New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-27
MANY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
TWO SHOWERS SWEEP OVER THE CITY.

THE TEMPERATURE MORE BEARABLE-FEWER
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF COOL SPELL
The weathe. yesterday was series Of surprises
Few persons leaving home in the morning took
along their umbrellas, because there were the
usual indications Of fine day; but by IL O'Clock
the few who had them were regarded with envy
by the crowds of business men in all the down.
town streets, who were forced to seek shelter IN
the nearest doorway or get drenching. hundreds
of women, too had to pay the penalty OF being
caught unprotected and will long remember yes
terday as the day when their favorte dresses
were ruined
During the forenoon the heat was intense.
At a. m. the mercury registered 76 degrees at
the Signal Service office in the tOwe: OF the
Equitable Building and 70 degrees at Hudnuts.
The readings at the latter place, which give more
nearly the temperature which pedestrians really
have to suffer, were as follows: A. a. m. 81 de-
grees at noon, 50 degrees; at 3 80 p m. 81 DC
grees The highest temperature of the day at the
Signal Station was at / a. m, when II was $40
degrees At a. m. the humidity was about nor
nal.
The rain began to fall at exactly 1915 p m.
There were several sharp thunder-claps that aP
pcared to be ominousy near everybodys head.
man at Broadway and Maidcn-lane thought tne
lightning had hit the Western Union Building,
while good many people in and about Centrai
Park expected to sec many Of the big trees come
down with crash. In Part III of the Clrculo
Court playful spark caused momcntary panic
by going in OH a wire and dancing around III was
afterward discovered that several people IN the
Court House had been slightly affected by thc
shock among them John B. McGoldrick, the clcfK
THE AFTERNOON A HOT ONE.
At LOS H. m the storm ceased as suddenly as
il had begun; the breeze died away, and the
heat seemed more suflocating than before
At 4l2 after about three hours Oh
glowing sunshine. another black cloud gathered
quickly in the north and again the sharp tnahder @
claps were heard. This storm lasteo Just siA
minutes and then went as it had come, with
The Weather Clerk, Mr.. Dunn, says that while
the rainfall for June last year amounted to III
inches the S present % month neudns @ yesterday
The Indications that New-York would now
have n momentary relief from the high tcmpera-
ture which has prevailed for week.
= An unknown man was stunned by the lightning
as he took refuge in doorway of the, ChemlcaI
Bank Building He quickly recovered. ueorgc
Boen thirtyfour years od die1 IRON an
died at No 565 West Thirty-seventhst. Arthur
Thompson, nine years cid, was overcome by me
heat. lie was taken - 70 his home, No., No. SS5
No sc Thomas-st. who was taken to CHAMBERS
Street Hospital Monday suffering from sun
stroke. died yesterday. James Niece. Of mo No.
lO3 West-st. was taken TO Chambers Street Hos
pia yesterday suffering from prosratlon
Death certificates to the number of 227 were
filed at Sanitary Headquarters yesterday the
largest number in a single day since the summer ol
1856. About 20 per cent Of these wer" IN tenement
houses and about half of them were duc III par@ to
the heat.
ST.. was killed by sunstrolle. lie was a war
veteran and member of the Koltes Post. G. A. r
Edward Schneider baker, thirty-two years DID,
of No 1873 Hester-st., also died Of sunstrokc.
The effects of the heat in Newark were shown IN
the City Clerks Office to-day where upward OF
thirty burial permits were granted THIS Is double
he nuRcE S5os of sss IN Se %
Kiln Works. in Bridge-st., Newark, was overcome
by the heat on Monday, and died yesterday at ST.
Michaeps Hospital
REPORTED FREAKS OF THE LIGHTNING.
During the squall between II and o'clock
an object, which is described a ball Of fire by
those who saw it, was seen 10 fall from the sky
and strike large pile of bricks and other build
ing materials in East Twenty-ffth-st near Third
ave. 1t is said by those who claim TO have seen
the ball of fire descending that il fell from clear
spot in the Sky after the rain had nearly ceased,
and gave slight electric shock TO several persons
in tho vicinity Among them was John Marsh,
stoneIlason, who was at work on the new building
in course of erection, No. 20S East Twenty y-hlth-
st. The fre-ball also seen by Policemen
Jennings and lennessy on duty IN the ne negnooIi
others. The brick pile was knocked down, and
after the occurrence people gathered up some OF
the fragments as mementos OF the hShtninsS
visit to the spot. -,
A fash of lightning struck portion OF the
telcgraphic apparatus in the city department OF
TIE tribune yesterday during the storm with a
report like the crack of a revolver.
The house of John Fox, No. II Sherman-ave,
Jersey City, was struck by lightning during yes
terday's storm and was damaged to the amount OF
$500 The members of the family were shocked,
but not injured.
A SUMMER HOTEL STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
Asb,,ry Park n j. June 90 (Specal).-A lightning
bolt struck the tall flagstaff on the Delaware House,
at Ocean Beach, this morning The hagstaf was
torn into spllnters. The bolt passed through the
roof into three bedrooms, tearing off nearly all the
lath and plaster The inmates OF the hotel escaped
injury.
SNOW FALLS IN WISCONSIN.
milwaukee,, June GA dispatch to The Evening
Wisconsin, from Ellsworth, Pierce County. WIS.,, says
that snow fell there this morning.
WAR ON The JERSEY CO1ST.
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