New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-11
AGAIN IN THE NINETTES.
UNCOMFORTABLE WEATHER IN THE CITY.
HOW DIFFERENT PEOPLE ACCEPTED THE SITUATION
A CONUNDRUM FOR THE SIGNAL SERVICE
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A CONUNDRUM FOR THE SIGNAL SERVICE
BUREAU-THosE WHO WERE FRUSTRATED.
The orb of day fairly. outdId Itself Yesterday;
When il rose in the morning, ancient mariners and
later taTs remarked as they gave hltch W tneir
trousers that 1t going TO be hot day. Ihty
were quite right. At a. IN the thermometer III
the signal Service ton the Equitable Building
Indicated 74o at IL a m. the mercury had jumped
to So and at high noon II stopped to rest moment
station had quiet tme, compared WIN III, rne
one in front of Hudnuts store. The
mercury in that thermometer ought to have been
restrained. 1t opened at a. III. AT ~, skipped 10
500 at "A. IN, and at II O'Clock noon, without any
further warning, to $50. People stopped,
looked patromizlDgly at the mercury, gasped ana
passed on. When they came back at $3.50 p Ill. and
saw the mercury at go, they sat right down ana
perspired They thought that was really TOO mucn
so ii was. One aged couple from Jersey City, rca!
ing the notice over iludnnrs thernometer- oun
rays do ncl strike this thermometer rushed III
the store, saying: We'll, If the sun rays naVen't
struck H. wuat III thunder has I" Horses urOoped
and wilted; not a few put their feet down
and refused TO bulge. There was hardly
a breath of air that hadn't had al
of the vitality brcathed out of it. Peanut-venders
roasted their peanuts in the sun and turned Their
lemonade INTO niokels as fast as they conld. Inc
city parks crowded. In the shade of the trees
and around the fountains men ana women ana
children sat apparently llteless and begulied the
time in cat-naps. Even tine corridors OF the ruin
Avenue Hotel were deserted and Ii that Is not an
indication OF hot weather, nothing Is. The soda
fountains belched forth their sWeetened Wlnd ana
flied their pa with the ST. OF various nectars
lce-Crean lars ala a lHllNlus udtlt, Nuilo tuc
manufacturer of caralnels bul dams III mont OF
his wares. " Hotw SAID one old woman with face
red as boiled LOBSTER, as sac swung around
Broadway, near IOuTteentn-st. Hot! On, no.
| guess not; and she started down the street us
though she had been InSulted.
AT q D. IN the mercury dropped to 90 but every
body was Disguised with sucn weaA drop. The
coolest pace on top oil a broadway stage where
as expressed II. IL Was as coOi as "A GU
cumncr." At o'clock the mercury tumbIed to 90
where II hung through the evening WIN SURPRISING
tenaciy hose vino had to write weather articles
were the only ones who fully appreciated now h.e
IL A. tine evening wore along IhT sue streets
were curiOsites to behOln. Hali-cad men and
women sat on the doOrsleps OF curDstones, AS the
case might be, and exchanged views
on the state Of the weather IN Ian
guage graphic if not always scIlptuIal.
/ mere were many visitors at the sigma service
station DUNG The day. Ia one Datch Oh VISITORS
was reporter, who bursting mo ne room saId III
"a very hlgn key: d" ! was sent up here last >atui-
day 10 gcl nali a column Oh the weather, ana wnen
wrote II Up they Gus ii down 10 hall an men anu
tnen swore ii was editorial For the sake oil the
ghost of JGllus caesar what's the thermometer
whew, wnew!'
Inc person IN charge after having recovered from
tins wInd-cohc OF syntax said It was 50.
~ hats the velocity OF the WIND I"
Five mics an hour
Look mere operator, suppose all the heat that IS
now being wasted III TINS clty by His Hlgbncss the
sun was lOcuseu 10 one point, chops for COW many
pepple could be brOned a gwen lapse OF time
1 mere was a general scrmmage for Loomis :
MeteorOiOgy ana other books by the two operators
and a series OF mathematical calculations at once
When they began 10 talk about the density
OF the atmosphere, tc pressure on tine square lncn
ana had computed the numDvr Of square inches on
tne city's surface IL mad gone altogether too
average comprehension, ana The room was vacated
Ia oulck time one OF the operators was heard 10
remark as he noted The disappearance of his visit
ors That's tine nrst time ever heard of DrOIllng
chops by Ihc SUM- IL . siedt sCneue-A IL NOIA III
out"
ton OF a thunder-sho" or. The horizon black
with tnrea enlng clouds but no rain fell. The air
was sultry Nigntfal failed To bring the customary
evening nreeze. 1t day which those who In-
Tend to be the oldest living resiIents Will do well to
CASES OF PROsTRATION.
There were several cases of sunstroke In this CITY
aud BROOKLYN yesterday bur few serious ones.
The day passed without being distinguished amol Y
o[hers for "A very lamentaDle iecOrd. which az re
nored by the police and III the hospitals was 40 fol-
lows
BuIger William, age twenty seven living at one-hun
by the and tell IN the Thirty third Precinct yes
tsrday. He received a severe scalp wound and was
caIlaSan MIchaei. OF No 70 Lawrencest, Brooklyn.
was Frustrated in Rver-st. while working at street
paving He taken home.
Dittmar Margaret, of No H0pkins-st, Brooklyn,
overcome by the neat at McKibben and EweI-sts,
Brooklyn, yesterday.
work IN the elevated railroad station at First-ave
and Il ghLh-st., sunstruek- He was taken in an
insensiDe condition 10 bellevue Hospital
Kehone, Daniel Of No. 1873 lalgntSL was taken from
No los Cnry ste-st., where he suffering from
pros1ration, the Chambers Street Hospital IN al
ambulance -,
was taken tue Chambers street Hospital, suffer
ing from heat prOstratlOn.
CLAIM John age forty OF No. % LOr1merst, Brook
IVu was overcome py heat at kent~aye. and Rut-
edge-st., Brooklyn. yesterday lie was taken home.
Mooney Charles "A driver, living at No 452 Green
At, was brought the Chambers Street Hosp a.,
suffering from heat prOstratiOn.
pansegraIa Ferdinand, fifteen, OF No. 237 East
EIfIynlnth-st, while at work ON the roof OF No I'll
Eieccker street, overcome by the heat lie was
taken To the New-lOrk Hospital.
Ipcon Andrew age seYenty-One, Of No 46 President
~ prooklyn overcome by the heat at Pearl and
Cnncord-sts He taken 10 the CITY Hospital
aweafon Jessie, age twenty, OF PJughkeepsie n Y,
was pr, ,slrated COiTt-rt, Brooklyn yesterday by
the heat She was taken 10 the Long Island College
Hospital -, -, -. -.
stuneI Philip. age twenty two while working at Kent
I'VE and Hewe-- Brooklyn, was prOstrated by The
heat He was taken 10 his home, No. $50 ALI
aDOut-st - ,..us -. -. 80
cornar of Centre and WOrtn-sts- unconscious from
The effects OF the heat. He was taken IN an ambulance
mon, the Fourth Precinct 70 Tie Chambers Street
Hospital. ., a.. -. .,
wearing a green sui aGd black nat, Was taken IN
An unconscious from The elevated station a.
Ilghtltst. and Eirst-ave 10 the Bellevue Hospital
Yesterday she suffering from the neat
A Ia found sulslIhck ~ Ouhhe
and New-L nambers-sts- He was about hitl years
Old, had gray LAIR and wore dark trousers ana vest
and check snir- He taken 10 Chambers street
Hospital