Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1898 — FATAL HEAT IN NEW YORK. [ARTICLE]

FATAL HEAT IN NEW YORK.

Over 200 Deaths in One Week in the American Metropolis. There have been over 200 deaths traced directly to the heat in New York City the past ten days. At this time of the year the city never underwent the tortures that the snn inflicted upon her ns 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 filled to overflowing, doctors and nurses were exhausted from almost ceaseless labor and the miserable occupnnts of the tenements fairly gasped for breath. The rush out of town was unprecedented, Coney Island alone absorbing 200,000 people.