New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-15
WEATHER OF MANY KINDS.
NEW. WORKERS EXPERIENCE GOODNESS.
HEAT AND A STORM


PART OF THE pAY-A HOUSE SET ON FIRE
AND rRoLI.Ey-cAR STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING LATER-ro BE FAIR
AND WARM TO-DAY.
When New.Yorkers awoke yesterday to a clear
blue sky and a fairly cool atmosphere they con-
graduated themselves on the prospect OF delight
fu day after the atmospheric tortures OF over
week, eliminating In the storm Of Tuesday night.
Their expectations however. were little prema-
ture Before night fell this city was treated to
variety OF weather hot and cool. fair and rainy.
calm and windy. which was not conducive to
serenity Of temper.
The temperature at o'clock a. 70 de-
grees. and the percentage OF humidity ranged dur
ing the morning In the sixties. BY 2l5 o'clock p m.
the mercury had climbed to "a degrees. almost as
high 1t has attained this season. People were
beginning to wonder II the hot wave coming
back to renew its acquaintance with the city. when
at 3 o'clock black thundercouds gathered In the
south. BY $3.50 o'clock the storm had come to a
head, and broke with sudden deluge Of rain and
a gale from the south. The waters Of the harbor
were whipped into foam. and passengers on the
steamers had to scuttle for cover. The humidity
jumped up to IS per cent. while the mercury
dropped. Thereafter the steady rain which fell
kept the air comfortably cool. Fair and warmer
weather Is predicted for to-day.
Little damage done by the thunderstorm in
this city. slight fire caused in a house up
town by the lightning. but one was injured In
the Eastern District Of Brooklyn. however. a troll
ley-car was struck by the electric nud and In the
panic which resulted a woman was injured about
the head.
Four cases Of heat prostration were reported to
the police yesterday The victims were:
East sixty ourths at the foot Of & Eas. 3 sixty..ev. @
LYMAN Joseph fifty years old OF No. 557 West Fifty
third-s. at No. 5S2 West Fify-ff,h-st. Taken home
PRICE payid p ,Hsnty-tye years old at chambers-st
SCHAEFFER. Fnnk twenty-one years old, Of No $40
East hundred % aftieth at one-hundred-and-
DAMAGE FROM TUESDAYS STORM
The roads in some parts of Cen.r Il Park al
most impossible to bicyclists and carriages yester
day, owing to the tree branches which had been
blown down by Tuesday nights high wind. The
Park police. however out helping to clear the
drives at early hour. Telegraph and telephone
wires In the vicinity Of New-York did not suffer
much from the storm. but in the New-Engand
States they were considerably damaged by falling
trees.
On Long Island yesterday when the damage done
by Tuesday nights storm estimated, II was
the general opinion that the wind and rain had
been the heaviest this season. There seri-
Gus Individual damage reported. At Rockaway
Beach bathing-houses and pavons suffered, but
no damage was done to the big hotels. The bay
the pier eadns m e hs b ng IN years OK
ave. Bay Shore was washed away. and hole was
stove in the yacht Maud s. by humping against the
Ocean-ave. pier. The heavy rain destroyed the
oat crop, near Stony Brook. and nets OF fishermen
al round the island were broxen. At Long Beach
the waves broke high over the beach. and Captain
Van Wickin. of the life-saving station. discovered
Ia much debris coming ashore rhs led to report
that vesse. had been wrecked, but nothing
further was discovered to verify the report
On staten Island Tuesdays storm washed away
about nifty feet Of the embankment In front of the
Pavilion Hotel, in New-Brighton, washing out the
westbound track of the Sta .en Island trolley road
so that 1t could not be used. The Rapid Transit
Railroad was scarcely affected. In the Interior of
the island the trees and chrubbery were badly dam
aged and low places flooded.