The evening world., 1894-07-30
Not So Warm To-Day, but Too
Torrid for Comfort,
Forecaster Dunn Can See No Marked
Change for SO Hours.
Humidity Not So High-Deaths and
Prostrations.

The highest temperature recorded for any pre-
indicated 20 degrees. Last years highest tenn
perature for the corresponding day was 81 de-
grecs.
New Workers have been granted some
what of a respite of suffering from heat
to-day. The record-breaking scorch-
demons Of yesterday and the day before
were not abroad this morning, and at
o'clock the Thermometer registered 7c
degrees, which was just five notches
lower than the record for Yesterday at
the same nour
Notwithstanding this comparatively
low temperature. however. there was
enough caloric standing around to make
people very uncomfortable and to justify
the fear that there would continue to be
many prostrations and even deaths from
heat.
Weather Prophet Elias Dunn seemed
at peace with the whole world when he
entered his eerie on the roof Of the
Equitable Building this morning.
- understand,' he said, that the
steamer Saale met an immense iceberg
last Thursday in latitude 1906 and lon
gitude 1918. This ir something that the
city authorities ought to take advantage
a convenient spot in the bay and an
chored there"
Somebody suggested that Street-Clean-
ing Commissioner Andrews might make
the anchored iceberg available as a
source of income to the city by taking
out scowloads Of millionaires and tying
them up alongside Its refreshing bull
| warks.
just as this, frisid Joke was finished,
Mr.. Dunn got myvterfous despatch
from Charleston. 8. c. 1t read as fol-
BE "Bessint Malay johnson Irish" J..
i M an and 9rd asoush from ssae
That's the way we get our weather
notices. explained Mr.. Dunn. relieving
ing is that the temperature at Charles
ton Is at present Sc degrees, with the
barometer at 30.H: that the wind Is
me. ir am hour sG snd Sa4ny
night there WAS just a trace of rain"
General Humidity had done SO much in
| the last few days, he seemed to be en-.
o'clock he registered only "A per cent.
| One of the most refreshing features Of
the day was an eight mile-per-hour
breeze from the southwest.
I Asked what had become of the warm
wave that had filled New York with so
much distress since Friday night, Sergt.
Dunn said that It had gone East 49,.
weather during the next thirty -six hours
according to Weather Sage Dunn.
The coolest spot in the United States
was down to 50 degrees at 5 o'clock this
morning.
/ Deaths from Heat.
Annie Freigbig, ten months old, died
| suddenly at | OClOck this mOrninR at
her home, 1le Wiliett Street, Without
! medical attendance. She is supposed to
have succumbed to heat.
Timothy Maher, twenty-six years old
! of lis East Ninety-seventh street, died
suddenly at his home at ll,@ o'clock las,
night. 1t is supposed that his death was
! John Cromwell, aged ,wepty.eight, oil
lo2 Sullivan street, and Frank Leme
aged fifty-three, of 1871 Meserole street
both Of bs are
Cromwell was found lying dead on a
lounge late last night. Lemle was taker
III while at work in Ludwig ,schule's
bakery at tne address above and expired
before doctor arrived:
Carl Peters, thirty-six years old died
shortly after o'clock this morning while
on the way In ar ambulance from his
home. los First avenue, this city, &c
Bellevue Hospital. He was made fatally
III by the heat.
Prostrations.
Henry Wibel. aged fifty, of 645 Fifth
avenue, Brooklyn. was overcome by heat
at $50 o'clock this morning while at work
In a bakery at GA Fourth avenue. lie
was removed to the Norwegian Hospital
Joseph Becht, thirty-siX years old. OF
li9 Nineteenth street. Brooklyn, was
overcome by heat this morning in from
OF Sc Chambers street and removed tC
Chambers Street Hospital.
James Cornelia, forty years old, of II
James street, was overcome by the
heat at Twelfth avenue and One Hun
dred and Thirtieth street, this morning
He was taken 10 Manhattan Hospital