The evening world., 1894-07-28
Weather Forecaster Dunn Says
There Will Be No Relief
Tomorrow.
NO THUNDER SHOWER IN SIGHT.
The Hot Wave Came from the West
and Extends Over a Great
Deal Of Territory.
HEAT RECORD.

II 4. M.-......... 81 ~ '''''''''''''''
The highest Temperature recorded for any pre-
yions July q was 81 degrees in Iisi Th.msIi-
This has been the hottest July IS in
New York since 1876 when the mer-
curry rose to 90 degrees In the shade, and
absolutely the hottest day since 1881
when the heat once in July rose to 100
degrees.
At l o'clock to-day the official Their
mometer recorded 95h degrees and the
tendency was still upwards.
The result Of the intense heat. coupled
with sc percentage of humidity was
an unusual number of prostrations. a
list of which follows:
JOHN HAuGH, forty;s years old, ls'
west One Hundred and Fifth street, was
%Srains on tie Il" sta station % ''o at ON" One
bn 1ha aTsn, ana Fourth street and Column
RHoDY WALSH, fireman on steamer
piymSuth: lying in dry dock at the foot
TO Gouverneur Hospital this morning,
AN UkKSo6'w'NSe NAN at.S about forty five
the foot Of East One Hundred and
Third street and taken TO Harlem Hos
pltal. He had light hair. blue eyes wore
a asits STRIPED trousers. hunting shirt and
pXvfD EARLE. thirty years, of Black
ss ocosef Hs . va ra nnGk fo ~
uPATRiCK pEEGAN. fifty. of New
Brunswiek. n. j.. overcome at Broad
way and Barclay street. was taken to
JOHN STANTON, nineteen years old.
wa orn IN Third str street T.. Long Island CITY,
Spring and West streets at O'Clock this
afternoon: He was attended by an am
isFEsG9 SRI s for sl sG%r
years old. was overcome In front Of st
Paurs Church at the corner Of Broad
this afternoon, lie was taken to the
Chambers street Hospital
ANTONIO WEIR. thirty-nine years
while at work on the new building at
Madison avenue and Forty-frst street
wa. overcome by heat and fell from
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 Fitty,ninth
this morning; removed to Norwegian
August RECHMAN, twer,v-one q,
1872 Park avenue. Frustrated while work
ing in a lumber-yard on Newtown Creek ;
was. removed to St. GATHERINGS Hos
GEORGE W. JONES, colored, aged
thirty-one. OF 449 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-
Inont avenue, overcome at Degraw and
smith streets; taken home.
MICHAEL ktNTI, aged thirty one
WINE at work IN refinery at he
foot OF South Fourth street this after
noon, was Frustrated by the intense heat
S"ianse 'V'' 10 MS nome IN 4" am
the neat was brought TO New York
on a three.mile- per-hour breeze from
the southwest. This breeze travcrsins
parched fields end half-baked towns ir
its journey eastward. felt like a NINA
ture simeon by the time II arrived
here.
There was no comfort indoors. anc
out OF doors was the ghring. unob
structed sun mercilessly beating dow
his hot rays upon the steaming pave
ments.
The first intimation besides the pro
phecy of Weather Forecaster Dunn Ina
this was going to be record breaker
People had just begun to consrstnlat t. I,
themselves on the subsistence OF yester
days intense heat when the furnace
ana Immediately started In FOR business
II began TO look as n the sun had no
actually set but had hidden somew her
best TO roast the city BY midnight IN
temperature vas up TO 80 degrees. an
held held its own there until about 3 in tn
morning when II sank to Y % degree
and continued downward for awhile
FSrecsster Dunn was rendered yer.
self back lsnguidly into his armchair il
ms Aeolus cave on the roof OF the Eauit
able Building. he said
1nst nov; Just think what we'd do II "
were were locked up In some inland tow
no t@ NO is 1lsc &C. n TO turn 5 for relief Her
ride on ferrybost, at least, and go on
some iitt,. distance on the sea"
oio ,' 10 very great proportion OF tn
clty,s inha bitants. It did not Include IN
vast army OF sufferers in the east an
Even the u!hing cost Of ferry boa
rae Is beyond their means, and the
must either nee TO the heated roofs {
Is afforded them.
Fans We're the dearest luxury the
= could AFFORD. and these simply incress.
phere. "'''''
- The poor. draught- horses also presen
ar lines ran fewer cars than on ordin,
~ occasions, so that their horses migi
ns aye Longer intervals OF rest.
Inc Fourth avenue line put UP a te,
~ shth street. at which horses wei
Kept, 50 that change could be mao
mere. Teams were also changed at Thi
y-second street on both the uptown an
downtown trips. Drivers were instruc
i ca to watch their horses carefully, ar
In case any gave evidence of being play,
out TO stop the car and send 10 Ii
stables for ambusnces and another hers
se The Dry Dock line changed hors
s both ways at Fourteenth street. Ba
E4 reis Of water were placed at dlfferel
points along the line at which the hors
slc .sre watered and allowed 10 rest for
me Sixth ana Eighth sTSAre I'm