The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-19

house on Bentley. near Bergen avenue.
owned by Mr.. Hawthorne, was struck ny
lightning. and damaged to the extent OF slOO.
Several trees on York street were blown down
The second fall Of rain very materially cooled
the atmosphere. yet at o'clock the mercury
Tho following cases Of sunstroke and heat
prostratiOn in this city have been reported:
william wallace aged ~ of 234 East Fortysx,h street
while painting ne reoi OF o9i Greenwich street taken
James Farrell alti g. Of 100 West rtyhrst street. in
Margaret + Doll aged -, Of il5i Second avenue. in
Gccree Jackson 10 Of 81 East i2t street at Fifteenth
street and Third avenue taken to Bellevue Hospital ani
Lewis Arnold 9scd 81: Of 2?7 Second street while a,
Mary johnson AGED a5 Of lio,h street at vesey and
Carrie Grcsnc aged IS Of Caua street and south fnh
fESpls cpis !" ""'n'H-'0" place taken to st 'n'en'
fireman in Manhattan Gas Works. while st work taken
William Graham Of Boonten New jersey ai Broadway
"iv tu',Yn stI.'t La t1SSh 30 =" thsn.i street moipaL .
Eighty nr,t street and East river cared ior On the
John cavanash aged 81 ofiei, cherry street. while
a'wSsA on lsf oo i1 has' w ris'r assm home ., ..
dencs vhego bs v ,,. a,,,niI N"V'"'S s''V" " ieS'
Abraham kapitl. aged - Of 50 Bayard street in Bow
JSn9 9Bsn % sFFsd 81 Of Feccnesgr $ near Grand
Thomas Murray aged 20 residence unknown' taken TO
john Burns. aged ~. Of soi East Forty ah street at
| Pear and Chatham street. taken home
avenue. Morrsania at jerome avenue aid 1854 street.
Grnoie Howe. ased IS oli Howard street to st
TF6y,sss,s, p} yi MesT' ,gs' street,
takcn e. Ch9mlers street io,IitsL .,.,...
dfS se 1s. % s.s Nv. aus , ~ ata, NJ Hen9Tn o
Greenwich and Rcade streets taken ~ the Chambers
Charles 6sdcn ss9 La, Nineteenth street, taken to
| IN. Chambers street in'lital
| John Buycnton 90 Canal and RaNt streets taken 10
| the Chambers street Hospital by his friends
Onicer John Russell while passing through
the Bow Bridge in Central Park Yesterday.
| found well dressed man lying unconscious.
| Capt Corcoran telegraphel the Pre- -byierian
| Hospital ambulance. The physician pro-
| nounced IL case Of suustrOke. In tie evening
name was Lemuel Iwab of 25i East Fourth
! street officer Soulc found an unknown man
lying une92nscio99 IN nj Fiy,seyenth street; be-
the Roosevelt Hospital and had not regaincd
consciousness last night
cases of sunstrokc a. -. Nin'out's Hospital. in
Eleventh street. sister told the reporter that
Louis INLAND d 227 East Second stree, was
overcome by BE heat whlle, TTorkingin IlnanX's
pial. pil "and ana last night n' was ding ling we'll we'll
| In the same hospital was LOUIS Hynes Of All
East ll1th street. who was suustruck while driy-
ing truck in Fourteenth street between Ninth
hour.
A. a late hour last night al, ot The heat pa
lowed to 20 home except Mcmahon anu Mary
Johnson.
In Jersey City Thomas Murphy laborcr.
James Reilly. well-to-do gardener on Wcst
Side avenue were prpsirateu by the heat Krll-
y died at o'clock. Chas. Delaney, employed
| By the Jersey City Ferry Company died yester-
day morning az his residence on Sixth street.
from the effects Of sunstroke Oh the previous
< despatch from Paterson says that at .,
o'clock the mercury stood at 100 DEGREES. A
little shower ran II down 10 90. but Il rose again
70 %. No fatal sunstr kt- nre reported. but the
hands IN the machine shops and mills were
In Trent"n al 10 4 NJ the thermometer was
g. at j. NJ l92 and a. r NJ. "j, Hands AT
i NJ AMI outdoor work was almost entrely
su-pended. Several persons were Frustrated.
Al Elizabgth the mercury marked 9o' at 3
7. VI. and there We're several sun-trokcs.
At New brunswick the heat was log and
there was almost an entire cessation OF work.
There We're no fatal cases u sun-troke.
At Bound Brook the thermometer marked lo4
At Phiipsburg the thermometer marked 102
degrees. and at Dover lOl degrees.
AZ Camden the mercury stood at los degrees
The dwellcrs at Ocean Grove passed through
trying ordeal Il heat to-day that resulted
auditorium under the trees in the camp
gaonnd. Al 4. N. the thermometer stood
A. NJ. II marked 9s degrees Al ? p NJ it
marked 1903 degrees and at 3 stopped al l05.
There We're no sunstrokes but several men were
| Lrostrated fof a short time by heat among them
W. c. HendricksOn. employee OF the Central
the day the streets were deserted. Late in the
afternoon the surf washed over half thousand
| bathers.
The rush 70 Coney Island yesterday was the
biggest Of the season. The coming Of the
great heat wave sent visitors there IN
steamboats, and railroads were packed with pas
sengers. II was estimated that 10000 persons
wen, to Manhattan Beach. Brighton Beach, Nor
At Wqldsleins Optical Institute in Union
A4l5 ?. NJ il had fallen TO- to S. at At 6cloek II
was s5' at . O'Clock 81 aud at midnight 50.
The foll23wng Is record OF tbe temperatuMre M
Baltimore 9s Washington, 95 Long Branch o5
s. louis. "a Pittsburgh, 81 lndianapolis, 93
land. IS: Montreal. -: Chicago. IS. 4 cold
wave struck Chicago in the morning.
,.wAsHINGroN. July ls.,-The big maps at the
slope oi the Alleghanics, which was yesterday
the hottest part Of the country, has ceased TO ba
to-day, A decrease Of temperature was regis
day afternoon; over the States Of Illinois, In
edges oi New York ana Pgnnsyiyania. on the
other hand. the seacoast shows an increase OF
temperature, most marked at Halifax, Eastport
Portland and Boston where the p heat sue
felt along tho entire coast line 10 Jackson
Albany, which, lying as i does opposite DC,
preston In the great chain shared the hot
weather Of the interior yesterday. The storm
, the New England coast spent Itself to-day, in
scattering showers over New York state. but
has gone no further south, though the proba-
bilities. rs ANNOUNCED this morning, were that
It would be felt in Washington. Rain has fallen
during the afternoon at Charleston and Savan-
nah. but without "A decrease in the temperature
Cooler temperature exists to-day around the
Gulf Of Mexico than yesterday. rs well as on the
northern frontier. but the western slope Of the
Mississippi valley remains unchanged The
thermometer in Washington at Z. NJ. to-day
registered 100 degrees.
ST. LOUIS. July 1s 1t is sti.l blazing hot this
morning. but there is a pretty stln breeze blow
ing from the west. which tempers tho Intense
7 rays Of the. sun, and renders them somgwha
more bcarahle than on previous days. Thert
; i moro animation and bustle on the street,
; this morning, more people moving about. and
moro business doing, There is also a feeling
oi relief among all classes. very fine spirit
T thermometer hanging under an awning on the
, shady side Of Fourth street showed the follow
! | lng result; Al o'clock. 81 degrees 9 o'clock
: 30 degrees 10 o'clock, u degrees and at II
J Iowa CITY, July ls.-To-day the sixth day o
the Intense heated term, L. the first one marked
/ by any casualty. }. B. Lucas a wcll-to-do far.
; mer. living near this city. was overcome by the
I heat this morning. His wife At once started fol
"A IA ptt y