The evening world., 1894-07-28

mum temperature on July 2S. 1893. so degrees.
This has been the hottest July 2s in
New York since 1876, when the mer-
curry rose to % degrees In the shade, and
absolutely the hottest day since 1851
when the heat once in July rose to 100
degrees.
At o'clock to-day the official Their
mometer recorded s5ts degrees and the
tendency was still upwards.
The result Of the intense heat, coupled
with So percentage Of humidity, was
an unusual number OF prostrations, a
list of which follows:
JOHN dAUGH, forty-six years old, 1854
West One Hundred and Fifth street, was
overcome by heat az $50 o'clock this
morning on the Il" station at One
bus avenue. He was taken home.
RHODY WALSH, fireman on steamer
plymouth, lying in dry dock al the foot
10 Gouverneur Hospital this morning,
suffering from the heat
AN UNKNOWN MAN about forty-fiv
the foot OF East one Hundred and
Third street and taken to Harlem Hos
pital He had light hair, blue eyes, wore
dark striped trousers, hunting shirt and
David EARLE, thirty years, of Black
burn; /. J., Frustrated at 80 Park Bow
nPATRiCK DEEGAN, fifty, of New
Brunswieki n. j.. overcome at Broad
Chambers street Hospital.
JOHN STANTON. nineteen years old,
living in Third street, Long Island City,
spring and West streets at O'clock this
afternoon. He was attended by an am
bulance surgeon and left for his home.
years KA od h hnn 81 Sc
paurs Church. at the. corner Of Broad
way and Vesey street. at 1885 o'clock
this afternoon. He was taken to the
ANTONIO WEIR, thirty-Mne years
old, of % Hammond street. Brooklyn,
while at work on the new building at
was overcome by heat and fell from a
scaffold to the floor and had his right
leg badly injured. He was taken to the
Flower Hospital.
Frustrated in Brooklyn.
JAMES RYAN, aged twenty-one, OF
SiXty-second street and Thirteenth ave-
nue., overcome by heat at Fifty-ninth
street and Fourth avenue at 3 O'Clock
this morning; removed to Norwegian
AUGUST BECHMAN, twenty-one, of
!62 Park avenue, prostrated while work
Ing in a undergrad on Newtown Creek ;
was removed to st. GATHERINGS Hos
GEORGE W. JONES, colored, aged
thirty-one, of 44s Adelphi street over
come in Prospect Park this afternoon
KATE KELLEY. aged fourteen, of
S36 De kalb avenue, overcome in front of
~ Lafayette avenue and removed to
ANN CoNBoY, aged sixty. of 1871 Cler;
mont avenue, overcome at Degraw and
smith NTH, streets; taken home, .-.-
MuiCHAEL kuNTZ, aged thirty-one,
while at work In sugar refinery at the
foot OF South Fourth street this after
noon, was Frustrated by the intense heat
ana was removed to his home in an am
bulance.
The heat was brought to New York
on a three mile-per-hour breeze from
the southwest. This breeze, traversing
parched fields and half-baked towns In
Its journey eastward, felt like minia-
lure simeon by the time 1t arrived
here.
Ihere was no comfort indoors, and
out of doors was the glaring, unob-
structed sun mercilessly beating down
MS hot rays upon the steaming pave
ments. '
The first intlmation besides the pro-
phecy or weather Forecaster Dunn that
IIalne last night AT about 10 O'Clock.
People had just begun to congratulate
themselves on the subsistence OF yester-
reathed Southwestern struck the town,
NJ Immediately. started In for business.
began to look as IL the sun had not
tuaiiy set, but had hidden somewhere
the vicinity and was dping his level
sl 70 roast the city BY midnight the
npsrsture was up to 50 dsgress, and
p I've own there until about 3 In the
mag, when Il sank TO II 30 degrees
continued downward for awhile
yef9ster Dunn. Was rendered. very
ltetiye by the heat ThrowinK him
paak lansuidg into his-arnehalr II
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