New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-10
MANY FATAL HEAT CASES
SIXTY-TWO DEATHS REPORTED IN
NETWORK AND ITS VICINITY.

FORTY FOUR IN THIS CITY-NUMEROUS PROS
TRATIoNs-soME RELIEF LATE IL THE EVEN
ING-rHE FORECAST FOR TO-DAY.
sixty-two deaths from the excessive heat were
reported yesterday in this city, and the region
round about it-forty four being in this city
Nine deaths occurred IN Brooklyn. eight in
nearby Jersey towns and one in Larchmont
There were a great many prostrations in New
York. Brooklyn and surrounding towns and vii
lagos About II o'clock last night mild thun-
derstorm cooled the air to some extent. and the
temperature fell four degrees In one hour AT
II the official thermometer in the Weather Bu-
reau stood at 81. ard at midnight 1t had dropped
to so
The forecast for today is: Local thunder
storms not so warm Monday evening.
The suffering in the city during the
day and early evening intense
on Saturday when the thermometer struck
a record mark the prophets of the weather
gave it as their opinion that there would be
little or no dmnution of the heat yester-
day. Nor there any, only the suffering
Of man and beast was not so universal as on
the previous day Prohting by the general
cessation from LABOR and business cares when
Sunday brings. and by the warnings issued from
the experts of the Weather Bureau. thousands
of people shook the hot dust Of the city from
their feet and at Rockaway, Coney Island and
numerous other resorts sought a few hours OF
comparative coolness.
STREETS ALMOST DESERTED.
All day yesterday the streets of New-York
were almost deserted. Streetcars one after an
other could be seen passing at any given point
absolutely empty. while even the open cars.
which as a usual thing Sunday are rarely
without their full quota of passengers, had but
few occupants. The Boulevard and the wide
avenues in the upper part of the city presented
an unwOnted appearance The thousands or
Sunday bicyclists equestrans and drivers OF
smart turnouts who usually frequent these popu-
lar roadways on Sunday were absent yester-
day. Only at rare intervals would stray wheel
man or two, bathed in perspraton, roll de-
jectedly by while the owners of horsehesh. who
contrive in their numbers to make crossing the
avenues uptown Oh a Sunday afternoon a mat
ter of some risk to life and limb. had too much
respect for their animals to expose them TO the
combined effects OF the sun and the humidity.
But while there was this general exodus from
the city Of those whose means would permit
there was no such escape for the nuddled masses
OF humanity who live in the tenement-houses or
the East Side After sweltering the whole of the
night through they sweltered again through the
day until the going down Of the sun bade them
prepare for another night of misery and dis
comfort on the stoops sidewalks and curb
stones of the shady sides of the streets Of these
poorer districts people sat and Jay around
thankful even for this small measure of relief
It was something, at least, to get few hours
respite from the suffocatng atmosphere or their
sitting rooms. Children and adults anke
lounged around lightly clad
Although the mercury at its highest point yes
terdav did not reach ~ t5yo degrees the top
mark of Saturday, this decrease I'm temperature
was more than discounted by an increased hui
midity. About I p. m. the official thermometer
Of the Weather bureau touched 90 degrees as the
highest point for the day. The temperat ture in
the early part Of the morning gave forecast
of what was TO follow. At O'Clock in the morn
ing il was - degrees and by noon it had reached
~ degrees Then slowly the mercury continued
to climb until II reached its apex for the day at T.
NEAR THE RECORDS.
In only two years since the records of the
Weather Bureau were started have there been
hotter days on August o. In 1852 ~ degrees
were registered and on the corresnc riding day
i'm 1893 93 degrees were reached
The official figures are necessarily lower thah
those shown by the thermometers on the pave
ments The recori at Perrys Pharmacy was
as follows: o a. n. ST. - m. 81: $50 p. m.
%. Il D. m %; 9 q ~ 30. - midnight, S6.