New-York tribune., 1885-07-22
THE HEAT INCREASING.
BEATING A RECORD OF FIVE YEARS.
RELrEF THAT DID NOT COME-PRosTRATIoNs AND
DEATHS FROM sUNsTRoKE.

BEATING RECORD OF FIVE YEARS.
RELIEF THAT DID NOT COME-PRosTRATIoNs AND
DEATHS FROM sUNsrRoKE.
The fend who says sis it hot enough for
you rampant yesterday and his victims, swelter
ing weak and helpless had not tho strength to resent
hs insults Early in the morning. before tho sun had
psared people swoke with sense Of sufocation. The
atmosphere dense and heavy an atmosphere which
weighed upon the chest and seemed have lost every
trace Of vitality When the thero no I'm
provemsnt little breeze sprang up, but all hopes OF
rain cloudy weather. which had been awakened by the
humidity in the carly morning. werc disspated.
Not cloud tempered the suns rays,
and at last even the most sanguine
forced sadly to admit that 1t going to be
another who felt mad the weather
yesterday will probably have occasion grow maddor
still to-day, for the indications at the Signal Service
Bureau "fair weather and stationary tempera-
ure" What meant by stationary temperature after
day like yesterday is aew degrees Of heat with
great decrease among suffering humanity In the powcr
Of bearing up against It,
There other interesting facts to be picked up in
cony ersation with the weather clerk. Among
item was the fact that yesterday the mercury
at the Signal Station reached the highest point that
has been attained for five years. This &c., which
were registered by the Thermometer between and
o'clock In the afternoon The top Of the Equitable
building IT, however. comparatively cool place. and
yesterday the temperature was modified by q breeze
which blew all day long at rate OF from IL to 10 miles
per hour Somewhat curously the temperature In this
lofty almost three degrees higher than Fri
day although In the street the thermometer fell full
degree OF the highest point reached Friday.
Yesterdays torrid OF large extent. II in
cinded the NewEngland states, the Middle Atlantic
States the Lower Lake region, and tho Valleys OF the
Ohio the Tennessee and the Mississippi From Baltimore
temperature OF go was reported. Away of at Mar
quete the shores Of Lake Michigan. the mercury had
fallen down to 53o which hopeful sign for the East,
aud promises a cold day for tomorrow OF Friday.
Hudnuts thermometer centre OF interest all
through The day. The perspirng men who stopped to
watch the slender column of mercury seemed to find
sort ofgrm satisfaction In the fact that the thermometer
did not bclie their feelings At a. the mercury
had only fallen TO "a at It was up again to 50, at
2 II had reached 30. and ut 330 II had attained the
maximum. 9s. There slight feeling OF dsappoint-
mcnt that considering the Intense suffering which every
enc undergone mercury did reach round l0O
But 9s the point which the dispassonate mercury
it to begin Its downward course. At o'clock the
air seemed fresher The sky became overcast and
refreshing shower seemed at hand. Tho hope, how
ever. vain. For few minutes the breeze caught up
clouds OF dust aud carried them up into the air until the
whole city enveoped in dense yellow mist.
Thcn temperature, which had fae for time again
the clouds cleared away and people resigned thcm
selves to the thought OF sleepcssnight.
The presented at Whitestone harbor at n m,
when the fog lifted, convincing PROOF OF the reason
ableness OF the anxiety which had been noticed upon
the faces OF the captains OF the Sound steamers There
we're no than dozen steamboats, which. since IL
o'clock Of the night before, had been enveoped in fog
and hal made their way thus far where they were
obliged wait till the fog lifted IL black fog. So
called density All of the Sound steamers into 1t
about IL o'clock Monday hight inst after passing
Daretrs Reef light From that time the passengers
reged with the sr screechng and the deep bass
bellowngs OF the steam whistles blown signals TO ap
Troae hing craft As soon as the fog was encountered
the captain his position IN the pilot house and sta
toned lookouts fore and AFT and tho quar-
efmaster IN the chains TO take sonnngs at frequent
Intervals Un Port Schuyler passed. the quarter
hove his lead and sung out Eighteen fathoms
an no bottom The ookot {. could see nothing beyond
nfiy feet hence they hal to DEPEND upon their
for bearings The that due at their piers
before a. m. at that time had only reached White
stone The toong " the whistles and the revolving OF
the padil at short Intervals monotonous aud un-
entertaining. The only other sounds were the captains
command every mn Ites to hcavc the lead" and
the quarternastcrs reply. When the latter would call
quarter less nine" minute after he had got six
teen fathoms, the engine bell would ring sharply and
the paddles would be reversed 10 back tho boat away
Then whistles blown frequently To get the echo.
that the distance from shore me,t bc determined At7
o'clock the fog began ft and the huge outlines Of the
boats disclosed one after the other. The Nara
gansett led the fleet. and she In che middle of the
channel; the Massachusetts, close behind her, and
then was grouped together the Frances the reyi
dsnce, City Of Worcester, Bristol. Capitol CITY, W. W.
Colt and Elm city. of them were lying with bows
pointing dcrc directions. but the Narragansett
and Massachusetts were pointed toward New-fork.
where they arrived nj s:l5. The boats were all from
two three hours behind time but not the slightest
accident occurred.
The mum of OF prostratDn from the heat In
Brooklyn eighteen. Peter Poland. age forty who
was overcome while ut work IN sugar house In South
second ST.. died at the Eastern Dist rict Hospital
At Chambers street Hospital there one fatal case
that OF John Kennedy, butcher living at
No. 80 Oak-st.. age hfty-hree: he died at 03O p m.
James Galley. iaborer. employed by the Dry Dock aud
Iast broadway Railroad Company was brought to the
same hospital In critical condition. IL WAS thought
that he m igh die. In the afternoon unknown man
was found dead from the effects Of the heat at ~.
Nichnlasaye. and Onehundred andthrty seventh-st.
James Donnc.y, OF No 600 West Thirty secondst died
from .unstroke before ambulance could he obtained
Twenty three other cases which did not terminate
fatally were reported In this city.
In IIoboken Burchard Hasslof an employe In. Mayor
Timkens feed store. who Frustrated with the heat
on Monday afternoon died In ST. Mary's Hospital
The Rev Patrick Muligan, curate OF ST. Marys Roman
Catholic Church. Long Island CITY. was overcome 10y the
heat IN tho afternoon while ut Greenpoint lie was
taken the parochia residence In Ffthst, and died
shortly after entering the house. lie was about NIFTY
years OF age =. - ,,
Thomas But Ter. nfy years living at No 80 Pine
st. Newark, died at from the effects OF asunsroke