New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-31
THE COOL WAVE LINGERS.
4 MAXIMUM OF THIRTEEN DEGREES LEoS
THAN ON FRIDAY.
Mr.. DUNN PROMISES THAT TODAY WILL Dh
CLOUDY AND DELIGHTFUL.

MR.. DUNN PROMISES TINT IO-DA1 WIZ
CLOUDY AND DELIGHTFUL.
1t will he cool to-day. At least so salu ''c
chief of the Weather Bureau last evening, do nc
looked over the chart which he had sprelu Q"o
in front of him IL will not be cool enough ior
ovcrcoats, but Mr. Dunn has promised tha' U'e
mercury will not climb much higher than oo
degrees II may not go higher than ~ "0
grccs Yesterday the highest point reachen was
So I-2 degrees The day will be cloudy, 100 'he
weather man promises Altogether tbs ounuaS
will he a most delightful and refreshing one 'c
observer declares, for the people who nave SUI
fcred 50 much during the last week.
The Weather Bureau officials said yesterday
that they believed the hot spell broken, ana
that for some time at least New.York wonll ell
JOY something like pleasant weather 10 was no'
until yesterday afternoon the people Of the Guy
realized il was n little cooler than usual Inc
thermometer only registered ~ at a. IN. anu
10 at o a. m. but the people on the streets an"
in the houses scerlcd TO suffer just ms mucn do 'ncs
did the day before, when the temperature "dS
from TO 10 degrees higher. IL was
the increased humidity that did Ia
but the humidity during the afternoon went down
10 something near the normal point, ana tne
first real relief from the greatest continued spell
felt. And il came none too soon. Many ne"
victims yielded up their lives yesterday Inc
list of deaths from ordinary causes has peh
alarming.
Now that the hot spell" has gone, New-iork
people can look back calmly at the WORK the
heat did here during the eight days of suffering
Men fell dead OH the streets. and droppei ao
their work; horses dropped in the streets, ahu
died in their stalls by the score
Ncw-York is not the only city that has suffered
human loss Almost the whole country has been
turned into slaughtcring pen. In Chicago, fh'ia-
dclphia Boston. Providence. Detroit, M."inkce'
Cincinnati. St Louis. Cleveland ana PirsbWg inc
heat has carried death with it. But Mr. Dunn
now ASSURES the people Of Ncw-fork tha'
mn further sacrifice is demanded as the I'M
mediate future holds out relief and to-dny cooler
wrathcr will come to cheer the d1stresScl ana
faint at heart.
Observer Dunn in discussing the heated term
inst ended said he believed when the Ncunis
were counted the great death-dcaling record oi
1876 would he broken That year the themome
ter for eight days, he said, registered as isIlows
First day. IS degrees; second, 9S; thlrl, w :
fourth 81: fifth, 90; sixth, 81; scVcnul, W :
eighth 50 During the eight days OF heat which
ended Yesterday the record was First cay, SO
degrees. ScOnu, 30 - iHllh, 0Nf i'"i"'' wv .
fifth. "a; sixth, 90 10 seventh. "a - eighth
% - Those two lists Of figures compare fav-
oTahv. Mr. Dunn says, but this July hot apcil
caused suffering in many quarters that the
list Of fatalities has reached a terrible number.
Tic crowds Of hopclcssly poor pcop- IN the tene-
mcnt districts have been almost imprisoned IN
fiery furnaces for eight days, and the escape. in
hundreds Of cases, has only been through tie
grave
The danger is not over yet The profncfd
SMELL of excessive heat has weakened many an
more deaths may bc looked for to-day and -
morrow.
Business has also been intcrfcrcd with, the
retail stores having done only ono-thrd Of their
usual trade.
Not only TO Boston, Philadelphia and w-YorlS
did the heat bring suffering and death; from Kan
sas and Nebraska 20 the Atlantic coast the sur
fcrinp wa, intense This shows the extent of the
blazing intensity Of the supcrhcated air that for
days scttlcl down upon the land. All over this
vast district. the weather people say, there Will
he a cool temperature to-day.
The temperature yesterday. according 10 the
Signal Service figures was n. m, - degrees ;
6 a. m.. 10; . "A. IN, 10; J a. m, s2i II IL
D. m. So p. m, 81; p. m, 81; p. m, 50 :;
( D. H., 81: ; p. m, 50; p. m, 20; p M,
79:,8 p. m, 70; p m, 10.
Tho temperature as registered az Pcrrys was {:
, a. H.. 81; n. m, 81; . a. m, SO; 10 a. m,
-: IL A. m. 50: 12:lj p. H., 81 - p N,
s5:3 D. NJ Sc; & p. H., s. p. H., = . p. m.