The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-30
SIX DAYS OF DEADLY HEAT.
WILL THE PROMISED RESPITE OF TIE
PROPHET COME 1o-DATs

City and 1O3 Frustrated - Hospitals
Crowded and AmbuIances GoIng All Day
Long - Twenty-four Dead and Twenty.
two Frustrated IN brooklyn - Work
Stopped In Many Places Hersahout
II our local forecaster's confident predio-
ton comes true we will revel to-day in dc.
liciously cool weather. That cold wave which
did not appear yesterday had taken . new
start according to Mr. Dunn's dispatches.
and could not fail to arrive this morning. Mr..
Dunn went so far as to hazard the opinion
that 1t would reach town before breakfast
He further declared that tho mercury would
not touch 80 again this month: but that Is
not saying much. as only two days OF the
month arc left 1t will be very comforting.
however. to have even two days Of reliei
The hot wave was In many respects the most
remarkable in the history OF tho city. The
mercury rose yesterday to within ono degree
OF tho record OF Tuesday last, and plsoed the
day sixth in New York's list Of blisterinR days.
The night preceding was the hottest on REQ
ord. and prepared the way for the making Of
an unprecedented death roll after the sun got
UP. Humidity was high. and during tho fore
noon there was practically no breeze Far up
above Mr.. Dunn's high tower tho official wind
measurer recorded q velocity Of two miles An
hour; but this was n OF felt in the streets.
Ninety EIGHT sudden deaths were reported
at the Coroners' office up to P. NJ. This 10 q
record which has never been eoualled In New
York city. even In time OF epidemic. It 10 i'm.
possible now to determine what proportion Of
these deaths were due to tho heat The list
below will tell how many Of them were from
direct sunstroke. but the weather's RESPONSE
bility does not stop there. DR.. Weston Of the
Coroners' office said that considerable pro.
portion Of the fatalities were due to heart fail.
~o1I 4 lnht Al
were for the most part. indirectly chargeabls
to the excessive heat
At the Bureau OF Vital Statistics 223 deaths
were reported UP to noon. OF these. twenty-six
were due to direct sunstroke. The heat was
responsible for a large part Of the rest, as It
fastened the death Of many persons sick OF
disease who otherwise would have stood ex.
cellent chances Of recovery.
The busiest persons in the city were I'M
doubleday Coroner Levy and his assistant DR..
Weston. The Coroner was up all tho previous
night writing out death certificates OF Thurs
days victims His door bell was kept iingling
until nearly sunrise. After breakfast he and
DR.. Weston began Investigating the new har-
vest Of DEATH At noon forty-seven deaths.
the largest number for one day in tho history
or the C2roners' oilice. we're reported. But
The maximum heat OF Yesterday exceeded
Ter. hour BY, hour. by from l. to s.. 1t did not
ths to- tho f mddo
it was much more oppressive day. It was was
the most eXhausting day we have had since
n Sy a nae h Sn M G
near Its maximum. Tho number OF deaths
then however. was far exceeded by yester-
A little wind began to stir soon after noon.
due hentse tG IhG All nH
Oh u furnace. but IL was n welcome change
from tho awful. still roasting OF, preceding
oSercast and the Wind BLOW in GUSTS TRis
was nightly cheering. for 1t, suggested
had ennouneed We're T immediat e presedne
Tho 9 O'clock record Of ,o5X' places .yester.
Tie rst on the the st Sept 1857 ioo ths
ssGendt 5 5"Iy 1 NE III July r 1872
Is 1855 W. sixth lily y - 1862 s5 '. Yes:
t tn, was ~ hotter than any preceding
The cool wave which is coming to our relief
was centred below the, great lakes at o'clock
shaped dl!trc "cudI ns St, Paul and e Ghi-
cfE9 ON the n1r'h and omah ana
at Omaha So. and at Kansas City d2'. This
t shows great drops IN the temperature since
was eastcrly; Thunder storms Of some vio-
lence lowered on its eastern edge forming
The, only part Of tho East which tho cold
wave had not affected yesterday was n wedge-
and a base inc onths Atlantic coast extending
from from rrnvldsnce to Care liattnras; within
i ananS sTr"Fy nG %.n"dipHE hsse
ter and Cleveland had so of discomfort at 3
IN the m9rnlng, and lilladephia. swelterinR
nent;, New York then showed temperature
or - 1t was riRft again"t the anrN Of this
In tho morning. Before midday tho rainy nd
vance guard had IN trated western Pennsyl-
Those whom laIor or business forced out Of
doors Yesterday walked slowly and dejectedy.
In the down-t"wn streets business men mp:
appearances In tie tenement districts the
suffering was great. Mcn. women, and chill
found. They discard Il all unnecessary cloth
Ing, tn" gong Of thn ambulance was com
walks a, though shot.
j., ono ma, f"li or throw himself from q win
room. dead Of heart failure. due to the hear.
Another was craInt by the heat. and it took
lance which .c,,Iuc TO take him to Chambers
Street lIpsr 'a,, III" tenement house children
s!nttHr"'! n''r' Nt,he le"ths reported ct the
cu!,!inn. hGti"s lay silent and painting on
I'M g"S'n m r ta"ir mGthGrs along tho shady
The indusirious hr"kcrs Of tho Stock. Prod
unr. and otnor downtown Exchanges were
tho int ,!ornhr heat would hnvn had no per-
% ,. ,, "ltnGf Won in"r sHrlngy natures
ANU 'lh'' '. ,l'iiNIt bHl lHSy OOJVCtcu
IruluHEatiOn of tho agony
;. Charles Cirstor, II doorkcepcr on the Stock
N''ung", WIS overcome and carried to o
committ""rnnm np stairs. Later In the day
+" was sent 10 Ms home. David Bingham.
tho -,"a' grain slipmer. Of the Produce Ex-
change. and Hcuri;" Tory Of the same institu.
ton We're stricken down and taken to their
homo. John J. hIrrnau Of kicrnans Agency
has not been strong aucc his severe Illness
last year, and he NJ, Frustrated and taken
lLnIr in Il emit.
Thy" brokers an the Exchanges didn't pre-
lrnH to Keep ~ inr.r 81 ith.s; All Of tho hev-
inyY,iis ;;!,iok wa in big schooner glasses.
OF Plymouth gin, and cracked Ice. filled To- the
nr.'n wltl ,".'%@r Na!,r Avery ptalar, dink
This was especially cooling, Worry little liquor
was drunk. some oi tue oldest of old touors
saying: it /, really criminal lodrink whiskey
N this w'n'h'r" Buckets and buckets of iced
tea worr in.iIbNl.
The temperature on Vail and Broad streets
Was nGgtdYntuI hy the Tar PaYcmrnts which
wcro silt and 50 h"l'rd 10y the sun that walk
ing over them was Diko trcadina ON an oven
The cabl les did II rusJil !: business. and after