New-York tribune., 1890-06-06
SWELTERING IN THE HEAT.
ANOTHER OPPRESSIVELY WARM DAY.
SEVERAL PERSONS ovEECoME-A wINDsToRM
At NIGHT.

At NIGHT.
The weather, which in general is tolerated as a
subject Of conversation only smoothing the way
for something else. the staple Of talk everywhere
Yesterday it forced itself every ones attention
/ by the widespread discomfort II caused. Inc
suns swcltering rays Wednesday seemed 10 have
diminished every ones power Of resisting the effects OF
the heat and Yesterday thoroughly diSagreeaDle
day-a trial equally to ones temper and health
The highest point reached by the signal service ther-
mometcr 50 degrees which was attained az : 40
p m. This was two degrees higher than the maxi
mum of Wednesday. At Perry's Pharmacy the
mercury reached 02 degrees. The rain of thc
night before last condensed the moisture in the
atmosphere and reduced the temperature to 90
degrees IN tn early morning, however. the
mercury rapidly, being at '6 degrees aV
O'Clock or ten degrees higher than at that hour on
Wednesday The humidity was 10 per cent less, how
ever, than At the time the previous Day Inc
humidity rose steadily until il 80 per cent In the
/ middle of the day
The one cOuTpcnSating Circumstance was that thcGc
was a breeze, which travelled twelve miles an hour
"a good rate OH hot day. YESTERDAY was the lo.-
Of which the signal Service has any iecoTI
and also the hottest day of the wear.
shortly before II D. n. signs Of "A violent dis
turbancc in the atmosphere began 10 make th'mNeNes
manifest. At p m. the thermometer registered at -
degrees Then the temperature fell rapidly. NJ Inc
same time there came a brisk northeasterF "ihu
which at 10 80 O'Clock was blowing at th' r'';
Of thirty five miles an hour. At lni"rNai' Dc'Ncon
10 p. m and midnight flashes Of lightning iIiumlhen
/ the sky, and every now and again lond 'r''" "'
thunder startled every one and sent the late street
pedestrians scurryug in all directions o"" INV
rain kept Off and at midnight the pavemen's ana
roadw,ys had not a drop Of moisture on them. Ac-
coriing - the signal service officers, the disturbance
i, due 10 the advent of cool wave which j r'-h'hS
downward to New York from the -. Lawrence N"l'l
vt midnight the WIND had dropped to twenty IN
nile, an hour while the temperature wa at 'A'>
eight DEGREES Heavy rains we're cNpe'''d I" III"
in The carly houIs of TIN, morning J9mes JACOBS
a civil engineer. age fprty-Eyc. who lives at so J."
F,st Sixty .Gftl~t met with a scli"ns accident in
Eradrnv at II - O'Clock bat night which WIS
due 20 the high wind. lie was passing the lmperl"l
Hotel which ,, in cOurse of construction 81 lhlr'
second st.. when theatrical advertising board ABOUT
49,, Zoo, ,,rb which stood ,u tic side
walk n few feet from building. was
blown down on his head. lie wa> Enorhed
useless and carried into neiglboTnS unCerakeFS
shop An ambulance va, summoned ana h' Wa'
taken 10 Bellevue Hospital There Tie surgeons cN-
aminel hi, wound and found that his skull had been
lr,ctnrcd III, Injury j. serious but not hhcN -
prove fatal Immediately.
Jane, l.. DrcuN clerk. thirty-Sx wears Oh Wh"
live, at so. ~ wc, one hundred and twenty ninth
7 VA. also hurt i'm thc of the storm. \, h'
va, pas,inV A tree Al one hundred and t"enty.'Gnth
= and Third ave- shortly a.tcr midnight u "aN blown
down on him lie managed 20 escape being pnloHcd
=, the ground hy II. brt received internal injuries
which may prove fatal. DrlcuN was taken I" Il9
Harlem Hospital.
Uu>uc~, men in large numbers donned French
flannel shirts Yesterday. and thus miiigat"d the
eject Of the weather. one notable result oi the neat
va, the big business done bl the establishments it
which drink, tnat ar, cooling or arc supposed 10 be
so are sold. Nearly every pcreor had iaVon'c
beverage which. he drank in quantities,
The vcndcr, OF pamlcai fans also made thcir ap-
pc,r,,nce downtown. The Italian, and creeks wh"
bad b..n standing at street corner, selling dolls thai
turn ,omerauI,s rubber dogs that walk ,usp"ndeI@'
and -, on. went into the palmleaffan business WitH
1od financial results.
The continued heat is playing havoc with the newly
laid asphalt IN Wall-st. In one place. where cap
driver had had his horse standing for some tthc' TIC
animal had stamped holes IN the street several hcheS
aocp The hoofs Of horsc, left their marks In the
.,h,r, nc " Il were clay of a moderate consistency.
and ., will,an,s the roadway yielded readily to tho
heels o; pedestrians e,-
The figures Of the temperature furnished by the sig
nal service are OF course misleading as Inc '"er'
mometers on the street registered several "'E'ec'
higher than those in the tower Of me hP"''"o'o
puld,ng number of persons succuihOeu Yv'"t
,a, ,o ,,c opprc,,ive. almost choking heat. Frank
Ohce age eighteen, oi NO. l0l Ld"l''''''' ''V'' 80
w.as overcome by the heat yesterday "i'r'"o" ."
iron, ~ No 80 uudson.,t. lie was taken to IT.
Vincen,'s Hospital
ucnry Hand age thirty seven, Of No. il33 second
ago was found sick from the heat IN Blecchcr''t''
and wa, taLcn To II. Vincent, Hospital
Patrick Bennett, age fifty three. OF No. i3o west
r,,, ..coni ST. was overcome by heat yesterday
at.rnoou a, Thirty eighrh->t. ard >Ah ave, ana
d., a C,,r hours later AZ -. Nmcent'> Hospital
Ano,t Eruch, age twenty two. lanorcr was over
come hy the heat while at work on ihe lioDoN'h 'o'
pers He died In short time.