Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — FATAL HEAT IN NEW YORK. [ARTICLE]

FATAL HEAT IN NEW YORK.

Over 230 Deaths in One Week in the American Metropolis. There hare been over 200 deaths traced directly to the heat iu New York City the past ten days. At this time of the year the city never underwent the tortures that the sun inflicted upon her as reflected in the mortality tables. Sunday morning of last week it seemed as if the metropolis was to be turned into a vast crematory and her millions roasted out of existence. The hospitals were tilled to overflowing, doctors and nurses were exhausted from almost ceaseless labor and the miserable occupants of the tenements fairly gasped for breath. The rush out of town was unprecedented, Coney Island alone absorb* ing 200,000 people.