The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-12
COOLED OFF BY THE STORM.
TEE MERCURY DROPS ETGHfEEN DE-
GREES IN A HURRY.

03-Mosquitoes Welping to Make EN-
Town Cnhnppy-But There's y Cool
Wave Cosins. and les Almost Here.
The soaring ambition OF the official mercury
on tho Equitable building was frustrated yes
terday afternoon by a visitor from New Jer-
sey streakod with real and not Jersey light
ming. But for that cooling and prolonged
shower-or series Of showers.-the town might
have sweltered as II never has sweltered be-
fore. and numberlees mothers In tho steaminR
tenement districts might to-day be mourning
their little ones. Tho mercury was hur.
ryinE to make tho hottest day on record for
August when vision OF hope appeared on the
horizon In the southwest in tho unmistaEabls
form OF storm clouds. Mothers looked anx-
iously from the top windows Of lofty tene-
ments. aud hoped the clouds would soon send
forth relief. But 1t was dllatory storm. 1t
Haunted its banners an hour or moro before de-
Gliding to attack the town At first It looked as
n 1t were going to dissolve itself In tho envi.
rons. Thore was for what seemed n long time
TO tho OK pectant watchers a clear blue dick In
the centre OF tho sky. all fringed with leaden
and white clouds. not unlike giant tonsursi
head. The sky had been almost cloudess until
noon. and it cleaned like silver bowl in
vertcd. Tho housetops sent back its mean
descent elamor. and a host OF heat demons
danced on tho roofs. Folks aioot sought the
cool corridors Of ofIlce buildings and the shady
eides Of streets. and people on tho elevated and
surface roads had contests not infrequently
for the sunless sides OF tho cars. whore the
windows were open.
The wind that indolently came across from
Jersey had nothing cooling about It. and was
the Invisible ferry by which million or more
Jersey mosquitoes got here.
The Thermometer was at % degrees when
q 1rst NJ thA abov. haD
falling. There was then less humidity In the
cir by several degrees than there was at the
same time on Monday. but the Temperature
wac several degrees higher. That the
shower was going. to be good one was APP
was silhouetied on tho leaden background at
q ySi,id fash rack Of tue torch bearing maiden.
might have. reached out and lighted her torch
b. one Of the flashes
q half.henrted fashion. as 4 the weather had
nR s sneF T ms H Tss
her about AZ. and came tearing across the
bay Ike the horses o. Pharaoh. beating up a
lne Of mist before it. 1t was borne on u breeze
rs, drop OF eighteen degree.
necks and put 'em back in their pockets, and
general blessing went np for tho rain. II was
probably wasn't strong enough e to Sfiset ST. the
eject Of. ali the language oi the morning and
Just before s o'clock there was sudden lot
about I'll, go minutes. during. whicn the sun
shelter and looked for the rainbow. They were
xh III The ns ike s9
was drenchsr and folks scampered from it in
II they we're getting AWAY
made the trees of Battery Park courtesy low
n IN! a. it cam. came aeross the bay combed up
are usually seen on an August day. even during
q thunder storm. LasheL by tho furious Wind
sH ssa. RSs;
:, ISs. inssassss 81 lie heat stored from .b.
o coad. esa s tie rum
bed. Even the cooling cloud awning did not
prevent the mercury from ropning up to SO
hour. The night was cooler because 81 the 81
Of an inch OF rain that made the afternoon en-
The mosquitoes borne from the inhospitable
but the breezes Of the several days before.
By snvious Msnhattanese to BE- ali RH psrtsMoi
Brooklyn They mnde slrmber next to i'm
To MSnHy G Ont: aid
during the day to avoid the onslauRts OF the
insects.
on Governo.,s Island last night that
some Of the officers and most III the young
water. the decks Of the Govsrnme nt tux ~.
which is USED ,;, as fsrryhoat t. the city were
accom- panied BY q iew young mon. who ode
got in fIom her 81 O'Clock trip from New York.
a'cloci. thirty or forty more girls got on with
te.r mo hers and and al took ride
NJ !nay have Iu. ii!sis lst up in the heat to.
nndsr the auspces NEE Of
wave coming across the Rocky Mountains.
There We're not rs many sleepers on the roofs
and lire ESCAPES In the most ropulo1s parts OF
hsDsd m asnf s'GsG
o rifle pleasanter.
h: nlss az
escts e II: es hiisy q ard"
Wh,loi' rnin.a NV 9! Sorf black cloud
!. oIle were on the PA pier at tie time ard
hundreds were u n III tie water No one paid
n" aiopped Ire rom co" s and S VIZ
hs oid rier; The sian was broker.
splinter was silt from a beam with such force
hat when 1t struck the floor It bounded back
~ 10 the celipS ughln ana STUCK last IN
penn there. No one WAS hunt. hut the stroke |
made great sensntion among the big crowd.
suNsTROKEs IN NEW YORK.
The following fatal cases OF heat prostratIon
lr. reported In this city:
Arbucke. Emily. 90 years old OF 1871 Sixth avenue At
'Ourih avenue and Twenty second street
Bak err James 10 yenrs Old of l2a Dominick street.
led in Bellevue Hospital
Brady Patrck 81 years old OF 300 East Forty fourth
trest at Forty stx tn Street and First avenue.
lumbar nate, So years ODD OF 4oj Secohd avenue At
er home.
Ives ~ ycurB old, OF ll3 Monroe street. at 90 Ham
lion street.
Man name unknown Frustrated At foot Of East
I'VE a ) siAth street died at 10 lsvuo IIostita.
Hrlts George. year old ~ 553 West Fourteenth !
,rreL died while returning from Coney Island with
lis mother
Other prostrntiops reported in this city are:
Aaoph ~ years Old In front Of IU2 Essex street;
ION, neuf Hospital
Allen. rhEl,s. i years old Of 10 Attorney stree.
Honnett. Morris 20 years old, Of 23f East Seventy.
syenih street IN the Post Office; Chambers street |
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