New-York tribune., 1885-07-10
HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR.

suowrRs FOLLOW AN OPPRESSIVE DAY-sEvERAL
CASES OF sUSsrRoKE
The Signal Service observers at the top OF
the Equtasle Building say that 1t Will bc just az warm
to-day as 1t was yesterday An apprccaDlc IDEA OF ths
nopbecy might have been obtained by glance at TIC
thsrmome,er I'm front of Hudnuts at $3.50 p. when 1t
Registered 06o This was the maximum 1t went down
ten degrees before the set At the same hour on
July last year the thermometer stood at 7 ana the
mean temperature for that day was ~
Yesterday at "a IN. was 'oO'
at noon IL was s6o ana 1t steadily
TILL half-past 3. The same temperatures relatively
prevaed all over tho country east Of the Mississippi
and Missouri At Sandy Hook the mercury registered
maximum temperature OF $50; at Baltimore, $40 Al
bany. 93s; Philadelphia, :and sandusky 92''
but further west the plains there was decline Ths
fall is expected to reach New-York tomorrow
The suffering In this city was especially severe as
there had been only slight preparations for the ex
tremely warm weather Many Of the horses attached to
cabs and street cars fell from exhaus-
ton The greatest care directed toward their re-
lief at the posts along the lines where they are
watered Along Broadway. between noon and o'clock,
foot ceased regard the ormaes OF good
society and down the street clothed with as little
beside their right minds was consistent with due OBJ
servance of law They carried their coats and waist
coats upon their At the depots ana ferries tnere
was grand rush to get out OF town. People ieit inc
city by the thousand. The Glen Island boats ana
hotels we're crowded heavily. After noon the regular
trains over the Long Island Railroad TO kocksway and
Coney Island up and run In sections the tra'e
being too heavy for the regular accommodations
After such oppressive heat the rain ID the evening was
more than relief At G30 o'clock dense cloud noatcd
over the city and the unprotected pedehtran 20
look up anxonsly and TO quicken their steps But ali IN
vain After two prcmontory growls the mass OF
vapor suddenly condensed and such volumes OF watcr
deuged the that,one could hardly see more tsn
five OF six blocks away Thcn while thousands oi luck
loss pedestrians rushed for the nearest he naP
street Arabs barred their heads and found ntc ucgn
in their gratutous shower BATH This and another Local
shower which took place two hours later came from te
West and summed up, up Tbess .e.ai arateiai n.ni
showers which cleared the air and lowered the
temperature about degrees have been douDy oenc
hcia account OF the relief that they must anora 20
the sick DOOR The number OF applications 10 thc Shi
dreus Aid Society, No. 2s7 East broadway LOT mea
cal aid has been auadrupled since last Monday.
Ten persons were reported TO the police As having
been overcome by the heat. but no case was 'tai;
they were taken to tho different hosptais,.
There a small hurricane In Sing sing AZ CLOCK
which only lasted for few minutes, put IN that tIIuc
toe up by the roots. unroofed scycrai puioes
aud blocked with trees and branches that
had been blown Hay that had been up INTO
heaps hurled of mach OF IL carried away All
OF the telephone and telegraph wires were Torn uow so
that the service useless II was tile most severe
storm that has visited The place In years good uea
Of damage was done at rrrytown where portion Vi
factory blown d0an
The w0rkircn doing the alterations at No. so Maiden
ya left opening IN The roof when they quit work
last n.lt, auI the store occupied BY g r. Myers q Co
baly flooded by ihr coming down III torrents
tma flooding their stock.