The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-21
COOLING BREEzES.
New York Refreshed md the Mercury
Checked In its Fearful Flight.

est flight OF Friday by four degrees. At AZ
o'clock the thermometer indicated 92' in the
shade. At 3 A. NJ. it was hotter than It had been
at that hour on either Thursday or Friday. but
sunrise brought refreshing breeze from the
Sound. and Mt o'clock the mercury had only
mounted to 81. while the bracing effects OF the
brceze made 1t seem yet colder. At II A. NJ,
however. tho wind changed to the southeast and
became trllle warmer. though still nfIordlng
nm agreeable coolncss. The change allowed tho
mercury to rise to sG' at noon and to 90o at -
T. NJ. An hour later II attained its highest elc-
walton, 92'. The day WAS. on the whole. great
rcof from the extreme discomfort OF Its two
predecessors. although wherever men were
obliged to toll In tho sun. or in heated indoor
places. they were drenched with perspration
Little comfort could be gathered from the
weather dispatches Excepting in the neigh
borhood OF Boston. the reported temperature Of
the country was uniformly high. and weather
observers made the easy inference that ii would
be likely to be very warm In New York to-day
unless some local cause should prevent.
At noon the temperature was 9O' In Buffalo.
Sc in Chicago. .96' in st. Louis, 90 in Cincin-
natl 90 in Washington: an4 ga IN IHaltim.o,re
Beach SO and at Saratoga So. In, Boston il
was only g. Rain was reported from only
lis. .Keokuk. and Nashville.
More persons went TO Concy Island and other
s99 sHSupe9G resorts yeSerd iRsp h oSa on
said that intensely HOT days are not good for
this kind of travel; Usually the boats do not
run full until O'Clock, but yesterday the piers
were thronged at o'clock. and ut the 3 o'clock
trips some OF the boats started from the piers
with their gunwaes under water.
Superintendent Patrick Walsh OF the Bethune
street free bath said that before the batn would
be closed for the day 1900 men and boys would
long line on the pier. awaiting their turn ior
admittance; For three days all q the iree
'S Tho V work ont on the East River Bridge has not
been Interrupted. except once, on Friday. when
the heat was 50 intense that work was suspend
ed after o'clock, The men on the foot bridge
have not suffered from the heat, but those en-
ployed under cover. on the anchorage, and IN
have had TO work with prudence.
At nine o'clock last evening the temperature
was 7s'. and at midnight i had fallen, TO 10.
The average temperature during the day was
Sl2s' against s6h on Friday.
The following cases OF sunstrOkc and heat
prostration were reported:
Mary RYAN aged -. Of lsa East FIFTY ninth street
lsttics ksnnsdy esed 80 Q, ~ = East f!sen,h street
mary sncehsn a, ~ OF tie East seNentc, mn street
hed IN ihe leisins house at to9 West street ,..,
sixteenth street and Third avenue. and was sent to the
Patrick Iihisau. aged ~ Of 235 Avenue II was sun.
s'tucA iel from s,anold while at work - Lesi m,
Fatrck HAYES aged a. no home fell at Twcntycighth
stree, and Tri avenue and was sent to Bellevue Hos
avenue ami Fifteenth street. aud was scui TO the New
Luther T. Archer aged 55. OF N sunoik street died
Emma schwcphnsrr. aged 4a o 35a East sixth street.
Andrew Miller. aged 81. Of thirty sixth street and Elev
enih ayenuc, wa, sent to Roosevelt Hospital 80, M,
street. va, rn, to Becyue lie:piial
Msry condfon aged S5 Of io5 Washington street was
treated IN the Chamber. street Hospital
An unknown man. 80 YEAR Of age, was prostratei at
tally injured. aud was sent to Bellevue Hospital
The following eases Of sunstroke anl heat
prostration were reported IN Brooklyn:
August Hapn AGED ~, OF Eass New York died in tho
John slchcrt ascd 81 ofs7 Enery street. who pros
tratsd ON FRIDAY. died Yesterday.
EsiS VA. rrcsrs,cd Vile al "STt on canal Ica, At
Dgsta~ .ise; .e9' T. The L4ns Island '.lsse nep,s
IN GIe.nNooi N,mctry lie was taken home by his
Richard liu.,ey sscd q Of 10 Hamilton avenue, was
Mrhacl Avcfo II - An.ty street an Italian laborer
became iu~nsibc on flaibush avenue car ami was
oncor vniam Keiler OF The s,ags street police was
Frans sccr. aged 25 Of Grand street who on Fri
day Wa prosracd but was thought to have recovered
started Ncstcri.N mornlns for 81 Gathering Hospital
ant lcd ,&Sa f h b wa s 9d@ig g 'e@rS 2rs .,r. IN
Haycmeycr Elder, sugar refinery was taken to his
hone NJ , ii'ion !. .sid 70 be aanscrogs ..
struck while returning rem his work on Friday ,,..
At Isfaye,tc and Troop s,cnucs Was taken to his home
at 20 fiiu street in aq ambulance.
home in Tllrry street by Capt smith.
Alan S2ntno sScd ~ yine at stanton and w,ll.it
sugar house south Thri street while At the window
twenty icct below and wa. seriously wounied
fatriek clancy living IA tfaukhn near clancy street,
icl. IN Gr1enpolnt avenue. lie Wa abe togo home
Mrs. Brown OF Thompson street Stapleton.
| Staten lslaud, not having nny one to send for a
| physician and no one 70 leaNs home during her
absence. carried her sick babe through the hot
| sunshine on Friday morning 20 pr. Feeneys.
IN Beach street. The child died at the doctor .
| door.
Tho cascs reported in Newark, on Friday and
yesterday were Wm. Johns, John Honeywell,
| and lad named Wm. Simpson, all employed
in the hosiery mills John r. Ripley Of III
| Orange street. employed at J.. Farmer 4 Co ;
street; J. H. Dowson. Jr. Andrew HeyoS. a
| teamstcr; John +. Chase Of % Myrtle avenue,
and Andrew Herzog driver for Lister
sT. Lorrs. July 2O-Notwithstandine. a fine
| breeze from the west and a cloudy sky this
morning. the temperature is higher than yes
toriay. The thermometer marked at 8 o'clock
| So, 9 O'Clock b9ll', 10 O'Clock Q2f. and IL
Sock Ss Tsis ro% ., hq &fsTeS bFs2 e
| Yesterday. Up. 10 10 o'clock only four cases
were treated al Tho dispepsay two Of which
| were more whiskey than heat. Tho following
| fatal cases should be added to yesterlRy's list:
! Fred. Epker, Thomas Muller, and Thomas Kel,
! ly IA very hard drinkerl. The whole number Of
sources sure were only %, nearly ali oi which were
slight. Prof Tice predicts that, with tho excep-
| ton OF "A very few days. we are 10 have cNcrel-
inlly hot weather for the remainder OF this
| month.
At 2 O'Clock the Thermometer marked 90
| There have boon three more eases at the Dis
| pcnsary since II o'clock two " whiskey heats "
| and one OF sunstroke the latter being tho case
| Of VIM. Bcninager, from Little Rock. Ark. and
| ali have hJen restored. -
! BuFFAlT July 2O-Thc weather continues
warm nlf sultry. the temperature ranging the
| last two days from 50 10 20 degrees. but with a
| light, cool breeze blowing the latter part Of to-
day. Great numbers Of Residents are leaving
tho city on Lako Superior and other favorite
| lake routes. every berth on fifteen Lake Supe-
r,or boats being to-day engaged from two to five
! TINS ahead. But few cases Of prostraton were
reported during the last As hours. none OF which
were fatal. Several horses have died.
BALTIMORE. July 2O-Although the heat to-
| day was not SO oppressive as Yesterday II was
| sti worry hot, the thermometcr at the sigma
| once registering 92' between and o'clock
| Twelve casos Of sunstroke wcre reported to-
| day only ono Of which resulted fatally. Bal
| thasar Sazig stavedore. and Mrs. Sophia Mil
| ler overcome by tho heat yesterday. have died
Troy. July 20-patrick Brennan, employed al
| tho Clinton foundry, was prostrated by the heat
| this afternoon and died short time attcrward
| lie lenves wife and four children Frederick
| Kline employed by farmer namod Herring.
| ton near East Greonbush. dropped dead while
| hayng this afternoon from the effects OF The
| heat
| A Clerk Discharged by John sherman for Re
Tusing 10 Pay Political Assessments.