The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-01
72 DEATHS FROM HEAT BEFORE
TEMPERATURE DROPS; FACTORIES SHUT


beat pros'rntons 81 Bellevue vsts
A IHur Nns - amHIIan ma1s
DIuiiHuaus PROCESSION bsf.I, fls U.t.
.pifai end tNs strfarr Hf ..Hra
treated uaa trn Hr hour
irsu aI over fbs country como re
porte ~ deaths ari rros'raH.us o..
cfeiinF poet records tut Nae A.rs
Clty to1s rra.sfrn.s over ,tfa .urr
rIty fnf heaf. buuIify nrI fatH..t.s
Not on ths deaths which occurrrI
In uo early morning hours were Duo
20 prOsfTa'i1u Do several eases tfU
victims seeking r. cooling drat by
sleeping on the roofs and fro fsraisf
and nt open window easements. were
precipita,od 90 th'ir dcaths from tho!r
recumlsnt positions one man rolled
from bis roof. woman fen out ~ a
window. a man tumu.sd into the river
from a yacht: a child plunged 90 bile
death from a fire escape
Cats and dogs were especially AZ
'cc'cd. many of them dying from tho
heat In Ions Island City Emil Hon
man, thirty-thrcc years OLD. ~ SO
lV7 Eighth street. was attacked boy his
pet dog and bitten on both hands.
Hoffman collapsed from tho heat and
was treated for prostratlon as well
as his wounds
In Jersey city anbulances vera
Napf .f, th. ,ttv ali ,r..h, ..H F,t.t.. ..
the early morning hours. Gottfricd
Korcttks. nifty years old. was found
dead this morning sitting In a chair
at tho door Of his kitchen. No. "
Gregory Street.
John Eagers OF No. s29 Pallsadc
Avenue. Jersey city. suffering from
the heat. stabbed himself almost to
tho heart with potato knlfo and
blod to death. lie was found dead by
his wife this morning.
Frederick Bergcnhotter. a farmer
near Egg Harbor, n. j.. was over
come by tho heat during the night
and dted this morning.
Letter carriers were ordered 20
shed their coats and serve their
rounds In shirt sleeves to-day for the
| first time In the history OF the ser
vice.
The big thermometer in front Of The
| World Building, which has become the
| peoples guide In Park Row, regis
| tered 30 degrees at ll.ij o'clock.
The attention OF Mayor Mitchell was
called to-day to a number OF heat
| prostrations in the subway loop under
l.the Municipal Building and on the
stairs leading 10 the City Hall StatiOn
OF the subway. At one time no less
| than Ave women lay unconscious near
| the Centre Street entrance to the
Municipal Building.
The Mayor directed Charities Com
missioner Kingsbury to station two
! physicians from his department at the
| subway entrances and the First Aid
| Hospital for city employees on one OF
| the upper floors of the Municipal
Building was thrown open TO the
! public.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
! pany ran true to hot weather form
and added all the discomfort possible
to tho intolerable day. The hundreds
of thousands OF misguided persons
who went to the seashore over the
B. II. T. lines suffered immeasurablS
moro than those who stayed at home
The popular impression that th'
seashore is cooler than the city was
dlslroved last night and to-day
Coney Island and tho entire beacf
front of the city was about tho hotes
stretch last night this side OF th'
Rio Grande. The sandy beaches
were densely populated all night
Sleep was out OF the question. There
wasn't a breath OF air. And thos'
who fell asleep from sheer exhaustion
were soon awakened by tho shouting
singing and boisterous behavior o
thousands OF ill-bred, selfish' lncon
siderate persons OF both sexes.
Although the B. X. T. management
knew from experience that ther
would be a great rush for the sea
shore early to-day, no extra tram
were mt on, The usual week k-da
morning schedule was followed.
The result was that the hasemcn
station in the Municipal Building wa
n hellhole by $50 o'clock. The oil
Brooklyn Bridge rush was ba
enough, but up on tho bridge ther
was some fresh air and some hBh
and some management. Down IN IN
pit of misery under the Munlclpa
Building there Is little llBht' no iTes
air and no management
When crowded trains from Cone
Island pulled into the station the pas
sengcrs found themselves confronte
on both sides with n moist, half Graz!
almost desperate mob from Ave to te
deep, set for rush for the doors o
the cars. The arrival OF every trai
marked fight. Screams OF womel
curses OF men and cries OF chlldre
rang through the vaulted recesses o
the gloomy hole. After leaving IN
cars il was necessary for passenger
bound for Park Row 20 fight ever!
step OF their progress toward day