, 1876-07-13
A Terribly Hot Time In Now
York City.
No Rain for Three Wooks, and
tho Thermometer in the
Ninetios.
A Great Number Of Sun.Strokes,
and Many Deaths.
YToxy tic Hotel. Business Has Suf-
tcrcd for Three Years.
An Old Hotel-Keeper's Obser-
vations on the Situation.
The Etoue.C .Cutters' Tyrunnica1 ond
Idiotio Etrikp.

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II sney eVos e"eouutes ues. :, W. NV ,'c I'm.
"!eh ivy Mo pass !, .;aat,vo mt o1rcady
'6dcreo ptople"as'cai WY .a'' .,,s,s w." taro ~
reached TINT point, Gut, Thetncs 'nes 'n,o
not, It Is not question which can properly 90
,,"ro i,cen cndurinr n ~ heated term vhicl,
,Mvo ~. 'sa. a',a,o5 horo for tntenao heat,
haVo never scc" equA'u .mss,t,,, s,,,t.tncss'
or for oppressive, ui,ost at1tocatlhB sulte"'sso'
,cnn ] rsn,r,nr ri nv axay IN in the COS, VIC hayo not
=, ssi, vcostntlon Of all kinds Is
had drop o. ran seoss,'o' no norsnirina ~ M % I'M,
'na''y s"e''sss W., a''o - s" somo t,mo during
ths twcntyfuur hours, promise Of rain, Which
r.tsna .s %nnca nr,y to De broken by tho pasaagc
~ ~ nathorca r,ouds In SONG other direction.
ava M au BEEN eopous rainials, willie we cooped up
bctucon high wallis Of brles ana mortar mort, Oh on
moro hcate, and intensified pray IN vain .3;n,. for
few drops of water 10 cool tio 'ar a"u 'e''e'e
o,1r suifcrfngs. Thcro ID q rccoru hofneWhefc OF
rich man VINO o1se c.'sa ~. m op w., VI thara
when 'o was suffering as wo ,a Nv nu"' W." aa..o ~
are probably some persons unk,nd , enough n 70
fela,k , =. e'at .n,a,s ~ W. ",p 1rns M c,thcr ~
Cllneu 10 thlnK i'e ~As cit'ci
,,...,,,, ,,'n "n ,norc,,rv m Indicated NJ dcprecs
festct"'.S wv s ~. 49,. ...,".oor,n nouso ill.,
In the shadc, anu IN some te'le"1cnt"ouse , u'e-
tnnrr,crate. rmsg, md wlcro no breczo can reach
tlcta. It 1parkcl 1O2 degrees. To-day tlIeru
S11oR VT y +. r,brn = trr t,an rrfrcshinT
WIZ nsa. ,sn so tbrrn inyo bcan far,te nunbors St
sunstfoRes rs s' md prostrat'ons {lo% he 'eat.tor
many persons nro overcome who 10 not ensouI,- o,
ter the SUMS raya ut oil. Many have been iaa1'
liut those who fccovur sufor from the onccts Of
.i,oir prostsatson ior weeks and sven yca1s. Il
shSTn fhss sss t netfsrm u nca
iscauea.ly i thc whole. physical organization Ie
hsoken dawn;. the patient becomes eisr.ated and
IN ~ a'leStSa No rntcauany Matn % nsany foows. usay
temnorary, iat ilabo 10 bo brought ut any time
" "A""' TIN HuMuRn or v1cr1Ms
n heat DURING tha past month in this city
th.n thnu.nnI, MANY OF theXU
uxa ,,c,. ,ctn NJ. in the street ind taken To- tHe
iw,rtMi ,mt nxnnl}y. when their rcsicncea could
s hssS SsSn ay aHs il 11 Ss qe
eiycs but 4 faint idee d the actual number, most
NOT required to ruport them. .-. w..
incident to this hot weather, approximations arc
seriously entertained Of The sudden appearance Of
Sumo epldc,nc disease. Already yellow fever has
invaded whe,O nns5 f pasn.
urui havo died within tic pnst week, Tl,cso come
mainly from cIa wae,o .' Tsathsr n has bfe w.
passaDgets. W. all rcmembur how, fow ycarA
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from the Quarantine Hospital 10 staten Island and
South Dro6klyn, and how fatal i was amo1,g the
Streets wcTs closed IN by Tic hcajth officers, who
tousit, by ali means al their command, to conlnc
H. raynpes 10 limited field hut It would not hc
cuuine Of cold wcathcr. So, too, with cholera.
Whenever Tint srenl epidemic hna made its mp.
ncatance ii ns been deln9 MI excessively hot sea
son, Tho aixQnco Of rain now, 10 clcAMne TIC
ntrreta, acwuru, md nlthy localities generally,
wherein fatal diseases Atp Ecurrutctl chtlsrA very