The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
Staten Island Editor Dies
While Reading Proof for
His Newspaper.
WOMAN ENDS HER LIFE
Numerous Prostrations and
Great Crowds Rush to Sea-
shore for Relief.

Five persons were killed by the heat
yesterday and three others were pros
trated in different parts of the city
as the torrid wave continued.
The temperature at its Eighest-be-
tween 4 and 6 o'clock in the afternoon
was IS, two degrees lower than the
maximum of the two preceding days.
1t seemed hotter and was much more
uncomfortable because of high humid
ity. The street thermometers, affected
by the stored UP heat, ranged higher
than those of the days before. Show
ers. predicted for the evening, did not
hit any Of the boroughs. although they
darkened the distant horizon. The
Weather Bureau does not look for a
letup in the warmth to-day unless il
be in the form of cooling showers.
Hugh Kessler. proprietor and edi-
tor of the Staten Island Post, 256
Bay street, Stapleton, died while read
ing q proof. Physicians said his death
was due to heart failure superinduced
by the heat. He was 70 years old. was
born in Germany and established the
publication in 1888, after he had
worked on the New Yorker Stats
ZeitunD for several years as COM
positor. He leaves wife, daughter
and FIVE grandchildren.
Leo Spinella, so. Of 211 Thirty-third
street, Brooklyn, collapsed at First
avenue and Fifty-flrst street, Brooklyn.
physician from the Emergency Hos
pital Bush Terminal. said his death
was due directly to the heat. His body
was sent to the morgue.
Mrs. Clare Kirchner 3S, of 231 West
121st street, was so afrected by the heat
that she, committed suicide by stuffing
the doors and windows with paper and
turning on the gas. jeanette Kirchner,
20, a daughter. found the body when
she returned home from work. The
daughter expressed the belief that the
heat was. the cause of her mothers act.
Joseph p. Smith. 40. a concrete mixer,
Of AIS East Sixtieth street, died in
Bellevue Hospital from heat exhaustion.
He was taken to the hospital from his
home at noon.
Gertrude Rabtz, 10, of 294 Rivington
street, was killed when she fell from
the fourth floor window of the tene-
ment. Her parents said she leaned out
the window for relief from the heat.
became faint and lost her balance.
Matthew Keenan,, 25. of 1873 Eldert
street. Brooklyn, was overcome in
Brooklyn avenue, near Montgomery
street. He was taken to Kings County
Hospital. where his condition was said
to be serious.
Andrew Oliver. 81, of 1929 Second
avenue, was Frustrated at Third ave.
nue. and Thirty-fourth street. He was
attended by a. physician and taken
home.
The heat attracted thousands OF peo-
pie TO Coney Island yesterday from
other parts OF the city. and in many
places along the beach bathing was in
dulged In after dark.
At the foot of West Twenty-fifth
street John Flaherty. guard. rescued
Nathan Solder. 20. butcher. OF 416
East 10sth street. Manhattan. Peter
Papas, 23, Of 81 Christopher street. Man.
haitian, was seized with a cramp when
bathing at the foot OF Thompsons Walk
and was taken from the water by Guard
Robert Sears. James Russo, ID. a
chauffeur, Of 1875 Mott street. Manhat-
tan, was saved by Thomas Conklin
guard. after he had become exhausted
in the water at the foot OF West Tenth
street.