New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
Seven More Deaths R.
ported as Temperature
Reaches 81
Cool Spell Coming,
Weather Man Saw,
thunderstorm Resulted in
One Death and Three
injuries

I'VE" orh succeeded in existing !,
comparative comfort yesterday =,
though the thermometer, at "a ds,r..
recorded the hottest August s in vs.
history of the local Weather Rr..
Thanks to a sharp thundersbou
that swept the city early in the rou-
ing' the mercury dropped from tho 40
mark of Wednesday,, the highest ~
all time in New York's history ~,
encouragement is held out for ner;od
of actual GOODNESS within the ro..
twentyfour hours.
However, yesterdays climate in +h.
parts was not much to brag about n.
temperature reached "a degrees at s.,s
O'Clock in the evening, but there w..O v..O
indications on the weather man tbs.
change for the better was cominr ~ ~
weather man said there was r.i;a: s
expedition of cold being ORGANIZED ".
Medicine Hat way, the ancient be.a
quarters of stormy petrels, snow bI,s
yards and zero breezes. The cool wan.
ought to reach here soon. In the ma.
time we are promised moderate Tow
perature to-day, with local thunds,
showers eei
Seven Deaths Reported
Yesterdays heat casualties amounted
to seven deaths and eleven prostra.
tions. The dead:
John Brunjes, forty-two, 43s Centy,,
Avenue, Brooklyn.
Peter Curran, thirty-eight, sos Was,
Forty fourth Street.
Harold O'Connor, seven months ,sI
Franklin Street. -0'
Patrick Fleming, fifty-four, 2ss Cher.
ry Street.
Edward MuImarski, one wear s4a
Fourth Avenue
Charles Rivers, eighty five, rs Henry
Street, Brooklyn.
Louis Schnieberowitz, age and resi-.
dence unknown.
While the heat was from s TO IN
degrees lower than on Wednesday the
humidity was much greater, adding TO
the dlscomtorts of the day. There was
heavy moisture in the atmosphere fol
lowing the storm.
Wind Causes Much Damage
The thunderstorm was of an old.
fashioned tempest variety. 1t brok,
suddenly and was accompanied BY
high wind, which caused good deal
OF damage to vegetation in the Vi.
entity of the city. Trees and tele
graph poles were broken, wires torn
down and chimneys bowed over.
Frank Lananna, thirty-ive years old,
of 50 Cook Street. Brooklyn, was
CT Iir,L
employees of the New York, New Haven
d Hartford Railroad Company were
seriously burned when lightning
gines of the company in the Oak
Point yard, Liggett and Garrison Ave.
nues. The Bronx. The men injured
are Engineer Henry Esser, thirty.
four, 2141 Honeywell Avenue. The
Bronx; Solomon Newman. twenty.one.
213 Bryant Avenue, The Bronx, and
Joseph Salerno, twenty-four, 59s Nor.
ris Avenue. The three were taken to
Lincoln Hospital
There was a break in the Coney
Island pilgrimage Yesterdays crowd
was estimated at about 10000, about
100000 less than on "Wednesday, but
last nights attendance was heavy
Bathing booths were at premium all
day long. The crowd solved this dn
iiculty by improvising shelters from
bed sheets and blankets on the beach,
undressing and slipping on bathing
suits under these covers. The B. R.
j. service continued to be bad and
about 100 lost children were rounded
up by the police
b. X. T. Issues Statement
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com.
pany issued a statement explaining the
congestion on its lines The com
pany's officials stated that with de-
pleted numbers of employees, the B. R.
T. transported nearly 100000 passen.,
gers to Coney Island on Tuesday and
Wednesday. The statement says that
this closely approximates the number
of passengers carried by all the steam
railroads of the United States on an
average day in 1914
Such an abnormal volume of traflc,
it was pointed out, could not be trans
ported by the B. R. T. with the uncon-
pleted subway facilities and the short
age of employees now prevailing, with
out much congestion and discomfort
to the passengers.
The company declares that 500 more
conductors and 500 more motornen
could be used on the surface lines
alone, If they were available. Inc
company estimates that on the surface
lines 100000 more passengers have