New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-14
COOLER, BUT NOT MUCH.
FURTHER FALL IN THE TEMPERATURE
LIKELY TO-DAY.
THE RECORD OF DEATHS AND PROsTRATIoNs
CONSIDERABLY SMALLER THAN ON

CONSIDERABLY SMALLER THAN ON
WEDNESDAY.
A part of the cool wave predicted on wednes-
day evening arrived yesterday. 1t ex-
ceedingly small part. but 1t was enough to be
grateful for, at any rate. When the heat has
been terrific for many days a slight fall
In the temperature is most welcome and readily
noticed and appreciated. 1t was so yesterday
The change apparent early in the day. The
early riser noticed at once that the air was not
so dead and enervating II had been for the
week past There a little breeze stirring.
too. while in the distance could be seen clouds
that held out hope Of rain later in the day
This hope proved to be a vain one, for although
a few drops Of rain fell uptown late In the day,
they were so few that they could almost be
counted.
The great difference that a fall Of even a few
degrees makes in the comfort OF the community
when the mercury has been over 80 degrees
for more than a week we'll illusti ated yes
terday. for the sufferngs of the inhabitants OF
this city visibly less than they had been
Wednesday. The number Of deaths reported to
the authorities as due directly to the heat was
nothing like large the list of Wednesday,
while the number Of heat prosratons was also
proportionately smaller. Still. there were enough
Of both to keep the hospitals busy. while the
coroners had an abundance Of their melancholy
duties to perform.
The proper disposal Of the bodies Of dead
horses continued to give the Board OF Health
considerable trouble, ard there were several
complaints that the bodies of the animals were
left in the streets so long that they had become
a menace to the public health If the tempera-
ture continues to fall, however, the authorities
~ ,,aril
fully.
The worst that the official thermometer could
do yesterday had been done at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon. when the record was ~ degrees, or
1 degrees lower than the maximum for Wednes-
day After this hour the temperature began to
fall unil al II O'Clock it stood at 80 degrees and
was still falling The average humidity for the
day was only trhe above the normal. and In
the evening 1t lower still
The weather prophets Of the local bureau said
last night that the outlook for further relief for
New-York City and the surrounding districts
was promising in the extreme. They said that
a cool wave in the ordinary sense of the term.
was not to be expected. There likely to be
no rapid fall in temperature. But for all that
they promised that the air would be considerably
cooler to-day and tomorrow. They predicted
for to-day severe local thunderstorms, clearing
weather and cooler.
St Louis and Cincinnati had the same maxi
mum temperature yesterday as New-York while
at Chicago last night at o'clock the people were
revealing in a temperature of only - degrees
Washington did not experience much relief yes
terday until the arrival of thunderstorm that
sent the mercury flying down the tube from ~ to
20 degrees At Pittsburg too there was an eX-
ceptionally heavy thunderstorm. in which the
rainfall was 80 inches and which sent the tenn
perature down to - degrees. Near New-York
last night the skies were generally cloudy. and
all the premontory signs of thundersorms pre-
vailed.
In spite Of the slight relief yesterday. the death
record OF this city for twenty four consecutive
hours was broken by the twenty-four hours end
ing at noon. In that time 3I1 deaths were re-
ported to the Register Of Vital Statistics, los Of
which were set down being due to the heat.
The ma jority Of these deaths. however. were the
results of prostrations that occurred on Wednes-
day afternoon or evening.
Sixty deaths from the heat were reported in this
city yesterday. and 125 prostratons. In Brook
lvn there were 10 deaths and - prOstratons: in
nearby New-Jersey towns 81 deaths and 20 pros
trations: or Long Island deaths and { prostra-
tons and in Westchestcr County ; deaths and 4
prostratons Total for the metropolitan district.
125 deaths and POI prostrations.