The record-union., 1891-08-12
Special to the REcoRD-USroS.

SpeCldl 10 Jne ISECORD-U ".
NEW YORK, Aug. u-Ninety-four i'll
the shade was registered by the thor
mometers at noon to-day This is the
| hottest day of the season and the hottest
August day in twenty years. Sunstroke
carried off directly or indirectly dozen
/ persons during the last twenty-four
hours, and the hospitals are filled with
others. The suffering caused by the heat
is intensified by a plague of mosquitoes.
At o'clock this afternoon a thunder
storm relieved the oppressiveness some
what.
AT $50 o'clock the thermometer had
fallen to S4o The rain cooled the side
walks and houses and freshened up
things. 1t was a welcome relief. All
day on the business streets, especially
those where horse-cars run, it was pitiable
| to sec the Sutferings of the horses Ami
! mails gave out on all sides. Altogether,
the day was one of misery for man and
beast.
At Coney Island this afternoon the
mercury registered 93o.
Reports sent out by the Weather Bu-
reau do not give an adequate idea of the
intensity of the heat. When the ther-
mometer in the observatory on top of the
Equitable building registers go, it is
much warmer than that on the surface in
the crowded streets between the high
buildings, where the heat is radiated
from pavements and walls. Thermome-
| ters put on Broadway registered different
| degrees of heat this morning, but all
were higher than the Signal Service ther-
mometer. At 10 O'Clock! the latter was
So, while private thermometers regis
! tered S9o and over.
! Large numbers of people found relief
| on the piers and in the parks to-day
! Since the rains this afternoon the suffer-
| ing has decreased greatly, and it is hoped
! that tomorrow will bring complete relief
| During the twenty-four hours ending
at midnight there have been forty eases
OF prostration, eleven of which were fatal.
IN CINCINNATI.
| CINCINNATI, Aug. 11.-To-day has been
cooler. No serious prostrations were re-
| ported to-day. The maximum to-day
was 900, reached at p. NJ.
IN PITTsBURG.
| PITTsBURG, Aug. u.-Last night was
one of the hottest of the year. At no
| time did the mercury go below 75o. At
! IL O'Clock the mercury was SO. In down
town districts at noon the heat was so I'M
| tense that it drove people indoors. To-
! day was as hot as yesterday, but fewer
prostrations were reported. In the mills
many laborers had to quit work. A
| storm about 2:30 this afternoon cooled the
atmosphere to some extent.
IN PHILADELPHIA.
! PHILADELPHIA, Aug. u.-Philadelphia
| led all cities of the United States yester-
! day, the mercury standing ut 90 This
morning at 8 o'clock the thermometer
registered S00. At 2:30 this afternoon the
heat had reached 950.
| NINETY-EIGHT IN NEW JERSEY.
| BoRDENTowN On. j., Aug. 1.-THE
| thermometer to-day ranged from 9So to
| 99o.
| IN CONNECTICUT.
| PLAINFIELD Conn, Aug. 11.-At noon
| to-day the thermometer registered l04o in
! the shade Farm hands We're compelled
! to stop work.
! WAUREaAN (Conn.), Aug. n.-To-day
has been the hottest for twenty years. At
noon it was l03o in the shade. Several
| cases of prostration are reported. Crops
are burning up.
JEwETT CITY Conn }, Aug 1I.-To-day
! was the hottest in a year. In addition to
| the mills being compelled to stop on ac-
count of the drought, farm hands and
other outdoor laborers have been obliged
to stop on account of the intense heat.
IN ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. IA thunderstorm
that visited this city this morning cleared
! the atmosphere of the oppressiveness that
existed before the storm occurred. 4
soaking rain accompanied the storm, do
ing great good to crops and fruit To-
| night the weather is quite bearable. The
mercury indicates 750.
! STORM IN TEXAS.
Houston {Tex.), Aug. I1.--Reports from
! Yokum and Lexington state that u ter
! rible storm swept over those sections yes
! terday. Houses were unroofed and blown
! down and stock killed.
IN INDIANA.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 1.-THE storm
which ragged in this county last evening
did incalculable damage to crops and
| property generally.
GOOD RAINS IN KANSAS.
EMPoRIA (Kas.) Aug. IA heavy rain
| fell here this morning. Specials received
| from various points in Kansas show the
| rains are widespread. The farmers are
! jubilant and say the rain has made good
| corn crop certain.
| CYCLONE IN ILLINOIS.
| LINCOLN Gll.), Aug. IA cyclone pre-
vailed in the southeastern part of Logan
| County Monday afternoon. The crops
| in its path, and BARNS houses and other
| buildings were damaged. At Latham, q
new elevator about completed, was lev
eled. The loss is estimated at about $780,
! 600.
MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM.
CHICAGO, Aug. u.-The minimum and
maximum temperatures to-day were as
! follows: Chicago, 500 and $50; Cincinnati
| 660 and 90o; New Orleans, S4o and 90;
New York, 89o and 92o; st. Louis, 76o and
Sc.