The New York herald., 1921-07-05
II FATALITIES MARK
CITY'S CELEBRATION
OF A HEATED 9TH
Seven Drownings, Three
Heat Fatalities and One
Automobile Killing
Are Reported.
FEW OTHER ACCIDENTS
Beaches ThrOnged. a Million
Take Sea Baths, Parks
Filled and Automobiles
Carry Joyous Parties.
MERCURY REACHES SO
Humidity Shows Is Per Cent.
Increase-ThOusands Sleep
on Beaches, With Special
Guards on Duty.
MERCURY REACHES SO

New York celebrated the Fourth Of
July yesterday under a broiling sun
that pulled the mercury in the Their
mometers up to SO degree at o'clock
in the afternoon and that drove hun
beaches and coast resorts. But in
spite of the terrific heat, the movement
Of thousands of automobiles. the shoot
ing of firecrackers and firearms and
the water. accidents were remarkably
few. Only three persons in the Greater
City died of the heat and seven were
drowned-two at Coney Island, one at
at Hastings, one in New Jersey and
one at Staten Island. At midnight the
police had received report of only one
automobile killing.
The official thermometer of the
Weather Bureau, located high up on
the roof of the Whitehall Building and
far away from the blistering asphalt
of the sidewalks and pavements. reg
perature of the day. 1t reached that
at o'clock and again at 4, but after
4 it began to drop, so that at o'clock
II had dropped to go. and TO 90 degrees
the thermometer registered "a. but
there had been an increase in the hui
midity OF Is per cent. since 3 o'clock
in the afternoon.
Thousands on the Beaches.
II was a great deal hotter throughout
the day than the records OF the Weather
Bureau would indicate. and the lowness
OF the humidity was probably all that
prevented wholesale prostrations. The
heat was sufficient. however. 70 reduce
human movement almost to a minimum
so far as working was concerned. Hun
dreds OF thousands sought the beaches.
the crowds at Coney Island and at the
Rockaways and the Staten Island
beaches being greater than on any
Fourth OF July in the history Of the re-
sorts. AS many of these as could went
into the water. the ocean at times being
so crowded that ii seemed to be COM
posed of nothing but bobbng heads.
Others tried to keep cool in the parks OF
the FIVE boroughs. and every one who
had an automobile hurried the machine
into the country In search of cool
breezes. Thousands spent the night on
the beaches at Coney Island and the
IL, Eogn al "A
TO protect the sleepers.
Some relief from the heat wave Is
promised to-day by the Weather Bu-
reau. The forecast is for cooler weather.
with northwest winds and probably local
showers.
The persons who were drowned at CO.
ney Island were Bernard katz. is years
old. of 52is Eleventh avenue. Brooklyn.
and Frank Schwint, %. Of S2s Classon
avenue, Brooklyn, while Max Engelburg.
Is years old, of 1901 Seventy-first street.
Brooklyn, was dragged from the water
unconscious and revived only with diff
ficulty Katz went swimming during
the afternoon with his sister. Yetta. OF
Jones's walk at Coney Island. and az
ter a few minutes in the water was
seized with cramps. Harry Ebert of
500 Hancock street. Brooklyn. brought
the boy ashore. but he was dead.
Companion Attempts Rescue.
schwint, together with his brother,
Fred, and Hugh Conroy OF 621 PARK
place. Brooklyn. went out I'm n rowboat
from the dock at the foot OF West Thir-
ty-frst street. Coney Island. ard
Schwint jumped overheard for a swim.
He failed to reanpear and Conroy went
after him. Conroy dived and swan
about for some time looking for Schwint.
but could not recover the body. Fred
Schwint became hysterical when he
learned that his brother was drowned.
and was taken to the Coney Island Hos
pital. Engelburg was rescued by Max
Ginger OF 1926 West Thirty-frst street.
Brooklyn. and was revived BY a physi-
clan from the Coney Island Hospital
The two drownings reported from,
Westchester county were John J. Brown,
II. OF 40 West Seventy-third street at
Hastings. and Peter Piscionc. i6, OF a
West Boston Post road, az Mamaroneck.
Brown lost his life when a canoe IN
which he was padding with another
boy In the Hudson Riy-s az Irvington.
capsized. The other boy was rescucs
and Browns body was recovered by
Sergeant Benjamin Mccall OF the Irv-
ington Police Department Piscione
went swimming with his two brothers
in Long Island Sound of Orienta Point
and was seized with a cramp. His
brothers, Joseph and James, recovered
his body after diving for some time.
pulmotor was used but the boy could
not be revived.
Giuseppe Crosse Of SO James street
was drowned last night while bathing In
the ocean nj South Reach, staten Island.
the efforts OF other bathers TO rescue
him. He went into the water shortly
after o'clock from Harris's pavilion.
and his wife saw him go out a short
distance and then disappear beneath the
water. Others tried TO help him. but
could not find the body.
Charles Leaf Of III Grand street. Ho-