Heat Wave in New York, Frederick Leonard at Bushwick Stricken

MANY ARE HEAT STRICKEN

IN SUDDEN TORRID WAVE

Everybody Suffered, but Only

One Death Was Reported

To Coroners

NO PROMISE MADE FOR TO-DAY.

Weather Bureau Predicts "Partly

Cloudy," but Does Not Commit

Itself to Rain

The heat and humidity yesterday prostrated many victims, but out of the whole number of cases reported there was only one death. It was a trying day and the suffering it brought cannot nearly be measured by the records of the police and hospitals for thousands endured great discomfort while dozens were overcome but not prostrated. The police reported many cases where the victims were made ill from the heat but recovered sufficiently to go home.

There were seven cases more or less serious.

John Tusco, one month old, died at his father's residence from the effects of the heat. The child had not been feeling well and its parents sent for an ambulance from the Harlem Hospital, but the infant died before the doctor's arrival.

The victims who were taken to the hospital were:

Frank Cahill, aged 21 years, of 344 Hicks Street, overcome at corner of Verona and Richards streets, and removed to the Long Island College Hospital.

An unknown woman about 35 years old, heat stricken at the corner of Fourth Avenue and DeGraw street yesterday afternoon. She was removed, unconscious, to the Seney Hospital. The woman was about 5 feet 4 inches in height, weighed about 110 pounds, had a gray cress, black stockings and low cut shoes.

Arome Quintaporte, aged 30 years, of 155 Twenty-third street, prostrated by the heat early last night at the foot of Forty-second street. He was taken to in an ambulance to the Norwegian Hospital.

Frederick Leonard, 45 years old, employed in the Bushwick Glass Works, at Morgan avenue and Grand street, overcome by the heat while at work yesterday afternoon. He was attended by Dr. Doyle of the Eastern District Hospital and removed to his home at 20 Judge street.

John Uldman, 26 years old, of 8 Walworth street, overcome by heat while working at 25 West Houston street, Manhattan, and was taken to his home.

Thomas Flynn, 12 years old, of 1,517 Madison avenue, Manhattan, overcome by heat at 1 o'clock, in North Meadow, Central Park, and taken to Bellvue Hospital.

That rain that the weather prophets have been predicting for three days did not come, and its failure to show up was disappointing even to people who don't like rain, for a heavy shower certainly would have been welcome as a cooler. The forecasters down in Washington sent out the following bulletin last night:

"Washington, May 24 - For Eastern New York: Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday; fresh southwest to west winds."

The drug stores had many cases of heat stricken persons yesterday. Usually a little cold water served to revive the patients.

The breeze that helped to keep down the temperature in the morning freshened up in the afternoon and fanned with cool air faces of a hot and perspiring populace.

The inhabitants of New York will have to judge for themselves concerning to-day's weather or else wait and see what the day will bring forth, as the Weather Office has refused to commit itself further than to say that it will be partly cloudy.