The New York herald., 1921-07-10
five DIE FROM HEAT,
THREE ARE DROWNED
Child Falls to Death From
Roof While Trying to Reach
Cool Place.
SMALL HOPE FOR RELIEF
High Mark of Day, 81; Low,
IS; Thousands Sleep Outdoors;
Many Frustrated.

With five deaths due directly to the
heat. three persons drowned while
bathing, one child killed by fall from
a roof, where he had gone TO seek
cooler air, and several prostrations as
a result of another scorching day with
high humidity, a thunder shower gave
touch of temporary relief last eve
ning-enough 70 send the thermome-
ter down perhaps half a dozen degrees.
There is little likelihood that cooler
weather will come Immediately. The
Weather Bureau thinks that to-day
will be fair, with temperature above
normal, and that similar condition
will continue most IL not all of the
week. For the last week the average
daily temperature has been to 10
degrees above normal, with high aver
age humidity.
Yesterdays high temperature was only
81. reached at r. NJ. but it was ac
companied by high percentage OF
water vapor In the air which made 1t
extremely oppressive. At l p. NJ. the
humidity was II per cent. Yesterdays
lowest temperature was Is degrees,
from which point the thermometer
climbed steadily. hardly dropping until
after the shower. The shower brought
II down to n.
The following deaths from heat were
reported:
John Howard. g. elevator operator.
6lS West l3sth street.
Frank Ligouri. IS. so Eighth avenue,
died in Bellevue Hospital
John J. Ford, 81, 2of West Ninety
eighth streetn died in Knickerbocker
Hospital.
George Howard. 20, OF Mills Hotel at
1871 West Thirty sixth street. was found
overcome In Central Park and died fp an
anhulance on the way to Bellevue Hos
pital.
An unidentified man about IS years
old, driver of a truck OF the North
American Brewing Company OF Wilson
and Greene avenues, Brooklyn, collapsed
at Ninety-sixth street and Second ave-
nus and died before the arrival OF an
ambulance.
Those prostrated were John T. Casey.
SO. i74 South Ninth street, Brooklyn;
Nora Goloin, 80. 14i4 Third avenue
Matthew Foley. SIS. 1877 Seventy-sixth
street Brooklyn Katherine Prince. 90,
2sf West Twenty-hrst street. and
Madorne Herbest. 10. i57 West Eighty
fourth street Miss Frances Wright 20.
a guest at the Hotel Remington l2s
West Forty-sixth street
Charles Russell Moll 2s years old, OF
Lake Grove, L. l., who has been miss
ing since Thursday night, walked up TO
a policeman In Brooklyn last night and
said, Officer, I don't know who L am
and don't know where I'm going, but
I know It's hot" At Long Island Col
iege Hospital II was decided he was
suffering from amnesia caused by the
heat He was identified by means OF
papers In his pockets. which gave the
addresses OF relatives.
Joseph PRO. 8. OF 15T Mulberry street,
fell from the roof OF his home yester-
day to the roof of a building three
stories below and was killed.
William Casko. q sailor in the United
! states Navy, who lived at 24 Stage
strset. Brooklyn. was drowned while
bathing in Flushing Bay. He sppar
emily was seized with cramps. az he
screamed. threw up his hands and went
down. Hts body was recovered.
The body of Joseph Ryan. 2s. plum
ber. OF 3o4 Bainbridee street was found
in the water off Joness Walk. coney
| Island, was brought to shore BY another
bsther. a policeman and physician
worked more than an hour in an at
tempt TO revive him.
Charles Piszzi. rs years old, Of IT'S
Ackerman avenue. Clifton, ". D..
! drowned In Nashs Pond near that town.
! II IL believed he was taken with cramps
and drowned before aid could reach him.
Hts body was recovered
Besides the drowniugs there we're sew
erai rescues. Louis Wendell, 81 OF So
Attorney street, got cramps 100 feet
from Gaore while bathing at the foot
OF West Twenty-first street Coney
Island Lewis Levy. a life guard. and
Samuel Levy, a special officer, rescued
him.
samuel Perser. s. Of 43o Snedeker
cort.~vcd on Seventeenth Pdce.