New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-11
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rollcrs office waiting for their pay In the ConmSy
Clerks Controllers and Shclifs offices the cIerss
leaned langu'dly on their desks Ihey psr,o,ftao
very little business and departed early ln 'ne ei'
noon to seek O. seashore. . ,....
The City Hall looked deserted No p onnc.,ams
gathered the steps nor thronged the corr,uo.s
| enduraDe weather. The Aldermen's champer was
almost empty all day long. The Mayor sat IN ms
| Office for hours but he had few callers hi''io
business was done in any OF the onlces.
INCIDENTS OF THE DAY.
Two scantily clad and tired-looking mothers
stood on the forward deck of q Roosevelt-st ferry
boat Each was holding a sickly, crying child In
her arms, while enjoying the breeze that swept up
from the southwest. With the sympathy born OF
common troubles, they soon engaged In converse
ton without any ceremony.
" IL is so good for them" said one mother
Eyes" said the other; haven't had nv, oov
ont now for over two weeks aud lie Is ALWAYS sckly
al think this wind is just jolly" said hVe-year-
old girl who accompanied them.
Meanwhile the two babies had been famed to
sleep by the breezes. and were drawing in strength
and vitality with which to battle for life Tor an
ther two weeks in their tenement-house homes.
Passing through Chery-st yesterday TRIBUNE
reporter saw the sidewalks swarming with half
clad. dirty, puny children and haggard women. Inc
idea suggested itself 10 bystander that II the ~
mates of the block between ROoseveltst. ana FRANK
in-suuare could al be put floating hospital Tor
day. while the Health Department cleaned out
every room, court and alley, II would give new
inspiration to some wretched lives.
At Fulton Market the sufferers from the near
gathered about the watermelon stand, where tne
proprietor had his hands full carving the rudy
fruit for his thirsty customers. Ihey we're npI
thirsty however, when they departed win nouns
dripping with the juice of the fruit and satshed
look that provoked acute envy IN the lmpecunious
small boy of The negbborhood.
The crowd grows plainly amphibious as one
Ds6s nS H he c, b %1srG are '0 eacsG
sands yesterday availed themselve9 OF the
opportunity TO change their environment Tor tlne
for the sake OF the thirty forty degrees difference
in temperature, and enJoyed hugely the short shver
on entering The water Once in, they were slow to
come out but swan indoently about. In Castle
Garden. near by, groups OF sunburnt emlgrants'
some of them clad IN the heaviest of Winter gar
ments, mopped their patient faces and looked as II
they half believed they had landed In some t0rrd
cline, instead of the American paradise thcy had
dreamed OF. =.
In Brooklyn the stone-covered plaza in front of
the City Hall was deserted. save by one or Two
saamander-like persons who sat and roasted IN the
sun on the City Hall steps. The hacks surround
ing the square deserted by their drivers, and
the furniture movers slept under their broad anvil
ings totally Indifferent to business. Meanwhile
the legislation of the city seemed TO be carried on
under the awnings of the nelghboring restaurants.
With the exception of the eyeT-liugng horsecafs,
the travel of the streets was mon0p0lZed by the
wagons OF ice cream and ice purveyors.
People generally kept the seclusion of their homes
where they mght indulge III any favorite adjective
concerning the weather. or individual meagreness
of apparel without fear of public criticism. The
trying problem to housekeepers was how TO let III
source of peTpleXty was the lnconstant WIND,
which delighted to blow III at the opposite
side of the house from where the inmates
were sitting and changed as often rs they did.
Toward evening the daily flight for Coney Island
became epidemic, and the streets near the various
depots were crowded with ladies dressed in snowy
garments gentlemen and children, all hurrying to
catch the train they were slre 10 lose.
No class of people probably suffer more from the
heat than those Obliged 10 work Ill factories where
the windows not allowed 10 he opened on ac-
count OF the materials manufactured. In cigar
factories especially this is the case. reporter OF
The TRIBUNE visited one of the largest OF these
factories shortly after the hour of the dinner recess
yesterday. Nearly all the hands were loung-
ing abont on the sidewalk before the build
ing to enjoy the fresh air long as they
could. When the hour OF l came they reluctantly
went back to work. The air in the work room was
such that even a person accustomed to close rooms
drew back on entering The temperature must
have been at least 800, while patches of flying to-
bacco dust irIltated the heated lungs ana exposed
bodies of tie wOrkinen.
Why don't you open window and let in some
fresh air I" the reporter asked.
"Oh, we can't do that" said he; the air would
dry the tobacco, and couldn't roll the cigars as
the leaf very easily cracks when 1t Is too dry"
But how can you stand this horrible heat and
dust %
WELL we must; and besides, we get used to it
after awhile"
EFFECTS OF THE HEAT.
At the Bureau of Vital Statistics 1875 deaths were
reported yesterday. The following cases OF sun
stroke were reported from various sourcesi
NJ, ".
Sank from exhaustion at 10 d. aud was taken TO
the New-York Hospital for treatment.
BRENNAN JOHN. age forty years. died at NO. LIT
BROWN, THOMAS age forty. OF No. COZ East Nnth-st,
was overcome by the heat while at work in ship
yard on Staten l,aud He was removed TO Belle
vue where ne was restored
DALTON, JERiMIN laborer age forty years, OF Ham;
1lton-ave. aud nenry-st.. BroOKyn was prostratcd
by the heat YESTERDAY afternoon. While on the way
to the Long Island College Hospital ne died, aud theS
body WAS taken 10 the MoIgue.
DUANE TIMOTHY, la0orer Of No. 444 East Twenty
,nIrd-,t. liz died in Bellevue HoSpt tai.
Lyons EDWARD, age fity-hve. OF No 81 Mulberry-st,
died from sunstroke - o-o n,,
ave. was found Frustrated IN Fourth-ave. on Friday
night. He died III tile German Hospital Yesterday.
FERREN, ALEXANDER, age one year. ded at No'l4 East
FMYEGAN, ROSE MARY, age one month, died at No. 3l6
L ct Thirty seyentDsi.
GLEASON. JOHN, age THU ty eight was taken suddenly
Brooklyn probably from the effects of The heat He
GoDsELAR. LOUISA, age forty, dled AT NO. 2ol west
Tweuty -nlutb-st.
Scar, W. H. forty years druggist. of Newark, N
j. Frustrated at No. 90 sixth-ave, and was
taken home by lriends.
LowERY, CHARLES frty years, OF No. OIL Bridge-s
overcome by the neat in Brooklyn whie at work
yesterday He was removed TO his home
MALONE JOHN sixteen Of No. IFS Monroe-st, was
overcome near Duane and Greene-sts., at a. III.
He received treatment at the Chambers Street
Hospital and was sent nome.
MOORE, THOMAS age fourteen years, stricken down IN
1uird-ave. he was taken TO his nome at No 1269
MUGGIo, GIOVANNI forty years, Frustrated Fri
day night. died Yesterday at No. l6l2 Ihompsonst.
PETRE JOHN, OF No. 90 PIneappIe-rJ., Brooklyn,
overcome by the heat in MaIn-st. yesterday after
noon. He was taken to the CITY Hospital
REECE MAX age ttrty-one, found suffering from
exhaustion ~ South-st. and was taken 10 tne Cam
beers street Hospital lie lives at No. 13l East Fifty
REILLY MICHAEL. age thiry-four years. OF No. $50
IhirG-ave Frustrated at Thriy-seventh-st. and
Tbud-aye The police took bin TO Bellevue Hos
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OBITUARY.