Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-09

LII nt1C OlOEtI att4IIA
were reported today.
DEAD.
CAFFRET, JAMES, 81 years old. Of
3osh Warren street. Harrison:
stricken at his home and died shortly
afterward.
REGISTRATIONS.
SMITH, HARRIET-27 years. So
South Orange avenue. overcome in !
factory at 10 Lafayette street; CITY
Hospital.
TUCKER. JACOBS years old, Is
Elm street: overcome at Mulberry
and Green streets, City Hospital.
DINGMAN. HARRY-42 years old
Norris avenue. a driver; overcome at
Morris n Fifteenth City
Hospital
ToRNEf, JAMES, years old. 81
North Clinton street. East Orange;
overcome at Halsey and Court streets;
City Hospital. then taken home
oBERKIRsCH, JOSEPH. g wears
old. 81 Somerset street. overcome at
his home; City Hospital
MCDONALD, MICHAEL. % years
old. 276 Central venue overcome at
Bank and Norfolk streets: City Hos
pital.
RADCLIFFE. WILLIAM. Is years
old, of 10 Sixteenth avenue: overcome
ct Broome street and Springfield ave-
nue.: City Hospital; taken home.
FIELDS, THOMAS. overcome az
Prince street and Springfield avenue:
City Hospital; taken home.
REILLY, BERNARD. A years old.
Warren street; overcome on Warren
street; City Hospital.
SMITH. HOWARD. negro. 90 years
old. 11s Halsey street; overcome at
the old asylum grounds, South Orr
ange avenue: City Hospital
The mercury reached 80 degrees at
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon; is was
50 in the shade on the streets at Don
today.
Nudity is extremely high-72. a
southwest breeze. blowing from four
to seven miles an hour. is not maxi
ing 1t any cooler.
No Relief I'm sight.
In the record breaking hot wave OF
a year ago there We're a hundred VIC
tins in Newark and the vicinity. The
highest temperature OF July 9. 1911.
vas SO degrees. The mercury went
to 10s on July 3, 1911.
'The cool spell that was following
up this hot wave" said Professor
Wiener, seems to be pretty well
broken up. s. that there is no relief
in sight until Thursday or Friday.
The high humidity makes it certain.
I'm afraid. that there will be a good
many prostrations recorded"
South Orange is in the throes of a
water famine. From noon yesterday
until nearly midnight no water could
be obtained anywhere except in the
valley section. Then. by a hasty
arrangement entered into with East
Orange, the South Orange system
was connected to the East Orangs
reservoir.
Many palatial homes, including
those in the Montrose section and
Seton Hall College, were among the
buildings cut of without water.
South Orange village. South Orange
township, Irvington and Millburn are
supplied from the reservoir Of the
Commonwealth Water and Light
Company. of Summit.
After a water famine two years
ago South Orange village determined
to build it's own plant. and the 90
pound pressure contract under which
it had been obtaining water waz al
lowed to expire
The water gave out and yesterday
the situation became critical. Water
Superintendent Cornelius P. Nolan.
of South Orange. then arranged with
! superintendent Arthur Reimer. Of
East Orange, to use the East Orange
water temporarily. Unless this ar
! rangement can be continued South
Orange will be left again without
water.
Superintendent Nolan today orr
dered all street and lawn sprinkling
ceased
Little Relief at Night
Yesterdays heat wave reached is
highest mark at 3 p. m. when the
thermometer registered % degrees,
the hottest July 3 since 1876. This
temperature was only four degrees
! below the 103 registered July 5. 1914.
\ the highest ever recorded IN this city,
The evening brought little relief. f9<