New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-25
NIyETY-ONE DLGKEES IN THE SHADE
NEw-YoRK THE HOTTEST CITY II THE UNION
FOUR CASES CT sUNSTROKE.

NEw-YoRK THE HOTTEST CITY N THE UNION
FOUR CASES CT sUNsTROKE.
New York became yesterday by some phc-
nomenal ecccntcity Of this unstable ana intensely uhro
liable climate the hottest city in the country 1t took
upkcting trip Florida as Il were' ana reposel IN the
midst o banana and orange groves and listened to tho
playful "cuck" Of the alligator. NewYork has been in
slightly dcmoralized condition recently and perhaps
wont south @ acquire the equilibrium which tOp ling
hanks have destroyed; but If it did not quite gct
4 toss on the equatorial line II WI'
trimmed up on it, and everybody who reposed
sufficient confidence in the city by remaining In town
fund their collars and cuffs percolang down their Re-
necabe backs or their ngerenis 1t the hottest
DIV in MAY that the city had since 1877. As early
os 2 a M before the sun had the efrOnery 10
amman above the horizon the thermometer by gentle ae'
,pssons OF strength had acquired courage enough 10
register Go. Then, til ugh ashamed OF rs imQftu
osy it took three hours to 20 one degree higher ot
NJ o'clock it was only 69 AT Q O'clock the had got
well above the piers of the Bridge, and HudDuts TIER
mometer hit that 10 would be the proper amount o
heat When nO0a came there had been leap TO s3i2i
and then the slender stream OF mercury cHmhca
up the tube with that exasperltng determination
which it sometimes mdnilcsts, until az $3.50 p IN II
registered 81 in the shade 1l4o in the sun Whe"
most OF the Broadway promenaders found themselves
1t reached its height and by'easy GravaohS as
weared with its supreme effort OF the year. the mercury
contracted. ana at pm had DESCENDED 10 70. a..
short while before dusk black cloud appeared IN the
west and mounted up the sky, throwing large DuwarAso
Glands bei eon the city aud when dd Detn ~
ing it, Men carried thelf uhDItHs
with anectOu and little sparrOYs IN the Cly nan ARK
opened their bill tremblngy IL the 10" sweep "a tho
wind from the west. There was pr0inl g
for moi n drop of moisture fell. But IN It's
stead was cool northwest breeze, that scuEed across
the streets and raised clouds II dust when sank aSu
before they reached "a unpleasant height EEeh the
Stars when they came ont. looked as though they hln
passed srcuiess day and glOwed yellow ard siI!tn
over the CITY, third bet Jay Oh the bot week OF Nay
was M AN end II left the city exhausted ana the eO
DE unprepared u resist second rally OF the sulmof
which Is promised To-Day. -, - A., ,,,,,.,u. rhora
vas clear weather IN nh sections and storms which were
hkelv TO spread could be found by the sigma service
although very nook and cranAy or the Rocky MouhtS
were cxploted. Al D. the following temperatures
were reuDrtcd: Mobile Ala. 9O'; Augusta Ga So
baltimore, Md, $50; Albany, N L., 81 JScksohNho'
Fla 800 Galveston. Tex, S0'; lndlanola Iext 3O'.
The teeratre Cor the CORES pOndng date In this city
last year was a. M. 5l' q. m o1; a. No. o.
IL M, 73o 3 =. m, 100; g T. m, U.s.
TIRE following prostratiOns by the heat were reported
by the police:
Daniel Grady laborer. Of No 40 Cherry-st, was
overcome while working in Orchardst, Cinalst. 1T
1915 d. m. lie carried - the Chambers Street Hos
pltal. 49, . -, 81, . -
otto Schwartzenberg. OF No. 445 East NinthSt, was
carried 10 Bellevue Hospital suffering from the effects OF
a sunstroke received at Avenue e and Seventeenth ST
Daniel Fitzgerald Of No 20 East 1hirlst.. pros
trated ut Second ave. and Nineythrd-st. al T. ~ no
was removed Ia Bellevue Hospital.
Justice Ambrose Mcneil OF the Ffy-Scvenh street DIS
tuc Court being by the heat, Was Obliged 10
adjourn the court until Wednesday