New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-17
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TIE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES SINCE Ao 'O-ONh NJ :
- -, n,-r. DEGREES IN TIE sHADE-ON


npvn and ONE DEGREES IN TIE sHADE-oNE
,r>npyp AND FogTY-THREE IN THE SUM-
r,itad states Signal Service officer on the
rouitable Building said, on tuesday hlsht
~ nrattv hot to-day but the signs point to a
e .tar TOR tomorrow" From daybreak until the
a1;,nax at 3 D. ~. when the Thermometer registered
1o1 NJ Hudnuts and 90 at the Equitable
pniIding his words were verified NeW-iork-
- in the morning to find it hot,
and all their motions through the day were OF an
rDusuallv sedate and gentle character. Those in
burrv about anything gave themselves plenty OF
80 IN allow for slow transit and frequent stop
-. Man and beast were thirsty. hot, and while
- IN fans and lemonade we're abundant and
.ho,ked the propitious which throughout the
40, from a cloudless sky. heated the pavements
ond mt money in their pockets. All pedestrians
soucht the shady side of the streets and
oIIod with the least possible exertion with
,bair bapdkerchiefs TO their fOreheads. Ice cold
coda wafer and lager beer on tap flowed freely. All
traffic through the streets moved more slowly ex-
cent when hurried TO make room for the flying am
bulauce fastening for some patient suffering from
mt exhaustion In the thicky inhabited tene-
roepthouse localities, the effect of the intense heat
was painful: whole families crowded out upon the
shaded pavement to escape the sulIocatlng ar
which no ventilation reached
On ordinary DAYS iced water is kept on all the
stations of the elevated road yesterday Its temper
ature was elevated to little below blood heat. 1t
was curious TO notice the different devices Of ex-
press and truckmen to relieve their horses
from the effects of the heat. Their whips
hung useless in the sockets Many OF the
horses had neat sunshades of gauze attached TO
their beadstals. Others wore spOnges between their
ears and green leaves tapped about their heads.
Improvised headcOverugs were the rage and several
horses were seen with large straw hats through
which holes had been cut for their Very few,
if any, cases Of horses falling from heat exhaustion
we're reported fact chiefly owing TO the great care
exercised BY their drivers letting them 90 slowly
and drink whenever they wanted to. As truck
man said yesterday. II have to take more care of
nv horse than do of myself, for ne makes my liv-
ing. drink beer, bat l give him only water"
IN CENTRAL PARK.
visit to Central Park daring the day found that
beautiful resort almost deserted. 1t was too hot
for many people to seek rs abundant shades. In
the upper and most thickly wooded part few pic
mic parties had sought out spots where pene-
trated and were enjoying themselves in the quietest
manner possible. Nurse-girls, with their charges.
were occasionally met, but more frequently were
found stretched out asleep in the shade,
while somebody's darling" was playing on
the path in the broiling sun. The reporter pass
ing BY, stopped to look upon one of these
unfaithful guardians who conscious OF duty ne
elected awoke and screamed: Eddy come out OF
that OF I'll tell your mother when get home y
Ono won't |" SAID Eddy, and of he started with
the nurse painting after him.
AT the Central Park Meteorological Observatory
Professor DraDer's assistant said that it the
hottest day in his experience As be looked at the
wind gauge and found that the velocity of the wind
was nearly twelve miles an hour while the Their
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wasn't for that wind it would set the world on
fire." AT $50 p. IN. yesterday both the Standard
and Draper Sef-RecOrding thermometers, ninety
seven feet above tide water, registered 96o, -
higher than on Tuesday and % higher than on July
IS the hottest day last year. But the most inter
esting registration was that of the sun thermome-
Ter which placed ont where both sun and wind but
10 radiation of heat could affect it, marked at p
N. 143o. Any person who had any experience
moving about in the sun yesterday felt this heat
with the added radiation from the pavements, and
It doubtless more faithfully represents what they
thought of the hottest day since the Gen.
tennial year. The wind in Central Park al
this hour was moving at the rate of
ten miles hour, against four at the same hour
Tuesday. Descending from the elevated obseTva-
tory TO the common level of men and animals in
the managerie outside it found that the mer-
curry at the 1902 and still rising The park at
PENDANTS were playing water On the animals dur
ing the day, and they were bowling with delight OF
envy when it their turn to get the cooling
stream or steam in the parching heat.
AT ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL.
A. the Roosevelt Hospital, Dr. Hall. in charge of
The surgery wards, said that the patients suffered
no Inconvenience from the heat. the hospital
perfectly ventilated and. since the abandonment of
open dressing for wounds, and the abundant of
Il. rlof
made little difference One effect of hot weather he
noticed, however in the greater number of drunken
cases brought to the hospital by the police Not
being able TO make correct diagnosis of the cases
they were apt to conclude that they were all cases
of sunstrOke In hIs experience of all last Summer
and 50 far IN this, out OF the many cases brought to
the hospital as sunstroke only one had
been genuine. DIR. Wild, of the medical de-
partment, eorroborated this statement. and
added that in hot weather if man
drank six or seven glasses of lager beer in sue
cession and then went out in the sun he might drop
from the effect of the sun. The police knowing II
TO be over so IN the shade, and unable to make
correct diagnosis Of the case, to save all doubt,
rushed him around TO the hospital where IN time
he sObered OF.
AMONG BUSINESS MEN.
The heat in the lower part of the city was ex-
tremely oppressive on Wall and Broad-sts. il was
almost uncomfortable. The fierce blaze Of the
was reflected from the high marble buildings with
added fervor and the pavemens seemed 10 glow with
heat During the middle of the day hight breeze
swept through Broad-st. in occasional puts which
seemed Like blasts from furnace Brokers skurried
the streets in search of shade or something
more refreshing still. and every showed a
marked anupathy 20 the sunny side Of the streets.
On the STOCK Exchange members sweltered IN the
ganzest OF garments and appeared 10 be dreaming
OF dash IN the surf Ia the hyeliest sailes the
market the motion of fans did not for mo-
ment