New-York tribune., 1897-07-11
SHOWERS PROMISED FOR TODAY.
A POSSIBILITY OF COOLER WEATHER-fES-
TERDAY THE HOTTEST OF THE SEA
sON-MORE PROSTRATIONS.

There Is n possibility of some relief from the in
tense heat to-day The weather forecast issued last
evening for showers this afternoon. win east
erly winds According to the Weather Bureau yes
terday the hottest day Of the season. IL was
in fact not far from the record day OF July lo le"
when the mercury touched 81 degrees. Yesterday
II registered 50 degrees the top OF Manhattan
Building at II 40 n. m. and the renarKape 'hi"s
about this record that at II o'clock the mer-
c,iry stood at only s3 degrees. a rise OF degrees
IN three-1artera of an hour Is rapid work for the
SUM- Twenty minutes later II had dropped 10 %
degrees. but II again to 81 and then dropped
to 10 at D. m At & O'Clock In the morning the orl-
cial thermometer rcgistercd II degrees AS tha'
was hotter By 2 degrees than at the same hour on
Friday. 1t became probable that the day was 10 dc
a scorcher And a scorcher 1t was, with only
weak southerly breeze stirring up to noontime Al
that hour the wind shifted to the southeast ana
came in from the with considerable freshness
having a revivifying effect the swetcrins thou
sands still IN the city. The humidity YESTERDAY
varied between ~ and 81 degrees. The exodus OF
citizens was tremendously heavy from noon on yes
terday, almost equallirg that on July D. EXCURSION
boats down the harbor and up the rivers ana SOUND
left their piers with their guardrails almost under
water.
The prostrations yesterday were more numerous
than on Friday Those reported were:
prrIrR Jacob forty years old Of No. 6f9 East Ninth
ST. at No Sl3 Iirsl-av-. Taken to Bellevue Hospital
BROWN John hrtyfo years od Of SG G "nyng, Tsyben
to st. vincent's Hospital.
CHARLES Anne n:ty-fve years old homeless at Fiity-
"ighth-s,. and Ninth-ave. Taken to iooSeNe' II SPA
CHAPMAN Ella Of No IS Yves; Tenth.st. at No. East
Scventecnh-st Attended by an ambulance sufeeo" anu
taken home.
GRAF nf,y-hve years ola. Of scranton renh .nd al
Chambers ald Church sis. lie refrsn aSs'''"'e """
started late, for his home
HART Gus forty-hrce years old. Of Germ7nto"n ren
at Nassau Spruce Taken to the hudsoh '''ee'
Hospital.
KEHOE. John fory-fve years old, of No Gl2 serona,
ave at Riverside Park and Seventy -second-'t Taken
Prs oyterian Hospital ~
~ Ssyrnth- ave BrSokiyn a, No 80 Thomasst Taken
TO the Hudson street Hospital.
KIERNAN. Joseph ,wcn,y-nne years od OF No. s, les
hone after attendance by an ambulance surgeon.
MNALLY. Thomas. thirty years old Of East twenty
thirG No. II Warren-s Taken to the huosoh'''
Hospital.
wicI-st. at 40. 10 Marion-st. Taken home
MILLER Julia thrty-hve years Old Of One-hundred-
and nlnety-irst- St and Amsterdam- ave. III A"''''
dam-ave. Taken home
ODELL Henry c.. twenty-five Years o.d Of NJ laz
West hundred ard-twenty ninth ST.. at Auduoon
and taken home.
PALMER. William. thirty-nine years old. OF No. ~
West Fffty.seventh 81, member OF company !" @-u
Re amen Taken to Bellevue Hospital
known at No. III Alexander Taken to the Har-
lem Hospital.
Duane St, Barclay and Washington taken 10
the Hudson Street Hospital.
sTREDE Frederick. thirty years old. OF No lsss Ave Ave
A. at hund red and twenty nnth-st and Ihiru-
Taken to the Harlem Hospital.
WATTS william twenty-fo years cid OF No $40 Eas,
Onehundred and eigheen'hst., clerk In the street
Cleaning Department. the Department stables at NO
200 East Sixtyhfth-st Taken TO the Presbyterian Hos
ptal
at No ss Pearl st. taken To- the Hudson
Street Hospital