Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-08-13
THE SUNS RAYS.
They Beat with Unusual Ferooity
On New York City,
Besides Causing a Dozen Deaths the
Extreme Heat Drives Several
Persons Insane.
GOTHAM swELrEHs.

NEW YoRK, Aug, l3.-Ou no early
August day for the last twenty years
have the people of New YORK, Brook
lyn, Jersey City, Newark and all the
cities and towns adjacent to the
metropolis sweltered and wilted as
they did Monday. 1t was the hottest
August 10 since 1871. As early as
o'clock a. IN. the mercury stood at the
astonishing height, for that hour, of rs
degrees. The highest point reached
! during the day was at $3.50 p. M. when
it touched the figures %, staying there
for over an hour.
The intense heat was severe upon the
young and old alike and became unen-
durable to many. Twelve sudden
deaths We're reported at the coroners
office, attributed to the excessive heat.
After II o'clock in the morning
the prostrations began to be re-
ported and from that hour up to
in the evening the ambulances
from all the different hospitals were
kept busy.
Hundreds of horses succum bed to the
heat all over the city. One could
scarcely go ten blocks without seeing
dead horse lying by the wayside.
Nearly all the street-car lines had re-
lays of horses at several places along
their routes and were as merciful to
their beasts as they could be. The hot
wave has served to develop an alarm
ing number of cases of insanity Triple
the usual number was reported to the
authorities Monday.
New YORK, Aug. 1.-The hot wave
continues. At noon the temperature
was 90 degrees. Several deaths have
been reported from the effects of the
heat. During the afternoon, however,
heavy rain somewhat cooled the at
mosphere.
The suffering caused by the heat has
been intensified by vcritable plague
Of mosquitoes. sunday night these lit
i ~ -pesss naade their appearance by the
millions and drove all persons IL
doors. The Oldest inhabitants declare
that they have never before expert
enced anything Of the kind, and won
dered what they had done to be 50
afflicted
CHICAGO, Aug IL. The highest point
reached by the mercury on Monday
was 81 degrees.
The deaths reported to the health de-
partment in this city Sunday were
seventy-siX in number Monday there
were 100 deaths in the city. or at a rate
of 1875 a thousand. This is double the
average rate. The deaths were numer-
Gus am ng infants and aged people,
who are particularly susceptible to
the ba effects heat and the
prevailing type of disorders was
light forms Of cholera and
dysentery The sanitary department
in the city hall had report Of the death
Of seventy-six horses in the city sum
day. This was twice the average rate
and was due to the extreme heat Eff
teen teams were engaged all day Mon
day in disposing of the dead animals
The heat on Sunday beat all records
of the year. Up ON the ridge of Martin
Kellogg's farm, one-third of a mile west
of Western avenue, and on Ninety-fifth
street, in Washington Heights, apples
were baked on the trees. The heat
from the prairie below was SO sitting
that men could not walk on the ridge
The apples were baked to the core and
were so hot when plucked as 70 be un-
comfortable in the hand
PLAINFIELD, Conn, Aug. 12-Mon-
day vas one Of the hottest in years and
the dron rht is something startling. All
late crops are burning up in the ground
and carly ones have ripened by the
drought so quickly that they are badly
dwarfed. The rivers, ponds and old
mill streams are lower than for years.
August Condition of the Crops.
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