New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-02
TEN DEATHS FROM THE HEAT.
MANY CASES OF PROSTRATION.
A COOL WAVE ARRIVES IN THE EVENING AND
RRINGS A BRTEZE

The long promised cool arrived last evening.
The change from the heat of the torrid zone 10 the
gentle presence Of spring was sudden Even so early
Is 3 O'clock the temperature was seen TO be wei up
in the eighties and rising rapidly The heat grew Win
the morning hours At II O'Clock the mercury had
touched SO degrees and then at go p m Huuiu'
thermometer recorded degrees four degrees more
than al Pcrry's Between the record OF the signal
Service office and that at IIudnus there was diner
of fully eight degrees
The 80 mark had been passed scarcely ten minutes
when the change came At 80 O'Clock New orhefs
were painting and gaspng. At go O'Clock they "ero
looking around in amazement and asking what iad Oe-
come OF the moisture which had disappeared WIFI 'aFO
ling swiftness, leaving IN It's place hght northwest
breeze In the meantime the temperature was iallhs
a. rapidly 1t lad risen. At q 80 p m II was uo"H
To- degrees, and at p. IN. 1t he'd still further iae
to 20 degrees. The hterninghns of Tile coon anu
warm waves produced one or two hsht oho"ee' ouO
soon the sky cleared and became illumincd III sou
radiance that bathed the Of the river ana bay
in a glory OF golden light. The scene from the Brdse
inst 40 the sun sank was unusually beautiful.
Apparently the hot wave has gone for good ana
the opinions OF the signal service officers are DOrhe ouV
Lv results some delicousy cOol, genial, Ideal cond
tions may bc looked for to-day and tomorrow
The number Of deaths from heat reported al t'e
Coroners Office and the various precinct p0ilcc sta"
was large There many eases which did not
prove fatal Annie GrimOn plOStsated at hcr
home, No. 662 Icnth-ave.. and died before moolcSi
atteudance could be obtaincd An unknown decen'F-
dressed man, apparently about th!rty-hve years Od
was found scnselcss from Sunstroke at JelOmc-aNe'
and One-lundred and sixty hrst-st. He was carried 10
the Highbridgc police station, and there died. Johh
Mann a tailor wao seized with heat sickness az MS
home No 1913 Prncc-s: and died before pily yalclal
could be summoned.
Michael Whaen died suddenly at his home No 10
Stantol-st Tie infant son of William KlcinschmlttScr
died from the heat at 40. 1873 Frankln-ave James
Hunphrey thirty eight year, Old, living at No. III
Ea, Forty sixth st. last GIT comp ancd Of fdlntncN'
frou the heat, and lying down upon his bcd' dleu
almost immediately. . , ,,,.
AT No. 30 tirandst., died at Chanbers-st Iio>pl'u
fom the effect, OF the heat. .o.
Jeremiah Hayes, twenty five years old, OF 40. oyo
second ave. Was pTOstIacd and died al ms nome IN
addition TO the above there were reported tnc death'
Of two infants, whose parents I've respectively al No.
:,'j3 front Il. and No. 2o3 Avenue b. 80 ,
Annie Hluuensch!cd, a servant at No. H. t|t>t
Eieycnlh-st became crazcd from the heat on Thurs
dav and attempted suicide by taking rat poison she
wa, removed 10 Bellevue Hospital.
General John Hayes who lives at Bay Ridge, was
overcome By the heat az 40. l1l Broadway. lie was
attended by an ambulance surgeon and removed 10 his
homo IL cab. H.,
From Brooklyn there happily only one really
,crou, ci,e. Thomas Daily. baker. VINO lVts
al 40. Ga Bcrrenst., was prostrtci, and taken III
At White Plains Swcdc known ~ " "NhrlS
IIcmptaccd on Mrs. " l.. CHrh2rt's estate. was
seized With sudden slckncs, on Thursday afternoon
and died.