The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-29
ASuNOFDEATII SIIONE DOWN
M DAyLoNG THE CLAN6 OF THE AM
BULANCE CONC WAS HEARD.

tic humidity Helped the Sun-Victims
Numbered by the Hundred-Twenty Dead
IN New York-Borses Suffered as Never
Herors-A Cool Wave rromised To-day.
The latest prophecy OF the Local Forecaster
IA that it ought soon to DO cooler. Even yos-
tcrday. according to Mr.. Dunn. wasn't quito
40 hot as Tuesday. the record breaking day OF
the summer. Well. perhaps 1t wasn't: but 1t
Is unlikely that anybody who had not been
officially told SO realized the fact. To many It
WAS the most uncomfortable day OF tho sea-
SON. Added to the very high TEN pcrature was
M cxt,n dash OF humidity. the latter having
increased over 30 per cent. during Wednesday
night Then the doblitating effect OF the pre-
ccdns Gays Of torridity had deprived many
Of tho power OF resistance.
The number OF ppostrations was almost un-
prcce9cntcd Tho 'ambulances OF every hos
pltal in this city and brooklyn we're kept busy
all day. bellevue was crowded. and tho insti-
tutons OF brooklyn could not accommodate
her stricken citizens.
His now Just week since tho heat and tho
moisture began smashing tho records. On
July ~ thu highest temperature was only
S7','. and the average was 1U0. There was
scarcely any change the following day. tho
highest temperature being SG.9. and the
average ~. 1t 'ropred OF point the next
day. the highest being S5'so. and the average
70. Evidently the stokers Of the sun ceased
whilc rersririnS at the glowing furnaces to
lay in u supply Of new coal. and tho mercury
went down n bit. The increase came tho noxt
day. the highest temperature being 94e. and
the average 81. The celestial stokers kept
on piling In fuel after that. They knocked the
records to flinders on Tuesday. sending tho
mercury to oG'r'. The average for tho day was
nv I,yt bn harm a for bad
821.o. The average. however. was still $40.
Yesterday the stokers made their final effort.
II we may trust the usually verucious Mr.
Dunn. and rested on their shovels. with tho
mercury at 90 again.
Wednesday night was probably the most I'M
comfortable OF tho year. With the humidity
constantly increasing the thermom eter regis
tered 7G' almost all night. At l A. NJ. the OH
cial thermometer in Mr.. Dunn's Office rs-
co. del S1'. From until the needle fluc-
and IT Z it was at so. Such q, night was never
any ether da's. At ss'cl.sk the empSTatare
highest point. - was rcashsJ; At Scloee
tnon that he could detect evidences of n com.
Ing cool wave. The latter didn't mate .ialize
aud the humidity. which was ~ Dor cent at s
A NJ managed to lingcr around % 70: tho
rest OF tho day.
Mr. bum says 1herc is n high pressure aren
In III. NJ rthwest. which has cen moving this
way tor over twenty. our hou's. 1t brought
y.!sys. Tie temps. turs ut st, luis and ID
Chicago went down abou. y in tie morning
sas s"" "Y rs Of ,o! shs s d?%pn The
ssvrrywyhtre prynnd ,he &ississippi it was
the Freezing point. All over tho Ohio Valley
enl the Atlantic states the heat wa. intense.
was quite cold. w"rn it started, Lnt il is likely
g. ins" some Of its irigiltv l,rforc it gets here
=. While Mr. Dunn is not Wiling t" say posi-.
murh, H. is sill Prepared to declare with ali
tn authority OF bis 'irial wisdom that there
lat st. He Thought yesterday that the pre-
llmiIary cooln.ss might com" in time to give
New WORKERS. II Idensnnt THURSDAY night 10
6! zap il aud d. cam of irehergs aud billiards..
He sud that Showers would very probably
precela tn. cool wave.
been the mex OF breeze. 1t is very rarely that
hrr"I.s tail to play over Manhattan Island.
lit" wind. There was brccHo for n fow
hour, Yesterday but it was very light and
1n it, yf"cty was S Hny SEht
Mt 70 nr. Dunn'S airy pnrlorS. PROBABLY as
S2ol olag To as might be found in NeW York
COMPARE in delicious GOODNESS with the dark
rrncesse Of the sombrc Centre street prison.
sSrs seemed gratS'u Tie priso Hngis who h
were confined out Of reach OF tho suns rcne-
tratng heat and out OF sight Of its glare nrob-
But il the prisons we're summer resorts the
seou.t room was kind Of HMdYs. The sitting
Open windows brought iittiS relief;
showed that tn" Heat was much greater '" on
the street level than on tho roof Of the E1uit-
S ale hrilding ierry,s thcrmometer ros. to
county. well known in tie Republican camp.
Is anth orty for the statement that thcrmom-
cars indicated lCJ' yesterday uitcrnooa.
me heat w. Tos 2 20 srysrn on the hnrfIes
ssyepfnally; Al .9Glicer q the oBersh society
Sail last night at tho society office:
II, We have never before had such day az
this on our records; Tho mortality among
hys stock beats anything we have ever heard
nave shot twenty horses. and over forty am
Lman"r calls have como !" tho office. Our
hal 10 rharlge horses Tour times"
ho"s, II tie street ca lines. Each line has it's
srmuI-. When horse Belonging to a citizen
iryoud recovery. the society ambulance IL no.
IN'd WI convey the animal to a hospital and :.
"$? loHy ana G"1 10 f r between tho
~" mortality among tho car horses was
greater Yesterday than. it ever had been be-
lore IN pna dav. The Third avenue line was
me hcavI st loser. They fell along the tracks
lhst'r than tho ambulanceS Of the company
coLI' carry them away. Third avenue looked
last night as il regiment Of cavalry had
gagged under fro Of an enemy's battery from
NE City Han to Harlem. leaving q trail OF dead
eEAr-"rS To mark its course.
,,tnnI l.tors on the Third avenue line said |
that lilo company must have lost fully fifty |
horscS Not less than fifty more animals were |
20 much affected by the heat that they will not
% able t. work for many days. There were
teiays At about every half mile along the line. |
eut brcakdnwns were frequent between every |
station: and trafIlc was often delayed.
IefGr, because OF its uneven roadbed; Tho |
ssalle construction makes the road harder for |
Me horses to travel than four times the same |
aSSance Of straight. even tracks.
kine Fourth avenue company during the |
Pssy hours Of the morning and afternoon.
NTtched Tour horses to every alternate car;
Ibis enabled them to make better time and |
S%spare their beasts. They lost only u few |
Traffic on the Sixth avenue road was de- |
hyefd i9r half an hour last night by a horse |
! heavy animal and after 1t had dropped |
Sead on the downtown track 1t took eight |
u m 10 drag 1t out OF the way of the cars |
onhhiere was some mortality among the thor |
oousnbrtdS that pull Col Shepard's palattRl |