New-York tribune., 1883-06-07
YELL UP IN THE uNINETIES.
TIE THERMOMETER REGISTERS 93o-A THUNDEF
sHowER-FIFTEEN sUNsTRoKEs.


sHowER-FIFTEEN sUNsTRoKEs.
The city found yesterday morning that plenty
OF heat had been left from the previous day to make
things decidedly uncomfortable. At o. IN. the ther-
mometer registered only 1872 but nobody would believe
the ir strument. The air was dead and muggy and en-
ervating by o'clock the mercury stood at 77 and at
reached $50. Then 1t took fresh start and
began climbing the tube as scared cat climbs
tree. Men stopped at the different public
thermometers in crowds to the agile metal
go up, and betting two to that IL would knock
of the top OF the tube before o'clock People hurried
through their afternoon work and made TOR the beaches
In droves Excursion lines did the best days business
OF the Street horses refreshed at fire.
quent intervals from temporary waYsde watering
places. Weary pedestrians refreshed thomselves at
more frequent intervals beside cool counters where
flowed the amber beer and the fragrant mint
juop when the hot and sultry hours had
crept around TO $3.50 the blstcrng thermometer an
nounced temperature OF 93o. ani scored the highest
record OF the The appreciated air waved up
ward from the pavement. the crowds crept welrtly
along the burning sidewalk. and the fainng breezes
and bay died before they had penetrated the
city two blocks from the waterfront.
The thousands OF said merchants who members OF
the Produce ana Cotton Exchanges looked more
subdued than when the mercury began Its rapid ascent
The depressing heat had depressing effect upoa their
energies, as It did the market, and there
was apparent inclination to trade. III
n provision dealer was asked. How ia lardp the
swor would be Soft" and this the condition OF
shirt collars shirt In most the collars
were taken on and carefully laid away In the pocket IL
was an uncommon thing closely buttoned waist
coat There was free dealing In cotton at the Cotton
Exchange but II the shapo OF clothing rather in
the state for mills.
Business at the Stock Exchange not unfayorably
affected by the heat for the transactions considerably
exceeded those on the previous day There
bul at
heat would not have distracted the attention
OF brokers from watching the course or speculhlOn
Tue board not uncomiortaOy warm for those
who had little do; excited groups the floor are hot
places even when the mercury Is than 1t
10 9Jo yesterday. An active broker wEs dashing
New-st from the Exchange TO bis Office when
TRIBUNE reporter stopped him ask II 1t not day.
The broker paused glanced up and down the pavement
If he looking for something, aud then testify re-
piled, Dunno; but the markotis Just boiling"
Before o'clock the great white thunder heads which
had been lowering ia fantastic shapes over tue western
shores OF the bay began to spread out gigantic arms
denly the wind fresh damp through the streets,
and the city gave percepible sigh OF relief as the ram
dashng down upon the hot streets In torrents For
nearly hall hour 1t poured hercey and there
half dozen terrific caps OF thunder fhen the sun sh0ne
muttering aud rumbing and flashing Brooklyn and
out the potato patches OF Long Island The flag
fourteenh-st and Fourthave, was struck by the night
g ana % 3 10 hy bs yeSnS b
were thronged IN all parts OF town with people OF oil
crous cool breezes The thermometer in nearly all
parts OF the country, especially In the Northeast and
along the great lakes Indicated fall OF from 10 l5o
I'M the temperature Last year the mercury did not go
900 tll June "a. when 1t reached 94o The next
toy to Si8. 8'"0"' It "'H' Dr ~ "'' ''''
The lightning struck three places in Brooklyn in the
OF the shower. The two story frame house OF
William L. Price. at Tr0yaye. aud MOntg0mery-st was
set on fire aud burned to the ground causing loss OF
81 000 II not insured Tue nag pole elghyyeIee
high. the top OF Fort Greene IN washington Farkwas
shattered from top to bottom ana some OF sne sPae
surlno1nted by an eagle Inc nag-poie on top Oi
Dixon Wilson's icecream saloon, Nos. 292 and 29i
Fulton-st struck by the lightning and the flag and
pole were partly burned. The loss was 9iO ~ -,
During tue shower lightning struck tank NO 20 IN the
yard Of the STANDARD OIL Company at Communipaw The
tank OF those which saved month ago III he
great fire In the yard by which 100000 of oil
was destroyed and six men lost their lives. The
tank thirty feet high and nfty feet IN diameter
Tue apparently struck on the northery side and
went entirely around IT, doing, however, no iurtnef
damage than TO cause acrack OF about ten !eeth eng
The wooden braces in the interior were nIed Dy tne
Lightning, but the flames were exungulseed by Eugmes
No and TO- OF the Jersey C ERE % par en ony
1000 barrels OF oil in the tank barely covering 'de 0o
The damage viii amount To @oOO. - ,..
The following Of prostration nom tne neat were
reported yesterday
DAY, ANTONIO an Austrian of No. 23i West sxtieth
81, Was overcome while working AZ the Ioot Vi "esb
sixeth-st. at 200 p. III.
DITzsoS wM. OF Baltimore, ago 43, was Frustrated III
front OF No 80 West Tweftn-5
GRAHAM, ANNA, servant, 90 living at No I6O East
Twenty-sxth-st. was overcome wmie at WORK
HEsPwICH LOUIS age sixtynve, OF No 20 West Fifty
second-st was prostrated at state andOoiumoias'S
DosoLLEY JOHN, age thirty-seven. OF NO 9S Four |
teenth-st, Brooklyn. was sunstrick In tne AFTERNOON
while laying tagging ut Wyckoh ana Court $751; |
Brooklyn
MADR CHARLES age "a, while working at No 5ll East
Seyentoenthst, at $50 p. IN, was made inscnslbis'
His home Ii in Eighth-aye, near tourteehthsI
MAYGIS MARY age OF Jersey City was Frustrated at
No. 1877 Greenwch-st. about nOon
MEsIl-JELo, PETRASGELo an italian, was sunstruek
while working in sedgwick-aye, opposite the honse
OH. b. Clanin. He lives at Kingsoridse' and Is "a
years old.
REILLY, JOHN, n young aborer, whose home was un-
known, was sunstruck at Ffth-ayes ana Onehunureo
and-seyenteenth st. at y. IN.
SMITH. JAMES, a brckayer, age 81 OF NO. IL East
Niney-third-st. was Frustrated whlle NJ "orA on
building at seventy-ninth-st. aud Third-aVe'
SPENCER, FANNY, was overcome while shopping AZ
O'Neills store at Sixthave. aud Iwentletl-st Sho
is 20 years old and lives In Springfield n. J
WYNN, MRS, was overcome at Seventy -slxth-st anu
Third-ave., but recovered sufilolenty 10 10
taken by her friends 10 her home al NO. oo' ooVepen
an unknown man about 20 years Ola,
dressed ike iaOorer died suddenly In the yard OF
No. / 1276 Thrd.ave. at y. IN. In his pockeu was =
piece OF paper on which was written No. ao2 @ mase
forty-sIth-st." IL WAS supposed that nc uieo nVn
the effects OF the heat
an unknown woman about 80 years ola'
fell insensible effects OF the neat AZ p m-
nt Mulberry and Houston SIS She was carried in.o
Police Headquarters, and afterward was sent 10 sI
Vincenps Hospital
- an unknown man. age twenty-iour. helgnt
fye feet nine inches, with light nair, plaos cohe
and gray trousers, with u snovei IN nls manu-, mm
found overcome at Flatbushaye. ana eteInnf pMoo,
Brooklyn. lie was taken 70 tho CITY Hospital un-
conscious