New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-27
WORK OF THE TORRID HEAT.
MANY FATAL CASES OF sUNsrROKE.
GREAT CROWDS GO OUT OF THE CIrY-DEsTRucTIoN
BY THE LIGHTNING.

GREAT CROWDS GO OUT OF THE CirY-DEsTRUCTION
BY THE LIGHTNING.
Those persons who fattered themselves that
the heavy OF Saturday evonng would cool the
atmosphere enough TO mako yesterday enjoyable were
undeceved before midday. While tho Thermometer DID
register high Saturday the mercury reached
altitude sufficient make walking discomfort and
any unusual exeron the rays OF the sun positively
dangerous Those who saw the exodus from the city by
boat and rail Saturday afternoon might be led to
believe that the city In fair way OF becoming de-
populated kevertheess had an apparent enecC 10
Judge by the throngs who loaded down all the excursion
boats and trains running out Of the city yesterday
The night was unusually oppressive one to those
who compelled TO remain In the city The atmos
phere in the morning filed with moisture through
which the rays Of the at times found II dlhcult to
penetrate Later In the day the sky was overcast ana
there every appearance Of coming thunder showers
The Thermometer ut Hudnuts registered as follows:
a. M, 1920 a. m. $40; IL m, 900; $3.50 p. m, 9f0
6p. H., 9l0.
II was nearly as warm at the Signal Service staon:on
the Equitable Building as on the street. At q. m the
Thermometer Indicated s0' IL a. m. 67'; 2 p M, 9i
8 p. m 300. The hottest place IN this neighborhood
yesterday was at Sandy Hook At p. m. the mercury
had climbed 90. At Baltimore the temperature was
9te at Boston 90a It cooler In the lower Lake
region, and there Is therefore possibility that to-day
or tomorrow it may be cooler here.
Thunder and lightning preceded and accompanied an
hours refreshing rain which came shortly after o'clock
II began and ended with sprinkug, and was OF that
gentle sort which dried up Nsture drinks n with Win
from open doors and windows. Everybody balled IL
with delight. Even the sparrows In the public parks
which had been ho ping around all day with bills open
expressed their satisfaction t the relief and the cab
again became resigned TO their tedious l0t Inc
hot pavenents were cooled anu ,rahriormea INTO
mirrors for the street lamps, ana tne e,evaleu
aud surface no longer called "sweat-boxes
Al ocloek the air was cool and sweet, and pleasant
blowing the housctops aud through the
streets.
and the hospitals or at their homes Ihe
following fatal were reported: Margaret
Haal1 age teItysisht' Of No. ace 2o' ,siy Eav.
two. t' Of No. es5 West Forty,sevenil,-st;
Nicolo Mangin cook. age thirty OF TwsntyeigGMtn,s'
ave- Laura Mlcst0y. aye hfty'three, OF NO 90 DoWh-
ing-s John sullivan age iortyone 3f LA Cherry.s
tcenthst and Lexngfonaye. Elias Kaiser. age slIty
nne OF No. $50 East Tnird-st Susan Moore of No. loS
T-nth-avc.
Half dozen cases OF prostraon by the heat were re
ported In Brooklyn. Two were fatal Frederick Lang
haight age twenty-six Of No. 40 Moore-st was over
come at his home and died before a doctor could
found SUFFERING from the heat at Third a d.
short tIne Papers in his pocket bore the names OF
.on" and Fpsnes Corriran, No II West broadway
Henry Murgraf. forty,six OF Blissville. Long
ami died before medical aid could be summoned
A large now barn the farm Of Peter G. Barnnm, at
Uempstead was struck by lightning during the storm
on Saturday afternoon The barn took IRE. and with
IT'S OF has and grain was totally destroyeu
Theirs was thunderstorm in Paterson, NJ j. and
Its vicinity Saturday night number OF hre alarm
telegraph boxes wers burned out and the system de-
moraiZed Lightning about 10 O'clock. struck the pas
sen ger depot OF the York. susquehsnua and Western
Railroad. at Rochelle Park. Bergen County, small
frame structure, which caught hre and was burned 10
ground.