New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-14
NO RELIEF FROM THE HEAT.
LAND BRKrzE AND MUCH DIscoMFoRr-GESERA
HIGH TEMPERATURE THROUGHOUT THE coUN

A LAND BRREZE AND MUCH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
HIGH TEMPERATURE THROUGHOUT THE CoUN-
TRY.
The difference between a land breeze and one
blowing in from the ocean was forclo,y den in;,d
swept in all day long from the ocean, tempering tne
heat but Yesterday the wind blew from the lane,
ward, 1t made the branches OF trees wavs I bnt
it brought no relief in fact, 1t added to the ais
comfort. Fortunately. as on the day before
clouds overcast the sky during pa par ID ID
the day. At 6 a. III. the thermometer indicated
a temperature oil 75o. sc higher than at the saule
honr on Monday. By o'clock the mercury at Hud
NUTS had risen TO 81, the highest POM d 10
this season at the hour. Between y ana IL
o'clock there was not so much sunshine as during
the early morning hours, and consequently we
tenperature did not increase IN the same railo' Az
IL o'clock the reading was sO0 blgner '"al' tt'o
maximum record of Monday. by $3.50 p. III. tI,e
mercury rose to so, the maximum Tor the day' Az
q D m. it had fallen to 81.
that Others are more uncomfortable. there was an
opportunity yesterday for that sort OF consolation
/ ne general temperature OF the country was very
hieL more than third OF the places non Witch
reporte are sent the signal Service Bureau having
a temperature of 800 aud over, The hottest pace
was Keolkuk, Iowa. where the NAY a9o
Mum temperature in the shade was ".
Shreveport and Vlcksburg Jared little better; the
thermometer at both OF these clies reEisoeIeo
lis Louisville, Nashville, 81. Louis ana lOlcdo were
in a common struggle with heat that was lhdl,
Gated by 90. Cincinnati people hdu ~ coutchu
with a Temperature Il higher still. At LeavenwortD
Detroit Milwaukee and Philadelphia the maXlnum
was 800 aud at Baltimore and Madison, WIS., u
was 900 The mailman readings Tor the olneT
PRINCIPAL points were follows: Cheyenne, ~ J;
Albany rs; Cleveland, 81; New-Orleans,o9; Fitis
burg SO Yankton. 50. The lnhaOltahtS OF Etst-
port and Portland, Me enjoyed day OI enV'a 95
comfort The temperature at the former was %,
and at the latter 65c. Boston next IN point OF
comfort with its maximum temperature at Oo'
Fair ard clear weather was reported from all eX-
f,,,- n
storm centre anywhere, and according 10 the even
ing repoTts no rainfall at any POINT.
The severe rain Yesterday morning caused traVcl
10 be wholly suspended for time on 81. NlcIOlas
and EiQhti-aves. for some distance north OF One
udred-and-thlTty -nilh-st.' o"Ih@ 10 'no hoouns
OF those streets. -. -
Two buildings in the annexed district were
struck by lightning IN the storm that passed over
the city YESTERDAY morning. barn at tOfdhan
Griffith was struck and burned. 1t was situated
az Va'entIne-ave. and Ehzibeth-St Ihe loss IS
81 500 two-story cottage in One-hundred-and-
fortv-fourh st., between Railroad and MOrrs-aves,
was struck and damaged to the extent OF 500.
The greatest rain storm for many years occurred
at Flushing l.. L. on Monday. In two hours 4lo
inches of rain fell. The roads were washed out,
trees blown down. the foundations of houses washed
away and crOpS destroyed. The damage Is esti-
mated at 50 900 or $4,000.
The following cases of sunstroke were reported
ANDERSON LILLE age eleven. Frustrated and sent
to he Chambers Street Hospital.
BARNES, JAMES twenty-five A caDln pdtstugtr w
the steamship Scythia. at Pier NO 40 North RiVer
lust arrived from England, was Frustrated by the
heat; he was removed ~ the Champsrs Street HOS
Hall BELLA age one year. died at NO 90 Divisionst.
REGAN joan j.. age Six died at No. lao west Nine
WuHER' c. b. of No IFS Huntugton-st., Brooklyn, was
overcome IN Atantioave, that city,