New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-03
HOT WAVE NOT YET OVER.
ALMOST AS SULTRY AS EVER JESTER
DAY. AND NO RELIEF PROM
ISED TO-DAY.
SEVERAL DEATHS FROM THE HEAT AND LONG
LIST OF Observation-Disclosures SUFFER
ING IN THE TENEMENT HoUsEs-A
LARGE AREA AFFECTED.


ING IN THE TENEMENT-HoUsEs-A
LARGE AREA AFFECTED.
There was no relief from the heat for swelterng
humanity Yesterday and all day ions people SUI
fered as silently their tempers permitted the
more they complained the hotter they got. ana Inc
sun was as unrelenting II his efforts were being
received with praise instead of maledictions
There were several deaths from the heat yester-
day and MANY prostrations. At 6 o'clock In Inc
morning the thermometers In the streets stooo
at 81 degrees and by l o'clock in the afternoon the
mercury had climbed up to %. At this time an &C.
ceslonal breeze hardly perceptbe to any but those
on the top floors Of the skyscrapers. served to make
things iust a little less trying Everybody, how
ever sufrere. though all were not equally
frank in admitting the fact Mankind on d
no, day may be divided into several clear! ue-
fined classes fhere the tall. lank composed IN
dividual. suffers in silence and says nothing
about IT, the rotund red-taced, cheerful Individual
who perspres freely. willis many collars ana MATS
his friends mpart the Intelligence thai IL 'ne
hottest yet" and other classes ranging from INT
anemic youth, who displays great erudlnoh upon
all subjects. and the subject OF the Wca'"e'
never agrees with any one. to the men VINO nave
a habit OF looking at the thermometers oeio'e '
pressing any opinion at all -,
These are glorious days for the laundrymen OF
New-Ynrk Wilted collars and starchess shirts ten
their own stories. Those who cater 10 'he iiiloi
man tell different tale however.
Nobody eats anything but watermelon and Ice
cream these DAYS" said q restaurateur yesterday
The demand for melons has been enormous and the
fruit has given comfort TO thousands. On the East
SIDE II has become OF the staples OF the push
carts from which IL is served In thin slices at a
penny each.
The street dispensers of soft drinks. TOO. nave
done a thriving business This week and the niue
saltwater fountains are continually SURROUNDED os
q
II is on the East Side that the heat has perhaps
caused the greatest suffering. In the swea tshops,
in dingy tenement houses, to when Drea'a a Us
as Yesterday. men, women and children nave sur
fercd eli the fortunes which others suner incIease9
tenfold ny the unhappy conditions WhlCh SUI
Them No one thinks of trying TO sit in these places
when the work in the shops is done ana cohse-
quenty most East Side life is now out OF ooois.
hundreds Try TO md little rest on me
on the roofs or IN empty trucks, The sldeWaiHs
become nurseries where babies nsnt lot the 0"''|e
The hottest September dav since the local
Weather Bureau was established was Septemnbei'
1881. when the le-desre2 marx va. VA beS,evor
and the suffering was not so great as u was ~
tarday The hot wave extended al OYER the
northern section Of the country SO INA, .ns .r
was no relief 1t made no dineTence Wncther one s
ran or walked rode remained inrnovaole me
perspiraon poured from ne hody f neos sought
relief on the cars and all Of the trolley nes We
crowded The ferryboas also carried tnronss ~ro
sought 70 get some RELIEF from 'ne S"ei'e'HS WI"
The maximum temperature YESTERDAY IN the
Weather Bureau was 80 degrees AND the nnlhIul M
was y degrees but that was far above tne oaseu
nayemsni- in the streets. For to-da. the lnulCd-
Hons announced by the Weather Bureau are; Parity
cloudy with continued high temperature