New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-07

besnearing their faces. arms and LEGS bcnnato get
in dozen ornoro timrs. At most of the baths the
IOuf Nc. "eeh IL ana p IN. was given up eptlreiX
20 workng men and boys, also the hours from I'LL
9p m. At the more crowded baths 400 were let In
at p time and allowed twenty minutes for bath.
Several thousand persons visited Prospect Park
IN Brookiyn Yesterday afternoon to listen to me
music and enjoy the cool shade OF the trees. he
THERMOMETERS in Brooklyn recorded as follows dur
ing the day:
am.....sOo 10 m..........---04o
o m...-.............sGo 3p. m.........-...-.960
Such day rs yesterday in the crowded business
parts OF the city * one thing and ~ the less com
notel by tho number of eases of heat prostration
occurring downtown compared TO The number Oc-
curing within the Same time uptown As con-
ally receives a great many more patients
4ospias combined At frequent intervals o ves
tertay its anlbulances We're sent to various places
downtown for people suffering from the effects of
the heat. The whir of the wheels and the clang OF
the bell on their return were signals for the bows
and girls in the neighborhood to flock about the
hospital door 20 watch the surgeons carry the pa
tients in. What they usually saw was an uncon-
scous stripped to his waist writhing his body
and distOriug his features The most eases were mt
once put in an ce-water hath from which they were
degrees. Then medicine was injected under the skin
Tor the purpose of preserving the action OF the
ling can. 'p' lin
According to the statements of the attending nbv-
scans at Bellevue, the patients in the wards have
not suffered much from the heat of the last few
nays Inc breeze that sweeps across the last River
wards supplied with fresh air Yesterday the ther
lnometer registered in the hospital building $50.
AZ the Presbyterian Hospital three cases of prostra-
ton have been treated since the heated term began
IN one The temperature of the patient reached
lO99l0 The temperature of the wards did not range
nuch "a owe So0 yesterday SO far this season there
nave been no cases of sunstroe at the German Hos
sau Yesterday that as yet the hospital patients had
not suffered from the heat Some eases of prostra
Ilon were brought iii each day in the ambulances,
but they were comparatively few in number.
CASES OF PROSTRArIOS.
Following are the of heat prostration re-
ported yesterday:
stroke yesterday at No los washinstonst '"' SUR
KAyANAGH BARTLEY porter, 30 living at No. G1
Broadway. He died in the evening at the Chambers
MAHosEr. JolN age AZ, tramp. fell dead in the lodS-
mgroom OF the Oak Street Police Station. He had
MANsrEnMANN HERMANN, age So. German of No. GOO
80 Broadway, and died in the Chambers Street Hos
MOORE, PETER age thlrty-dve, of No 73 Van Bruntst
eu fmadeniy on tue yesterday afternoon from
MURRAY, PETER, of No 592 fnhattan-ave., pros
Poa a %ie e T" mh I'm an iron yard a" Hunters
Smith, THOMAS, age TWENTY-FIVE laborer, was over
,pv at No 2 22S East Forty ;frst-ss
Sse Sea sss from s the
fore medical assistance arrived.
SERIOUS.
BERTH HENRY, age 81, of No 252 North seveDthst
brickyard at No 63s East Fifteenth-st ~ "''A III
jersey G %s, 4ng at No S 3d
neat ana taken to the Twenty-sixth Precinct sta
crAHk Wheeler F. lawyer living ct Hudson n "
OELhwAkE. WALTER NJ. watchman Of No. 237 Mon
DELIVERY WILLIAM, a machinist of No 237 Moproest
age thirty was prostrated by the heat and to
=. the Ienth Precinct station
NAH nf
in The suffering rom the heat sSe wa Esa at
,ended oy 40 ambulance surgeon and sent home
Elizabeth-st., taken from the Tenth Precinct 10
stroke. AVN sun"
FoRD ALLEN j., age 43, an Irish porter, OF No. 163
Prinee,st, went TO the Chambers Street Hospital sf
:, to the Chambers Street Hospital.
st. ana Third-ave, was overcome by the heat at No
SS,Sa6 6 seeond-ave He recovered and taken
HASLAN JEREMIAH, aged 60, of North Sixth and Third
in the sugarhouse at the foot of sontb W wGfAg
was taken .I home e. IN R an a sm91lanse
prostrated while working in the sugar-house at the
HATCH MICHAEL No. So East Fifteenth-st was taken
TO tne Chambers Street Hospital suffering from the
HEHRLEHY, TIMOTHY, age 80. found prostrated by
the heat at Northumberland second-st. and Third
LoDA JULIUS 80 of No POS West Forty-slxtlst, at
McANDREw, john, age 20, of No. SIC West Thrd-st
RrEBERs VcTR as 80 Of Of Nv %ess &
Ia ID -tfteenthst overcome by the heat at
ScHMES, HENRY, age 80 Of No. 46 Franklin 81 was
Frustrated in the street and taken to St Vincents
Hospital.
FAY, PArRIcK, age So no home found suffering from
the heat at Fifty ninthst. and Madisop-a ave was
- sent TO Bellevue Hospital. ~ ~
PRAINTER, GEORGE, chief of the Fire Department of
staten Island, was overcome by the at fire and
was removed 10 his home in ambulance,
an unknown man, age so with gray hair and
eeard and dressed in light suit suffering
from the heat al Nineteenth-st. Fourthaye He
was removed to the New-York Hospital.
an unknown man, was found in the hold of the
No Ptp.r
teruay afternoon, overcome with the heat. He was
= sent To ST. Vincent's Hospital. ~
Aoiz MICHAEL, age ffty-eight German butcher living
al Fi1teenth-st. and Avenue-B, was taken 70 the
chambers Street Hospital suffering from heat and
lquor He went out at O'Clock u. in and was a0ain
Drought IN by an officer at 1920 D. IN, having been
once more overcome by something.
- -. An unknown prOstated hv tho
neat IN restaurant in LeOnard-st, whence She was
removed to the Chambers Street Hospital
- - An unknown man. thirty O dark corn-
pe&lOn, wearing dark clothes and shirt
snnstrnck at 80 Broadway, and was removed TO the
Chambers Street Hospital
THE TEMPERATURE IN THE WEST.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.--The extreme heat of the
last few days passed away early this morning with a
ana the weather is comfortable.
DIES MONIES, Iowa. Aug 6.-Yesterday was the hottest
uay ever known here the mercury registering 9gloo
Saooud p m the temperature fell in fifteen minutes
from 91o to 73o. ~
WATERrc WIN, N. Y, Aug. Ga terrific storm Of wind
,slternoon doing much damage to property and pros
tratlng telegraph lines all sides Several bnidings
were struck by lightning and burned.
DUBUQUE Iowa, Aug. Ca storm swept over this city
IN torrents for hour the wind blew f1riousv Int
no damage Is reported The severe ali along