New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-04
TT WAS A BLESSED RELIEF.
. cool. WAVE CAME TO TOWN YEsTER-
DAY AFTERNOON.

FROM THE BROAD ATLANTIC-A LONG
LIST OF DEATHS AND PROsTRA-
TIoNs MARKED THE END
OF THE ROAST
ING SPELL.
Assuming that variety is the spice Of life. yes
.ordav was a spicy day. To begin with. the forces
that run the heating apparatus for this particu-
,or locality started out 10 break the record for
high temperatures on the third day Of June for
the last quarter Of century. They succeeded
heyoud their fondesi hopes Morning and noon
time were torrid almost to the limit of endurance
The well-seasoncd citizen of New York Is half
salamander and half polar bear 50 that he IS pre-
pared for any extreme Of climate. but even the
well-seasoned citizen wiltcd yesterday morning.
-Four days Of continuous heat had exhausted his
fortitude and philosophy. The fifth found him
thoroughly exhausted in patience and vitality.
The humidity went up with the temperature. and
tho combination was harder 10 beat than the anti
bettinc section If the new Constitution. The
maximum temperature at the little house up near
the clouds where Mr. Dunn keeps his thermomc-
ters was not reached till 2:15 p m. when the mer-
curry poked its rim over the 94-dogree mark Long
before that time however the swelterng deni-
zens Of the streets and lower houses had lost all
interest in Fahrenheit or centisrade. and fallen
hack on claret cup and other alleged cooling com
pounds.
The easv-going official thermometers on top Of
the Manhattan Life Insurance Bull ling are much
too conservative anyway. While they We're lum-
herring along at the moderate figure Of So degrees
at noon a hard-working thermometer on the
shady side Of post in Warren-st said 9s. and the
unfortunates who lived and moved and had their
half-sufiocated being in the reflected heat Of the
payements thought even that figure decidedly be-
low the reality.
The afternoon brought its short-livel thunder
shower. The shower was even lcss promising
than the half lfhearted one that raised the flutter
ing hope of cooler things on saturday and then
evaporated into steam. leaving the second state
OF roasting humanity worse than the first.
LIFE CAME on THE SOUTHEAST WIND.
But yesterdays shower really did know its busi-
ness. 1t killed the wltherng western wind which
has been pouring the heat Of the whole Continent
in upon New-Yorl for the last few days. II
swung the wind around toward the southeast.
The painting city said unto the sea.
Il faint with heat-Oh. breathe on me
and its prayer was granted. With the Atlantic
Ocean to the rescue. the temperature dropped Il
degrees in thirty minutes Al o'clock the mer-
curry stood al 80. At $3.50 p. the official Their
noneter had fallen to 70. At O'Clock il was a.
and all the street thermometers. which are the
ones that tell the story. after all. came tumbng
along a few degrees behind. BY o'clock that
same mercury that stood at 9S at noon had shrunk
down to Co. and still falling
People who felt the pIemonitions Of sunstroke
five hours before were shivcring in the cold night
wind that had shifted again to the northeast.
The scanty garments which were oppressive in
the languid morning and unbearable in the
fervid noon were insufficient in the cold and
breezy evening. and mems thoughts turned
again to undercothng and the drinks that
warm and don't refrigerate
Until the cold wave came the clang Of the
ambulance gong was continuously heard in the
streets Deaths and prostraions from the heat
were numerous. and confined to no one part OF
the CITY. In the big stores uptown the clerks
and saleswomen nearly tainted IN the ndrro"
aisles and in their stuffy quarters behind the
counters The Sunday advertisements OF mark
down Monday offerings" in special departments
brought out the usual army of .n1efaugaDie
bargain hunters whom sunsiroke and death can
not deter from chasing down a good thing wheh
they see ii in the advertising columns.
The business men in the lower part Of the city
stuck to their Offices in the breezy heights OF
the tall buildings. or if they went out at all. on
,he shortest errand travelled by cable or horse
car An open cable-car 's about the coolest
nIace one can find in hot weather. and there Is
no spcctacle Of stra!ning. sweltering horseesh u
detract from the pleasure cf the rapid motion
and soothing breeze. The aesthetic side Of cable
and electric traction never comes out stronger
than on a hot day.
Everybody who had delayed making arrange
nents for moving to the country or the seasiae
began 10 hunt up advertisements and tme-taple'
and those who had fixed on place and date ior
the summer holiday moved the date ahead aDou'
a fortnight.
MAYOR STRONG KEPT THE FANS MONlN"'
Though everybody about the City Hall was
su,e,terlnp with the heat before the cool wave
c2ne Navor Strong IN a freshly laundered
white waistcoat looked as cool and undlstnrpeu
as II the thermometer was below 20 degrees. lie
kent all the electric fans going however, ana
when applicants for Office crowded around MIN
50 as to shut off the breeze from the iahS ne
gently waved them back. reTnarking '"a' '"e
weather was too warm for heated argument "t
close quarters. IT,. ,,tr,or
The discovery having been made that "i"usr IT,
was really over. the siormdoors IN 'front.' oI ''c
CITY Hall were taken down ycSi 'ruaY' 1000
The Weather Bureau reports aho'ner hot a.,
travelling in this direction from Da"os,, Da'
offers the pleasing poss-DiitS ~ -"
tOn on the way. r ,oade
Reports Of many heat prostratiohs "S'e ,rn- m,nn
by the police There were also rePgrtru PI Which
ber of sudden deaths among chllnIsh WIZ WIZ, I"
were undoubtedly due TO the heat The oea1nS deaths
of children reported are only III Instances "hsie
the children have not been ATTENDED pS Il '''
sician.
The following cases were reported:
An unknown man. name supp1s'u, ~, ~" p .d ,r,cn,
o,ercone AZ Third-avc. and Onc-huhdrc1- ~,
tvn,ntbe, and died on the way TO Harlem HOS
pital 49, ltd %,
William Kelly Of No 3Ol East Ninet yh, die
who was overcome by the heat SUNDAY nipnti nip,,i ni
yesterday morning in the Presbyterian iioSp,,. g.,
George Frederick six months old. OF 10: $40 E'''
Ninety,second-st died suddenly at his nome. no
rraS Kosb,oskv thirty-one years old. OF NO. AZ
East Thrtcenth-st. died suddenly at her ho''e,
Loretta Jordan four years old. died sudue'"' a.
No. LIS 5ecOnd-ave . - No
Thomas Willis laborer. nifty years ora. .Dq O al.
1884 Second-ave., was taken Hoii'' "i'S' ~
tended by an ambulance surgeon -. ,,a
William Scallon thirty yeight years oid ,ol;,oi Vi "a; '
Eleventh-ave was taken to Roosevelt roSp