The New York herald., 1922-08-18
RECORD HEAT FOR
CITY; LOW HUMIDITY
Mercury Reaches 81 Degrees,
Equalling Summers High
Mark of July 13.

| New York experienced little relief
| yesterday from the sweltering heat wave
| because of the lower humidity, although
the thermometer registered a higher
mark than on any other day this year
except July 13. The highest humidity
of the day was n at 8 o'clock in the
morning, while on Wednesday the hui
midity reached SS. Yesterday the tenn
perature reached the high mark Of July
IS, standing at 81 at in the afternoon,
four degrees above the maximum of
Wednesday.
In other sections Of the country, how
ever. the heat wave appeared to be
worse. Four deaths and many prostra-
tions were reported in Chicago. with a
temperature Of 80 degrees, and in In
dianapolis the weather set new record
when the thermometer registered 95 de-
grees Only one heat prostration was
reported there. In Bristol, Conn.,. the
Sessions Foundry Company, employing
400 men, was forced to suspend work.
The New York police reported only
one death from the heat and but three
prostrations. James Hunt. aged So, of
l21st street and Park avenue, employed
on building at 195th street and Sedg-
wick avenue. The Bronx, was overcome
and died later in Fordham Hospital.
Isidore Markin. 1877 Main street. Long
Island City, and Frank Klausler, 31i
East Hath street, The Bronx. and An
thony Gait, 1853 East Fifty-first street
The forecast for to-day in New York
promises some relief in the form of
slight southerly winds 1t will be gen.
orally fair. with not much change in tenn
pcrature. The lowest temperature yes
terday was 72 at Z O'Clock in the morn
ing. while the lowest humidity was Al
at / o'clock and again at o'clock in the
afternoon. From 10 o'clock to the
temperature ranged from 81 to So. with
jump to 81 at o'clock.
Several drownings were reported
Stephen Woodbine of ~ Ninth street,
Jersey City. was found lying half over
board In a rowboat in Newark Bay by
Gustav Erne of 13y New York avenue,
Jersey City. His head was under water
and his feet were caught under a
thwart.
Louis Green OF s44 South Sixteenth
street. Newark was drowned while
swimming in Newark Bay with Ben
jamin Aparto of 539 East bath street.
Aparto tried to save his companion and
was himself almost drowned when Green
threw his arms about him.
Salvatore Palmorio, Is months old of
23 Rose avenue. Newark. fell into the
Morris Canal at Sixth street and Heller
Parkway and was drowned.
d. w. Riker, a sailor Of the battle
ship Maryland, tried to jump from mo-
tor boat to a float In the Hudson on
Nipafy-aayapfh street He fell into the
water and was drowned.
James p. Kane, 81, of Sheridan Boule-
ward. far Rockaway, drowned while
sinking a mooring for small craft in
Jamaica Bay off Beach Thirty-sixth
street yesterday afternoon, when the
small boat from which he was lowering
the heavy mooring capsized. Kane was
thrown out. The body was found last
night.
w. Taylor Wilson, so. of Marian ave-
nue.. Mount Kisco, was drowned In an
attempt to save an unidentified woman
from drowning off Croton Point in the
Hudson River yesterday afternoon. VIII
son was one Of the directors of the
croton Point Land Company, which owns
and rents bungalows at that place for
summer camping.
With his wife and married daughter
he was camping in his cottage there. In
swimming yesterday afternoon he went
to the rescue of a woman who called
for help. lie was overcome and drowned.
Two other men saved the woman.
Wilson was regent of the Mount Kisco
Lodge, Royal Arcanum. He is survived
by his wife and two children.
Stella Duffy. 0, and her brother, Will
lam, S, we're drowned in the Shrewsbury
River at Rumson, n. j.. yesterday after
noon as Robert Duffy. Is, their big brother.
tried in vain to rescue them after he had
exhausted himself in saving the lives of
two other sisters, Rose, and Veron-
lea, z.
The five children, whose parents are
Mr.. and Mrs William J. Duffy of 1925
Garden street, Hoboken, had gone to
Rumson for a swim