New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-04
40 DIS a. ToRRTD AEAE:
MrCH SUFFERING AND several DEATHS.


MUCH SUFFERING AND SEVERAL DEATHS.
AN OPPRESSIVE TEMPERATURES WHICH CAUSED
MUCH DGscOMFoRT-0so ~ THE sHADF-rHIR-
TEN sUNsrRoKEs. OF WHICH Five WE'RE FATAL
! The scenes IN and about the city on Saturday and
during Yesterday Indicated that the excessive heat
was causing more and animals to suffer than
on any othec day Of the summer II is true that the
mercury has been higher than at $3.50 D. IN. Satur-
| day. when $50 was registered; but the air was
! hot and heavy. and men walked with hats
of where there was any shade and with coats
end open to catch any stray breezes. The tim
Grant vendors Of alleged lemonade and similar bev-
| erages blessed the hot pavements and the suns
scorching rays, the heat Of which caused scores Of
passers-by 10 stop for cooling draughts. Along the
river fronts there crowds Of perspriDg people,
some waiting 10 take excursion boats for CoDey
/ Island or other resorts where II was thought II
might be cool others crowdng into the free baths.
while a few blocks away scores Of eycr-watchiul
Youngsters were swimming among the piles 81
wharves on which work lad been stopped on account
OF the heat The boats and f'rrybcats. as well
az the more pre- 8ntiOus steamers, wee cro'"eu.
Ia the tenement-house district yesterday, a. wen
as on Saturday, the sidewalks were covered with
women and children, many Of whom looked
half dead from the heat. The horses on
the railroads seemed to suffer much on sat
dav. but yesterday there was a slight breeze
from, the souh Invest and during the greater part Of
the day the SIM p5~gured. so th3f the neat was
not so unbearabe. II was REGARDED 80 extremely
fortunate that people We're a"e ye>terday 10 dcyoie
Themselves almost exclusively i0 making themselves
| physically comfortable, for 10 IL probable mat
| ofrer the exhaustive heat Of the day before
/ there would have been very many suu,tIuNes mad
yesterday been woralng daY. NoIwlt artdaoliEtne
fact that the mercury only rose To ''~ az bf' p M
/ yesterday, many regarded the day az more oppres-
sifg chan SATURDAY was. such churches as are open
were Shiny attended. At an early hour ln fue orc
/ noon many families could be seen vending their
way toward the ferries and the Coney Island, Rock
| away and Long Branch boats, the people seeming
| chiefly TO be those who cannot leave lhe cltF On
/ week DAYS. Men and boys, and not few Women
carried huge baskets filed with provisions Tor Jhe
/ The temperature ~ Hudnut's on SATURDAY. was as
follows. a. 10, a n. I6-, d. 50, II M
$50 $3.50 u. H.. $50. g p. M 90 p. m. So aud II
| N mn zoo The temperature in the signal Office on
/ the top OF the Equitable Building is from 81 to g
| lower than on the level oil the pavement The Gov
eminent reports ind cate that on saturday tue ther-
/ mometer az Boston was $40, which probably
brought II 20 1909 on the level Of tile street; at
Chicago, 90 Indianapolis. 81; Shreveport, La,
90; and NJ 81. Louis and Ncksbur-, 81.
Probably twO- birds Of the passer--by yesterday
stunned H. front OF Huduurs % look nc the mer-
cury and many during the middle OF the day were
aeeu 10 turn away with curious expressions of dis
gust when they saw 10 was only 9U~. Iliough1ut
the day the SKY generally overcast with omlH-
ous-lo0kiug Clouds which seemed TO indicate TIA.
thunderstorm was about to break. Those VINO
wished FOR rain however. wished lu vain, Tor
toward night the clouds settled Iu heavy bank in
the west. and slight cool breeze brought some
Al many places on Staten Island the Thermometer
indicated 90 In the shade yesterday.
] John |. stephens, manager ot the staten Island
| Railway Ferry Company, who has kept "A mete0rO-
logical record Tor the past thirty years, said that
| the Thermometer Indicated the same temperature
75o-iu the shade yesterday oruIng, as 90 did aJ
| fine same time on July rs which was he hottest
| day ON record. From bis record the average tenn
yerature 40 . a. during last month WIS 6Gl2 the
lowest being JS- on July u, ana the highest 10
on July 10 10 was 20 Oh over twelve mornings
during Che month.
| WAS as follows: g %. M. 49,; - 2. M, so; II M,
30; $3.50 p M, 81 : q o. NJ, so.
The list Of those VINO were suntruck yesterday
and on Saturday Is as ToloWsi
CIlyFEY JoHS age iorty-lour residing at No rs Wy
cEon-st, Brooklyn, Was overcome by the heat IN
CocURAS GFoHGE, age tventy-one, o. No. 50 South
Tsnlh-sr.. Brook.yn was pro-traird on board o. a
CRoSIS %IiIad orty gears Of aee OF No 20 Coenties-
slip dIed suddenly last evening. IL is supposed that
his death was caused Oy rle heat -
vgas overcome Dy the neat last uichJ No y Mont
gDmery-t be was taken home aud diet IA hd.f an
LvHGsToS. ROSE tniry-rhree. Of seventeenth-st.
Tentb-aye yesteraay. sne was taken to the New
York Hospital.
AcbEEM2 10 r w W.o, sn nGnS "T az
noon saturday while wa. king near his residence.
He was taken 90 tine Long Island College Hospital,
MAsxISG. AUGusr. residing a. No. 725 Flusaing-ave
Brooklyn. overcome by heat WhIIe al work on
saturday. aud taken home.
NiFTu WILLIAM ot No y RU- n-sf.. Brooklyn,
| com. by sea. south S,Xtnst. Brooklyn, az p. N.
saturday. lie died before tile arrival or the amDu-
Iarce which summoned
| OyTER RUDOLPH, Of No - Mauier-st., Brooklyn,
FRUSTRATED 40 Sion r0sc-Iya. aud LOrimors.. Satur
day. al $3.50 p ui aud taken 20 ST. GATHERINGS Hos
uita lie VIII recover.
/ SIArSOS. John. while working at hi4 trade OF ship
/ caullug at Atlantic Dock, BROOKLYN, on Saturday,
wa, .u'strucl, and removed 10 tue Long Island Col
lrge Hosutal.
/ TnBAS CARL. a-e tweuy-sIX, Of No. 1O CoOk-st,
brook o.. f.ln hi caused by The Intense heat sat
uru.,. 40 B.8A.Wuy aud FrSi-st., Brooklyn. He was
! sert home.
WYHAS. MARTIN a cooper In the sugar-hOuse OF Have
! never Eastwck & CO., 10 Jersey CITY. was pros
traJed Oy the heat saturday evening, and died. He
was married aud resided IN this city.
! An unknown young man, who wore badge marked
| ~ BROOKLYN. 44I. }Idse" was overcome by the heat
Yesterday. al Nmth-ave. and One-hundredtu-an
hftie list, and taken 10 tue N.uety-nnth street,