Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-02

mont. Pa. water tender on Pennsylvania
5cHN BooRsr forty..isht years old. 1885
JoRS hhReiEsboN. forty year. ola 1927 Gin.
cfixRLEs HINTON. sixty.four years old. 1887
JOSEPH BLAIR. l2sS Olive street. overcome at
TER ,TSSTresdsis so nltrsticn stl plant. ...,
GpMAEp TieHE, ssse FrsnEfora sSHi avenue. Venue
MRS; HATTIE FREDERrcKs. 1887 North Law.
JISSIAhs 'iSsii S;sSs, SsS,s
FRANK ns,sSS nMhGEE nio.,S;ope 7isi drays ave-
ASToSio i'sRess s9SseiS 1'f's i.y sss w.lnu, street.
wffpSM wfffIpndSsMn GSSess %ocT1 Ho'psil as,l;v "a,
strsst hrsmsn a, the sssenth s and esrpsn eMansGn
ter streets station. taken TO the Pennsylvania
unidsptissd yhit. man about thr,y.nye. picked
,!onhouse patrol and taken to Pennsylvania
ALvx STONE. ,ty.n,y;cpe, 1875 West Hunting
Leo EVANS, twsnty-one. s41e Marshall street;
Mhs Eg's2oll sESskSs NIsRi ,w.n,y..y.n Of 900 Fed
nSREy nsss:S si us Eup street. %
rissn RsLIEf e SGoPsT tHGspa Or .a,
cess avenue. Camden. Overcome and treated
ADA SREss%AAN. ,:.!syteen of sis Monroe street.
MABEL EsERT, nineteen. q 1872 West oxford
IRENE KEILAR ,hiryye Giss,f of 1929 rarmoun,
sAMGGf txSHSf. GOODMAN. sixty. los North Edge
Pd srefi Ho Fl Ans: HG'Dtsss sss Mcclellan
rsSS AS Sss; Of I1,,,s
JESSn sS Hale Ii Ifg'.pssss B2sS &sss street, CAMDEN
MRS: NJ, " sCAFEEUR. 22s Stevens street.
wEhTER sS9SBMsTo HosP sEh,een month. old
East ciearheid street: st. christopher's Hos
THOMAS SMITH. hfty.nlne years old. 1914
MRS RMmpRls pkRSTMHRNn sahsf fPsH!fTE PHfTERsN sx,yn
years old. 2o75 East Arizona street; st. Mary's
JoBN HTNTER; fe5ty.sye years old; 24o7 East
wEnIS RHRsG MUsH s orty M'y Years SJR s
;RSrf.sGa ,orty,we years old
overcome at the PostoffIcc taken to Samaritan
ELLIS LYMAN 500 Wood street: overcome on
street; samaritan Hospital
night, the night was somewhat more COM
Portable than the one OF Tuesday.
According to Chief Davis. of the Water
Bureau. water famine in several sections
of the city was threatened during the most
Intense part of the heat wave, owing to the
collapse of several fremen at the Tor
resdale filtration plant
NEGRO FIREMAN HERO
negro firemen, Clifford Washington OF
6 Bakiston street alone kept the boilers
going after his fellow -worknen had gone
under Word was flashed to Chief Davis.
who rushed to the scene and got the needed
assistance.
THAT fellow Washington proved himself
quite a hero" Chief Davis said.
Many of the large mills and industrial
| plants in Manayunk closed their doors to-
day, as the morning heat promised to reach
the same intensity as that of Tuesday last.
| The Pencoyd Iron Mills closed down the
| greater part of the plant at II o'clock last
| night
There is report which cannot be con-
| frmed that within the last several days
| twenty-sx men were overcome in the PEN
| coyd foundry The officials refuse to make
| any comment on the rumor Other plants
| that have sent their workmen home are
| William Fink G. Co., manufacturers of
| plush, Nixon street above Leverington ave-
| nue.; Joseph NJ Adams Main street above
Queen lane yarn manufacturer, and John
w. Harmer, of Main street and Walnut
| lane, also manufacturer of yarn.
The Corona Leather Company. at Bristol,
| Pa, has been forced to close its varnish-
| ing department by the terrific heat of the
| last few days. There are fifty ovens in
| this department. in which the finish is
| baked on skins. making them into patent
| leather.
A temperature Of about 100 degrees is
! required In these ovens. Even though this