The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-31

ing. the list OF those who s0ccumbed
before the terrific heat that beat
down upon the hous,tops and thor
oughfares. making ife almost an
bearable. continued 10 mount Most
OF the deaths were sudden, the vic
tim being FRUSTRATED and cy'ns
within a few minutes or a couple
OF hours
From midnight, saturday the
coronsrs and their deputies resolved
in all 81 calls 20 investigate fatal
ties. OF which the great majority
were heat deaths The county
morgue in The basement 81; the
county building Is nllsd 70 Overflow
ing The capacity ~ the morgCe
permits the care OF 20 bodies but
( Monday morning Il contained 81
corpses. OF which siI were the
bodice Of unidentified people Thir-
teen OF the bodies FOR which no
( place could be found IN the refr'S.
orator. Wers laid upon the nuor AID
! GONcEtN win shrNhc NL@N ~~hN- $3.50
saturated with tormaldehyde
Sunday and Monday fatalities
bring the total let OF heat victims
10 Il. and Monday noon coroner
Rothacher and Deputy Coroner (
Conley still had dvs heat cases &c
investigate
Those who died during me period
between midnight Sunday and Mon
day UP TO noon. we're
Thomas GaclAy. &c years Old. No
~ Beaumont-ave.. who was found
dead in bed AFTER be had been pros
trated by the heat sunday
Louis empke. IS years Old. No.
4S4 Sco,ten-ave., who died in Clark
park at o'clock Monday morning
Martin Sabo. 81 years old, No. 81
Retd-s;., a lahorer, who vas found
dead on a platform al the Detroit
Iron r. E and Mackie-ave His
death was due 70 excessive drinking
and heat prostratiou
Frank Grabowski, IS years old
No. 4S4 Frederick-st.. lAoorer. en-
ployed BY The n L. r. who wa
overcome Saturday, and was taken
with acute indigestion. He died
Monday morning.
James Breslin, 81 years old. No
l32 SeYenteenth-st.. who died IN the
city hospital AZ o'clock. Monday
morning.
William Bates. No. los Abbot, 81.
who died al midnight in his home
Fred Dedow. No. So Jsy-st, a haca
driver. who died in the city hospital
where be was taken while suffering
from alcoholism and the heat
Luther Briggs. No. 81 Elizabeth
ST east. whose death In the city
hospital was due TO alcoholism an
the heat,
Julius Byoanski. No 1858 Camp
behave, who was thrown from
horse be was riding In front OF No
622 Artillery-ave.. when the animal
became craIed BY the heat ana al
tempted 70 run away.
An unidentified man. taken from
No- 72s Palmer-ave east He ap-
pears 10 be about As years old and Is
brick mason's helper He wa
taken with pulmonary hemorrhage-
Sunday. dying Monday morning.
An unidentified man. whose frs
name Is Joe. who died in a rooming
house at No. 2s4 Brush-st.. at
O'Clock Monday morning
sunday uas HOT So vas sun
lay night.
Survivors didn't need 20 BE- in
formed By the weather man thai a..
records for several years were
broken. Had he said otherwise his
word would have been disputed
Observer Conger, from his con
ning.tover In the Majestic building
Monday morning. said be would Try
20 induce some OF the cooling
draughts that are now pglsating re-
lief in the northern part ~ the state
20 drift this way. The weather 10
north. he said, $ from 70 10 De-
grees cooler than IL was or Sunday
Sunday vas sizzling. eueTyatiE2
day. The pavements o; The cry
streets fairly burned through the
sole leather. and. az the ,hermorl-
eter began 10 soar early IN 'ae
morning. thousands sought relief 81.
lake and river resorts They f0u--
little relief Faint breezes were
cultivated BY the movements o.
steamers. but the wind vas from the
south and there wasn't much re-
freshmen In II
Al 10 O'Clock in the morning there
vas long line o. impatient per
spring persons buying tickets Tor
Belle Isle The central part OF The
island and the American side seem
ed TO be az fully as warm az The
city. and. naturally there Was a
stampede for The lone bath huute
which the great cry 81 Detroit, in
It's benencence provides FOR It's Cit
gems.
Sensible persons sought the
shaded shores OF the Canadian side
OF the island. Many came Tith bar
kets and hamper filed with lanch
and fortunate. indeed. were The
early arrivals that obtained choice
locations az the edge ~ he river
for there came delicious breezn.