The evening world., 1890-07-17
HOTTER THAN EVER.
No Let-Up In New Workers SufIerings
from Heat and Humidity.
The Perseverinp Mercury Climbs
Higher and Hotter.
Roasting by Daylight and Stenmlng
ut Night -To-Day's Casualties.

Of citizens, rushing pell nell into the
| Equitable Building, all intent on having
the life of the individual who held forth
false hopes of n cool wave last night,
flashed across the mind of an EVENING
| WORLD reporter, who was directed this
morning to find out, for the benefit of
a perspiring public, just how hot it was
going to be to-day.
The reporter half expected to find
stretched upon the floor of the Signal
Office the corpse of the Sergeant bleeding
from hundred stabs.
There was nothing of the kind, how
ever. Instead, the calm person of the
Sergeant himself greeted the reporter
with a GOODNESS that was exceedingly
grateful.
Are you the gentleman, who prophe-
sled that last night would be positively
cold, and that every one would enjoy O
cool nights rest ?" asked the reporter.
- am, he responded, in such an icy
tone that it made the mercury just behind
the reporter drop with an old-time dull,
sickening thud.
What excuse have you to offer?"
again asked the reporter.
Well, a chunk of high pressure ran
up against the cool wave Just west of New
York. and turned il away ?"
" But it will be here to-day?" hopefully
suggested the reporter.
mo, sir; it will not. There will be no
relief for New Workers to-day. There
will not even be thunder storm this
afternoon, nor will there be any cool
wave here Tonight"
Phew! what news. And the mercury
climbing higher and higher every minute.
If it will afford the citizens any satisfac-
tion to know that the temperature here Mt
10 O'Clock WAS just one degree lower to-
day than 1t was at the same time yester-
day y,thatinformation is cheerfully printed.
That drop of one degree. however,
doesn't amount to a straw. The humidity
at 10 O'Clock was so per cent. just Is per
cent. more than at the same time yester-
day.
The effect of the preponderance of
moisture in the air was plainly apparent
on every person this morning. People
wandered along in mn aimless, miserable
kind of way, with perspiration stream
ing from every pore.
Hundreds have gone cross-eyed over
trickle from the ends of their noses. No
one wears such thing as o vest, and the
flannel shirt brigade is out in full regalia
to-day.
Seriously, the weather to-day will be
harder on the public than il was yester-
day. The excessive humidity gives no
chance Tor Perspiration to evaporate., and
consequently every one will feel as
though he'd Just got out ofa hot bath aud
hadn't dried himself.
The temperature. Sergt. Dunn IL in
clined to think, will be fully as high If
not higher, than yesterday, and with the
addition of 10 per cent. of humidity, this
means q long dash and several exclama-
tion points will express it better than
anything else.
The temperature here was rs degrees at
O'Clock this morning. At 10 O'Clock it
was 40. and at II o'clock il had jumped TO
ssdegrees, and was still cl imbing.
There isn't cool spot in the whole
country, with the exception of the ex-
treme Northwest. where the mercury
only goes Rs high as 30 degrees. In Bos-
ton Mt 8 o'clock it was rs; Philadelphia.
so; Washington, SO; Chicago, IS, and st.
Louis, so.
Only little breeze is blowing, but it
comes from the warm Southwest, and is
like blast from Ot-air furnace.
The whole country is warm. and there
W
According TO all indications it looks as
though people will roast to-day and steam
tonight.
Pleasant prospectsl
VICTIMS OF THE sIRocco.
Richard Hoffman, twenty seven years
old, of 4S Hudson street, was overcome
by the heat this morning at West Broad
way and Chambers street. Chambers
Street Hospital.
Solomon Wayman, forty -one years old.
of l5S Orchard street, WAS prostrated with
the heat at the foot OF Stanton street.
Bellevue Hospital.
Fila Washington. twenty-six years old,
of 306 Mulberry street, was made SO i'll by
the heat this morning that she was taken
TO Bellevue Hospital.
Alexander Austin of 26 Washington
street. was overcome by the heat on Third
avenue at One Hundred and Sixteenth
street. Harlem Hospital.
John Russell was found prostrated in
front of CT Bowery, and removed to his
home.
Aaron Davis, of 179 East One Hundred
and Eighth street was found in front of
l5S South Fifth avenue. and taken home.
Michael McQuillan, of l02 Bayard
street was taken TO the Chambers Street
Hospital from the corner Of Canal and
laXter streets, where he had fallen from
the heat.
John Fitzpatrick, of 1876 Clinton place,
was found prostrated at Sixteenth street
and Union Square, and taken to the New
York Hospital.