pavements de-
|lightfully. There have been ia
deaths in the metropolis during the
heat spell, with 150 reported yester-
day. The death wave over the coun-
try In the past four days, with the
weather as the direct cause, has been
unparalleled in the nations history.
Well Known Painter.
William Pinch, who was a we'll
known character and house painter
about town, had boarded for the past
four years at the establishment Of G..
Kruger, at 280 Hobart street. The
victim complained last night OF the
heat before retiring at 6 o'clock, and
told the genial proprietor that the
day had been long and tedious one
for him. Pinch worked during the
morning on an Oak street Job, but
tense heat He had a glass OF milk
for supper and went to bed.
AS Mr. Pinch did not appear at
DrodRIaSI anu kuO Wig Ills udUllS
were regular, Miss Catherine Stokes,
chambermaid employed by Mr..
Krueger, went up to the victim S
bedroom, knocked on the door and
called to the man. Hearing no re-
sponse the young girl opened the
door trifle and looked in. The
sight was ghastly. On the bed laid
Pinch covered with blood and an In
vestigation later revealed the fact
that a hemorrhage had completed
the task of the torrid weather.
Had Attacks Before.
Pinch had suffered before from
such attacks, 1t Is said, but his death
came as a great surprise to the large
krueger household. He had always
enjoyed good health and labored in
dustriously at his vocation despite
his advanced years. Coroner Ferd.
Garretson viewed the remains and
gave the heat and hemorrhage as the
direct causes. The body was taken
to the undertaking establishment OF
Mr.. Garretson until funeral arrange
ments are completed or relatives
communicated with.
Pinch was a member of the local
Painters Union and worked, at
times, for T. Ernst, of King street.
1t is said Pinch has relatives in Lon
don, England, which he left twelve
years ago to come to this city.