New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-24
ANOTHER SCORCHER TODAY.
THAT'S WHAT FARMER" DUNN SAYS.
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT A "sIZZLER" IT WAS
YESTERDAY AND THE FIGURES PROVE IT
PERSONS OVERCOME RY THE HEAT

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YESTERDAY AND THE FIGURES PROVE IT
PERSONS OVERCOME BY THE HEAT.
| Hot days come thick and fast now. Yeser-
day was a sccrcher. Even in the early morning
the temperature gave promise Of an extremely
hot day. The hot wave was pretty we'll dis
tributed all the country. New-York City
faring as badly any other place. The highest
official temperature recorded was "a degrees at
$3.50 p. m, but at that hour the street thermome-
Ter in front Of Perrys drugstore registered SO de-
grees. and the one in front OF Hudnut's marked
80 degrees. There was little wind. and what
there was came from inland where it had become
hot and withering in its Journey over parched
fields.
The official figures yesterday were as follows:
a. M, SO degrees; Q a. m. Sc degrees; II a m
So degrees; noon, 20 degrees; p. m. 81 degrees;
2 p. m. SO degrees; p. m. SO degrees; $3.50 D. m
"a degrees; 4 p. m, 80 degrees.
At Perry's the figures were: a. m. 10 de-
grees; a m, 70 degrees; a m, SO degrees:
noon. SO degrees; $3.50 p. m. Sc degrees; p. M
s6 degrees; p. m. 95 degrees.
Al Hudnuts the figures ran as follows: 3
a; n 10 degrees; a. m. rs degrees; a. m.
20 degrees; noon, s3 degrees; p. m. SO degrees
500 p. m. 80 degrees: D. M. SO degrees
one year ago yesterday was one Of the coolest
days Of that June. The temperature did not
Tlse above 6i degrees until evening, when a warm
wave struck town and took the temperature IN
10 'he sui comfortable figure OF - degrees These
were Perrys figures.
fortunately II was Saturday and a large pro-
portion oi suffering human beings in town had
an opportunity 10 60 out into the woods or to tho
se1shore and escape from the worst Of the heat
All the excursion boats were crowded and many
people who had delayed their departure for the
summer made haste TO leave the broiling city
Mr.. Dunn's forecast Yesterday was for hot
weather to-day with thunder showers r,r,ho hie
in the afternoon.
Many cases of prostration by the heat were re-
ported and several mad dogs were shot
CHARLES Osborn, colOred forty years old. en-
plOyed as fireman on the steamboat Saratoga
Of the Troy Line, was overcome by heat on the
boat at Pier No 46. North River yesterd iy
morning and died before an ambulance arrived
William Beddel thirty years DID, of No. III
Chnton-st.. was overcome by heat at Delaney
and East SIS. He was removed 10 the Gouver-
neur Hospital. where ne died.
one death from sunstroke occurred in Eliza
beth y. j., yesterday. the victim being German
who was employed a track laborer by the
Central Railroad Company and belonged in New
York
Charles Halman. thirty years Old died yes
terday afternoon from the effects Of the heat
In the stable at No. 81 Hall-st., Brooklyn. He
lived AT Marcy-ave. and Middleton-st. He was
unmarried.
Mr.. Cute Of the Department Of Public Works
who has charge Of the ten free baths now open.
said yesterday that the rush upon The baths
had been great that he mad been compelled 10
reduce the time allowed 70 bathers from twenty
to fifteen minutes. The baths now opened are
situated follows: sNOrth River Battery
Horatio-st, Fftieth-st.. northumberland thirty
fourth-st East River-Market-st Grand-s'
and-twelfth-st. and One - hundred and thirty
eighth-st. and Harlem River The Duane-st.
bath Will be ready b. Tuesday. AMI few days
later the baths at Wes, Twentieth-st, East
frs,-st.. will be ready The city spent S. 800 this
spring In repairing the free baths.