The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-16
STILL UP IN THE NINETIES.
a BREEZE rHdT MADE MON TEM-
PERATURE ENDURABLH.
The Mortality Esuai 20 that cf Previous
Davs-Twcive Hundred and Nincty-ciaht
Funerals in this City in One Week.


Davs-Twcive Hundred and Ninctv-cisht
Funerals in this City in One Week.
There was a slight surcease Of swelter-
ing Yesterday. A breeze lasted all day, stirring
an atmosphere that was only 90 at tho worst.
The change, coming after weeks OF almost con-
tinuously hotter weather, seemed greater than
the Thermometers figures showed II to really be-
The increase of mortality, as a consequence OF
the heated term. In shown by report
BY the Register OF Vital Statistics. which
says that there were eos cases Of death In this
city in the week ending yesterday, and
only e5s In the previous week. Mr.. W. o.
Morris, Librarian OF the Cooner Institute. bav-
ing searched the METEOROLOGICAL records OF the
late Mr.. BoRert, which begin In 1915 and end
with 1874, has found no instance OF the ther
mometsr reaching height Of 100 in the shade.
lie infer that last Sunday WAS the hottest day
In New York for at least sixty years.
The cases OF death from sunstroke reported
Yesterday were william Housel OF 25a West
Tbirty-nfth street; Otto Meyer Of 1853 Elizabeth
street, James Crawford OF B25 East Bixtieth
street, Heinrich Koenken Of 8o8 Water street,
william J. Kennedy OF 5o2 Eighth avenue. Sarah
Ysnkanci OF 81 Avenue d, John SeDfei OF 100
Sherin street. an unknown man found on the
e,e4s Third avenue. a child at 234 Third street,
Patrick Collins OF ~ Oliver street. Patrick Mo
CAuley OF BUI First avenue, and Onlcer Huf'ls IL.
Cl rk Of the Harlem police Henry sohl OF
The sunstrokes not fatal were; Mary woos-
ter, 81 llb Sheriff street; James Cairs. OF Area
dia, Pier 90 East river; Anton weldel, Of 80
Suffolk street; Kate Irving. of 125th street,
near Fourth avenue; L wis Joyce, prostr1ted at
Coenties slip and Soutb street; Lizzie McCaoe.
OF $40 West Thirty third street Ch aries McCor.
wss 81 ssa S % ro,.S snd
third street; John Shuffel, OF 103 sheriff street
Ann Casey, residence not given and John Do
In nghl A IN oil hl EAnl ~.
Bellevue Hospital.
Thomas Fallon Of 70 Charlton street; an un-
known man found lnsensible In Worth street,
ken to the Chambers Street Hospital; Chas.
Gelitz OF stspleton, st 81 Chatham haitian. street;
l%' Ann. sa, Of Of m " %... Ess Ssa
David Schultz. OF Forty-third street; William
Raftus, OF 30 Moore street; Anne Money, Of tM
West rhirty-sixth street; John Dunn. Of laS
Chr stie street.
The engineers on the elevated railroad have
suffered acuteiy. thermometers on the locomo-
tives showing an nverase Of l20. Two men are
detailed TO each dummy. relieving each other.
Inc I thermome,er recorded U' IN Brooklyn, at
o'clock In the afternoon. The police returns
from July until yesterday show that 81 persons
cases have been fatal. Yesterday Robert Moore
was overcome at Park and Washington avenues.
was found insensible In York street. ana
supposed to be suffering from sunstroke. He
Francis Wilkinson, aged %, Of broadway and
fist street. Brooklyn. cropped dead In South
First street last evening. His BODY was taken
to the Norgue.
Justice Walsh was overcome by the heat while
on tic bench IN BROOKLYN yestern y.
In Hoboken. John Walter. a lumber merchant,
died on Friday from the Effects OF the heat
Mary GrOsbe of First street near Clinton. Hobo
ken, died from sunstroke In IT. Mary's Hospi-
tai y illiam Peterson. an engineer of the Del
aware, L. ckawanna and Western coal docks,
was piosirated aud ken home. Heinrcn
Hei-ser, porter at Unrein's Hotel. and Edward
Donneliy of Marsh Il street, were Frustrated at
the ferry; Msrsaret Connolly fell to the side
walk In Adams street. SIX laborers at the Vice.
hawken ouarries were pfostrated one OF them
Is In a critical condition.
John Madigan OF Thirteenth street, Jersey
City, was overcome by the heat while at work
In the tobacco Inspection warehouse on War
rel street yesterday, and died last evening.