The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-19
VOL. KILL 3lO.
SWELTERlNG IN THE CITY,.
rHE RECORD or YET ANOTHER DAY
OF DEBILITdTTNG NEAT.
gbc Rash 10 the Excur-ion Bonts Where
the Mercury stood nj 13O' and where tue
Krperter Pound the Temperaturc OF IN
Icc-IIouse-A Very Welcome Fall OF KAN.

the Mercury stood nj $50. and where the
Reporter Found the Temperature VI "n
Ice-IIouse-A Very Welcome Fail Of Rain.
Tbe breeze that refreshed the city on
Monday continued yesterday. but go feebly as
a, bring nut lltle comfort and, during the hot
tsst hours OF the very hot day, the stree's and
avenues up town were nearly deserted. Down
ipwn where business was transacted as heartily
,seyer, the heat was seriously felt, and beer and
p,da water sta lands did rushing business. The
watermelon men at Fulton VI rKet and the boys
with chesp fans ali over the city went home
with their pockets full ot money. The horses
fingered under their loads aud painted In the
,inshine, the letter carriers swelter,d at their
work, aud the police officers, who ara forced to
wear winter hes sd-g gear. were in mortal peril
workingmen, whether At desks. I'm shops or IN
the streets. IN mopped their faces continually and
prayed for a change In the atmosphere.
As the Fulton ferry boat Mineolaswuns out OF
her pier on the New York side, reporter made
hs way below the deck to where the engineer
stood, lev = In hani, awaiting the souni of the
rpug for full speed" IL am Gid you've
come" he said. " read 10 1HE Sun yesterday
bout an engineer whose engine room was 40
hot that he ID to 20 and stand In the sun to get
cool. Now can't even do that to cool on and
Iguess we ferry boat engineers feel the heat Be
much as any one. The thermometer stands at
iOdown here sometimes Fourth OF July week
was the hottest period ever felt In nv life. 1t
actually made me thin. My fireman went around
here perspirine so much that you could track
HIN wherever he went and when he sat down
be left pool under him. But In the iron boats,
The F,rraeut and the + on, the boys have 1t
worse than we do 10 the wooden boats. Those
iron boats are built with comp rtmenis. and the
o. gineer Is shut right In with the steam chest
tha cxItn He m pn of thera and
Tne reporter found his way to the engine
nom In the Farragut. and there sat the engineer
with only a pair OF overais and jumper" "a
colored jacket-shaped shirD ON his person. Hts
no % use iryins to wear them things" said he. at
would only kill me-" Not breath OF air en-
tered the siia ny ns S9mpa' tee ssinTy little
aud the great boiler and engine were sending
out heat that was unendurable.
Thousands betook themselves to the excur-
sion boats Yesterday, ana Pier 2. North river, the
stopping place OF many excursion steamers was
crowded Ail day. Tue pleasure seeker were
mostly working men aud aud women with their
children. The runners for the ysrious lines
worked up an exciIine competition, eIpendins
weather. Thousands enjoyed the trip across
Gown 9he East river 10 the Harlem boats The
Germans, with their wives and daughters
snd sweethearts, made general exodus to the
gardens on Union Hill, and to the nreezv heights
of Gutenberg and Fort Lee. The boats for
Long Branch, Newport, Boston, and New Haven
Ihe siItv-nve laborers employed on the New
York anchorage pier Of the East River Bridge
spent their dinner hour Yesterday in the Two
arches OF that structure, declaring them the
coolest places In the city. The temperature re-
Of sunsiroke mas a. yet occurred At the anchor.
age pier although with the exception OF some
few men employed 10 the arches oil the labo' ers
are exposed to the full blaze of the sun from
morning until nieht. rhe men protect their
kesds BY wearing cat base leaves. or wet blot
ting paper or sponses In the crowns OF their
hats they drink nothing but ice water tenn
tered with ginger, or as me prefer II. meal.
After sunset, the clouds that had been some
what scattered during the AFTERNOON brosme
pore and more numerous and en-e, a refresh.
,ain nsesn to fall 10 great. lszs drops. Ihe
thousands OF persons who had been inhaliue
The fresn breeze fingered IN the streets aud on
the beDobes In the parks seemingly hoping thai
the rain would prove merely shower, but tn,
drops became SIN silsr AID moro frequent, thun
Ger and lightning followed, aud they were uriset
IN doors. II rsned untI nearly ~ O'CLOCK win
tut cessation.
suSsTRoKEs.
No fatal case of sunstroke WAS reported IL
Eew York vest -rJay. Inc record Is as follows
John Wagner, no home, prostrated, was sen
SB st Broadway Annie higgins, OF b27 Cour
Itree BrookiyD, overcome al 2Ol South street
ismes Jene 5, o. bSl Boone street; J.me
bnay, OF 735 Nintn street: Jeremiah BIrns, U
hp East Forty sixth street; |. II nn III OF Ave
nue. B and 81, e,enteentn street; CHails MICsn
Patrick Hannan. Of 4lO E,st Ei. hteeutn . rec
Mionsel einOookner, of Hfty-fourtl sreet
i ih,S.s ise .srl o' street joseph slliyaa, ioa.
james sias,.-rv. at Wo..n aud Eim 4ets WI
iiam Kelly. of Twenty serv.-1 street EomS
Bemuerbsrs. OF Is Centre stree, s4r ~, - !,
Adams, OF 81 SevenLh avenue George 49,
msnn Of sS E.s, ff g 'tFss sso. s,,..
Brookiyni Taller ~ enmer Of li5 Och rs
street; Rosanna Hughes, no home, In Li'inss
As the Hoboken ferry bost srcaucus was oil
her way 10 New YORK ,esterday ai.ernoon. WI
ham Reid stepped out Of the c,Jin and took
seat on the guard rail. He was soon overcom
by the heat, and fanne backward into the river
Tlomas Murray. aged 30, OF nmett street
Brooklyn, was prostrated Ny heat at Curt an'
A.sstsnt x gineer Merritt. Of the b ard o
City works, WIS prOsirateI Ia nj, OH ., AZ q Wa
removed IA AN lnseDsiUie condi.ion TO DIS resi-
deDOe.
In regard TO the intense heat a. arectn
health, DR. IinsleN, Con mOnOre Vanderbilt
phYsio an, saIu last even n: "Althou- l nav
been almost cOnslsntIh occupied II lac In al
tenuing CommOGore Vanderbilt KNOW thd
the heat has caused muon siekness, even am On
very great. Many sick per on, who woulo prob
ably nave recovered. n well cared for. In mod
et tely WIN weather, have oIed on account q
the heet. One Of my patients is almost restore
10 health yet he cannot stand ON account q
weakness, Resulting tom the heat. CUmmodor
Nanderbllt was mparatlyeiy comfOrtdt 10, dt
spite Toe neat lie Is regtinlng strength"
THE HEAT II BROOKLYN.
In BROOKLYN the general health Il good I
Thha diseases aro prevalent cspel ialIy am v ~
chlidreD, m VI The $50 Gases OF death last wee
being attributed to such malaules one hut
nred aud Tor y-three Of these 2il cases Of deaf
we're ~ houses containing three Or more t4ul
les La tue Sixteenth Ward, the tenemeu
region, 5lxty-elght persons oied, forty Of thel
VI uiaIrhUal diseases. Ihe teneInents ia I'll
biIth, Tenth, and Fourteenth Wares helped
swell the death rate last weeA, which Was 54'
per 100
| Df. Edward 7. Richardson, Of l4l Montagi
ltreet, s.ys that amo y those Who dwell IN con
[OrtaOle houses there Is not nuch sicknes
tic hnds some diarfhGa among children, au
200 much Ice cream and ice water eyertwh' re-.
Dr. Joseph b. Elliott, OF 4Yj Clinton aVenu
llinks th l, considering the intensity aud u
PATTON Of the heat, the city Is remafkab
healthy He SAYS tnat many parents ars dor
he In King ther children 10 Coney lslan
Ana kOckaway
DIR. Johu johnson, Of 81 Henry street, hi
Dot seen 20 much sickness a. any previous IN
hlthin The y 81 twenty 1--we years.
The record IN tue Onice OF The Cemetery
lhe kVerRTeens shOwa tnat from Sunday. july
10 Saturday the 18TH, inclusive, loo lutermen
here Ii hde, beng an average OF "a IL daily.
THE HEAT IN NEW JERSEY.
In Jersey CITY there has been alarming 4
brease Of me death rate. Auoui 400 persOI
huye died since the lst Of July, at least tuTr
fourths Of tho numD"I being children. Not le
lhAn lbO Of the Cases Of death were bS chOlei
| nlantum, the sooufge VI the tepements. !