The New York herald., 1921-07-29
SIX KILLED BY HEAT
AND IS FRUSTRATED
With MERCURY 80
Cumulative Effects of Sew
eral Days Shown in Metro
pOlitan District Records.
BOSTON EVEN HOTTER
Several Western Cities Also
Report Temperature in
the Nineties.
LITTLE RELIEF PROMISED
At Least Another "a Hours Of
Excessively Hot Weather
Ahead.
BOSTON EVEN HOTTER
LITTLE RELIEF PROMISED

AHeau.
With six deaths due directly TO the
heat. two drownings, one child killed
by fall seeking cooler air, and fifteen
prostrations-by far the largest num-
ber of victims yet gathered by the
weather-the metropolitan district
had last night the promise Of little re-
lief for another twenty-four hours.
The low pressure area to the north,
which with high pressure area to the
south has been producing the ex-
tremely unpleasant season, is passin.
of down the st. Lawrence Valley, and
northwest winds instead of southerly
may be expected in a few days.
The highest temperature recorded
here yesterday was 80 at P. NJ,
which is not a record, as the ther-
mometer touched 96 on this date in
1894. and has been higher than 80 on
several occasions since then. But the
prolongation of the summers hot spell
Is believed to break all records.
| Figures were not available at the
| Weather Bureau. but 1t was said that
the monthly summary compiled at the
end of the month undoubtedly would
show higher average for this summer
than for any previous one on record.
probably five degrees or more above
normal. The humidity was not unduly
high yesterday, 80 per cent. of satura-
ton accompanying the highest tempera-
ture. 1t Is the cumulative effect of many
days of hot weather that brought 80
many heat victims.
Even Worse In Boston.
New York was far from being the
hottest city yesterday. Boston recorded
the phenomenally high temperature Of
ss. and st. Louis ran 1t a close second
with 94 Chicago. Detroit and Denver
scored Sc apiece. while Cleveland came
through with an "a. The coolest spot
In the United States yesterday was AL
pena, Mich. where "a was recorded
The weather forecast indicates cloudy
weather for to-day. probably slightly
cooler. with moderate westerly winds.
Saturday will probably be relieved with
local showers.
Those who died from heat were:
Morris Mutnak, so. of 80 Henry street.
was found unconscious at his home and
| died later.
Eighty-third street. Rockaway died
and the ocean.
Maria Nicita, months OF 157 Sew
enth street, Long Island City. died at
her home from sunstrOke
Frank Diedrick. 81. OF SO Maple
street, Jersey City, died at Newark
while working on an ice cream freezer.
George Kinney. Sc. of 25 Chelsea ave-
nue.. Newark. died while at work.
Mrs. Magma f. Johnson. 46. of Manis-
tee. Mich. died on a Pennsylvania train
as 1t neared New York. She was to
have sailed yesterday for Norway.
Those prostrated. who were taken to
hospitals. were Giuseppe Crocke, 75, OF
rs West Tooth street. Charles Raiser
s5. OF 9o7 East Third street, Brooklyn
Evelyn Schewenthal. IS, of 1871 Eas,
Eighth street, Brooklyn Simon Wagner
so. address not known: John Kiesey,
Al, address unknown, and Ethel Friehl.
%, Of 100 Seventh street. Long Island
City.
Among victims of the heat should he
placed Peter Falco and Ralph Esposeto
| Of 155 South Eighth avenue, Mount
| Vernon, who were run over by an auto
mobile truck while sleeping In the grass
at Port Chester.
Dorothy Ross, 20 months old. of 547
Seventy-second street. Brooklyn, wriy-
gled from her fathers arms at a window
and fell to the sidewalk, dying from n
fractured skull.
Swept out by the Tide.
Edward Sarsheld. 30, of 20 Howard
avenue. Brooklyn. was drowned while
bathing in Jamaica Bay. Sarsfield was
seized with cramps. Two young women
who were bathing with him, could not
swim and ran for help. When they re-
turned he had drowned and his body
had been carried out by the tide.
John McEloin, 40. of 434 West Forty
seventh street. court clerk, was
drowned at Great Kills. Staten Island,
when his fishing boat was swamped by
n heavy sea during thunderstorm.
! Two companions. Thomas Dowd 'of 1909
Second avenue and George Turner of
/ $50 West Sixty-third street, clung 10
/ the boat and were rescued.
Harry Goldberg. Is years old. OF ass
Marcy avenue Brooklyn, while bathing
at the municipal baths, Coney Island,
was rescued from drowning by Lifl
| Guard John McGoniEle. Hair an hour Is
work was required to resuscitate him.
Alfred +. Macoun of 821 Crescent
avenue. Astoria. had hard struggle "a
save his wife and baby near Point Look
out. Macoun was fishing for crabs. In
trying to get away from one OF the
crabs Mrs. Macoun fell overheard, the
| baby in her arms. Macoun dived in and
managed 10 get them ashore. where he
dropped with exhaustion.
! For the benefit of the suffering last
night. Mayo. Hylan ordered the showers
at all engine houses kept going all cve-
ming. Thousands OF men. women and
| children In bathing suits crowded about
| an the engine houses In consequence. en-
joying the cooling streams until ii
o'clock
An unofficial Thermometer at Peeis-
| kill, the state military camp, recorded
| 9s degrees yesterday. but the Local
Weather Bureau doubts the accuracy OF
the record. The Tenth Infantry kept
on it's training yesterday and no in
| furious results were reported.
Heavy storms, with high wind and
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