New-York tribune., 1876-07-10
SUMMERS HOTTEST DAYS.
TWO WEEKS OF TORRID HEAT.

The tOrrid heat which has envcloped the city
for so many days shows sigas OF lifting Although
New-York is a city which generally eools quickly the
cumulative effects OF days OF heat, with scarcely
drop o. rain 10 give relief, is making existence, IN
its most favorable phase barely enduraoie' hMe
the thermometer has marked degree OF heat almost
eppallpc the actual heat endured by those who nave
been Obliged TO abroad has been far greater Stone
payed streets and Of brick aud stone buildings
msle temperature not indicated by the Thermometer
the shade" The result animate life is seen In the
long list OF pr0straous, ending almost rs OFTEN III
death as in recovery, while indirectly the number
of fatal results IL The greatest An increase IN the
death rate Of this last week OF 222 was almost
entirely among children from diseases produced by the
heat while In Brooklyn OF 265 deaths, go per cent was
az children under five years from the same cause Yes
terday the thermometer marked the highest degree ia
this city for years. reaching 1O1' in the snade wne a
the coolest hour O the % marked $40 TWO weeks ago
Yesterday this intense and since then scarcely
a day hes passed that the mercury has not marked
above 9O7-oftcner above 0fand never lower than 79
With nm average temperature during that time OF about
$50 No day this cy f0r years was so not rs yeste
day and no succession Of days 40 hot as tc past lo
teen The nearest approach was in 1872, when Tor Tue
first three days in July the thermometer each DAY
reached 80 but also fell low 79' making lower
average than the three bot days Of This july while the
former then was preceded and followed by weather cool
enough to give relief from the strain
One effect Of the extreme heat has been to increase
very much the number o; sunsroseS and also the iat
OF the attacks The following have been reported
due the last two days which death resulted or Is ex
pccted;
Andrew Wonder age 49, died suddenly Saturday at MS
residence, Ffty-eghtdst. and sXth-aYe'' from sun
An unknown about so years OF aec was l fegnd
Saturday evening IN az linsb,s eoudeUd d on nd ONE
ave, between e-huudrcdand-F tys,cona aiu One
hundred and Elrd-stS, suffering from snnstoAe
lie taken to the Thrtyhird Preclnct ana al'eSu
by Policesurgeon Purrow, but died in snort unc lLe
deceased man respectfully attired. Ihe reiuHins
John Rerry age S. driver OF a stage Of the Madison
ave line was found Saturday evening at IlnrtySthst
,InrHancc ne He was attended Ivy Poice-smgeon sat
torlce the West Thrteth-st Pohcestaton pu' deu S'
Stone Olsen. Norwegian "a years Of age died satnr-
day evening at his residence, at NO 4I3 Nn'taNe' oni
james DAILY Of No el5 wcet Tenthst, died Saturday
John Mceken resident OF No. so Third at, ioboEen,
n. j., while on his way home saturday evening; sid T
prosrated hy the heat In NashnBton-st nc WAS caFreu
home but died in a short time. o,-. ,,...,,,-.
Francis Eli, age 81, of No 4Gl Grandst brooKi}{H, ~,
J.. D.. while MS way 10 q drug store on st,II
afternoon was overcome by the heat at t'lan4 nno hu G
oG sat"n ' SoScid"r an enpoy6 OF the Raab Express
('ompapy was slnstruck in his wagon in Jersey City
Saturday afternoon and iGy IN the bottom some io On w
Gardeust aud az late hour last night was reported to
John Eilemder German. was prostrated yesterday,
and died soon sfeTward.
Daniel Toulley age Al, gardener employed by JOHN
Eg,6aI Eaa HI5n bls iioce q, V9,a"'""' SieG. ""O
Frederick Meukin Of Wilow-st Ho6oken. brotheI-in
law OF Police Conm siOnor BsGhOh, was slnstict ~
eoC0nd and BOonIGc!d~ts. saturday afternoon, aud
died few minutes after being taken home.
Archibald n. brown ex-OOrpOrauon Counsel Was
overcome 10y tho while coming cut OF the PostOice
on Mashingon-st., Jersey City, en- Saturday Afternoon
and :ell striking hs head the sidewalk aaG nficlus
asevere scalp wound He Wa Garled intp orIg su9y
DC 10 his homo, but Is feared the case ~"
The heat had fatal effect among the young children
III Hoboken Dr. Heller reported ycstoray that ne had
knowledge Of Y children under ~ months od Do MeIs
sick fro, effects OF the heat saturday night four OF
whom died yesterday aud tree could no'hNe thFoug"
John sellers an employe Of the Wcehawkcn Cemetery.
was sunstruck yesterday ~ the eeme'ery ana uoo a.
Auton XndTos dropped dead at First and Adarnssts'
Jae66 Zeier was sGnsruck while walking the street
in Gutenberg Yesterday and feh insensiDie lie was
Psr"iman Michael CcIohsn OF the Third Precinct did
suddenly az hs Tfsdsase at No c #
is supposed that his death was caused 1y the intense neat
Julius Cramer age so, OF No l43 Remseu-st.' Brooh,
lyn fell ciOus from stnstiOSe al LccaNt anu
Wlscnst Brooklyn, = D. yestcid Day atierhJ2n ne ne
dition is CONSIDERED 70 he critical.
Mary shodan age %, fell dead at her residence az
dsv She Was We'll few r,,nues before death occurred;
IL is supposed that she su.cunibed 10 the neat
The following Of prosTaucn from the heat nave
been reported which the sufferers IL Is expected viii
recover:
John Conners, age As, Of rirstaye Between onehund-
red-andt went first aud
Ole-bundrec -andsighth-st aud Th.tdaye saturday.
sunstrIick while al work Saturday the new building
at atUne-nundre1-snd-tenth-st and Tnird-aye ...s
wes sanstraGA while P'sSing - e. ,r"y CaGich ts
to Bellevue Hospital Saturday, having been renuefe0
insane by suDstTOke -.-.-, -,
William NsCglssh, age -, %o5 Iound pfo'ra'7" "
An unknown German, about 81 years OF aec was over
come by the heat al Manhattan and 1hdsts saturday
Francis Egan, age 81, OF No II EnlSt was proStrVeu
CharsS anderson age A. residing at Hudson and Har-
TisOns sunstruck saturday while at Work ON pier
An unkuown woman was found unconscious from the
heat IN F0rth-ave Saturday, and taken 10 BeleNne
Hospital on some papers III her possession was The
Connty Physician Charles J. Converse of Hudson
COUNTY " j., while in HobOken Saturday, was overcome
by te heat and Coroner Crane bad him conveyed TO us
residence Late last night lie had recovered consider
ably. ,..,. ,.,,,,o -, III, ,,r-o
s Jersey City ghts prostTaed by the neat SatuI-
day afternoon, iu the street. near bis residence
William H. johnson was prostrated tron the neat sat
ur,ay in Erie-st, jersey City. - -
join N. benson, age -, OF No 535 Third-ave, wNs
sunStTuck on Saturday. - =,
Mrs. Howard OF BayOnne was sunstrues on Avenue d
TIE foo;giug persons were reported as having been
overcome by the heat yeseriay in this CITY; besnd ara
Eusfedrr of No. 157 NOrl0k-sL; Edmund XIX OF No
4f7 Fact Fourteenthst; EroCk Smith Of EEg llarDor
Bridget Woods of FOrtyfecOndst between ElEh,n ahl
Ninh-ayes.; Darel Sullivan OF No. 33 fark-st; Natci
scott NJ No AIS West Thirtysixthst Edward bHln OF
No. 747 East Ninti-et; fatrcA hardy u NO zoo AA"
berry-st.; Henry Dcary OF No. Go9 "ater-st. -
Peier Hoffman, aged 40, oi No. 3Ol Atantie-aver
Brooklyn, sunstiucs on Saturday IN Fullri-s ,-r
The heat overcome Henry Fox age 60, OF 40. lI5
Coolest, Brooklyn, saturday III Fuitopstp near
Froni-st ,,-.,s. -, .,o
Brooklsn Police Department on saturday, RouLdsha
Doyle and ParonGn Irwin Of the Eighth Precinct we're
kniSony Koiir a musician and member OF Conternos
band, which was IN attendance at President Bllsss
FouIth-sve., Brooklyn. -,
william Donohuc. a quarrynsn, was overcome by the
heat yesterday in Gutenberg N j., and vas taken nome
JapSs"S smith laborer employed on the Bulls Ferry
Irrion n i