Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-08
NEW YORK's wARMEsT JUNE 9Th.
How the Metropolis stood the Great
Heat of Tuesday.
New York SUM-

A perfervid sun sent the temperature
In this neighborhood away up to 81 de-
| grees yesterday. This is the highest Their
mometrical record for June in New York
| since the Weather Bureau went into
business twenty-nine years ago. Inc
| next hottest days of the leafy month were
June q, 1885, and June 20, 1898, when the
mercury climbed up TO SO degrees.
When the sun was making the air trem-
ulous with heat yesterday, even above
the twentieth story Of the American Sure
ty Building, where the interpreters Oh
cloud meanings perspired, there was
sixteen-mile breeze from the northwest.
Usually GOODNESS may be expected from
this quarter. 1t was hotter where the
breeze came from, however, than 1t was
here. and the wind merely added to the
discomfort In the morning, until ~
o'clock. the simeon had been from the
southwest IL then shifted 10 west, ana
finally 10 northwest. Eventually 1t may
bring down TO US a suggestion or the re-
freshing weather delighting salt Lake,
where the temperature yesterday was ~
degrees or a. touch of the artic breezl-
ness of Lander, Wyo.. where the Their
mometer registered 26 degrees.
The heat was dry compared Win tndt
on many other record days. Nhen the
wind shifted to the west the percentage
of humidity was 90 AT CLOCK uhueI
the desiccating influence or the not "lnu'
the humidity decreased to AZ per cent.
The effect of this parching torridlty was
noticeable. chiefly in the cty's parks
The grass in all unshaded places was OF
a rusty. autumnal hue. and the foliage
of trees and bushes dropped and had the
faded tint of midsummer instead or the
vivid emerald of a normal June. In Gen.
trail Park an effort is being made TO pre-
serve the lawns by running sprinkler
carts on them day and night. All the |
hose in the park has been brought into
requisition, and two wagon-ioads or con-
demned hose has been borrowed from the
Fire Department. No croquet, cricket |
tennis or baseball will be allowed on |
the lawns until sufficient rain has fallen |
TO put them in condition. 1t was said |
yesterday, however, that it was doubt
full ii the roots Of the grass ana shrub |
berry could be preserved. Battery Park |
and the lesser pleasure-grounds down |
town go unsprinkled, and their grass is
already Withered in many spots.
TWO small fires occurred in Central |
Park yesterday morning owing TO the |
drought. The first occurred at $50 o'clock
in a clump of shrubbery on the west SIDE
of the park opposite Eighty-siXth street
Three park policemen and two citizens
got water from a neighboring house ana
eXtingulshed the flames after the shrup-
berry had been damaged TO the amount or
about s.. Three hours later another hre
was discovered in the shrubbery on the
east side OF the park opposite Seventy
ninth street. Both 1t is supposed, were
started by lighted cigar or cigarette ends
thrown away by careless smokers.
Forecaster Emery said yesterday that
New York was not the hottest place on
the Continent. Baltimore and Albany were
hotter by a few degrees. Relief will come
from the West or Northwest. That cool
wave, at its maximum in Lander. Wyo.,
ought to be felt maybe in day or two.
1t is likely that the hot spell will be
broken in the usual spectacular way In
cldental TO the attack Of cool wave on |
d warm area. There will be a heavy
shower, and nature will let the
western flood of GOODNESS flow in.
Masculine New York arrayed itself in
negligee shirts, straw hats,
and, vestless, moved indolently, making
an effort 10 keep as well as appear cool.
The women wore the fullest and airiest |
sort Of dresses, and simulated an appear
ance of GOODNESS IL they didn't feel that
way. The sizzle OF the soda fountains was
incessant, and the drowsy whir OF electric
fans filed the night and day. Every wo-
man abroad drank soda; some OF the men
did likewise, but most OF them sought
solace in rickeys, mint juleps and beer.
Open trolleys took thousands to seaside
places, but many more thousands were
forced TO stay at home In tenements III
breezeless streets.
The temperature at IL o'clock last night
on the official tower was 50 degrees.
Down in the street IL was several degrees
warmer. From early yesterday morning
until o'clock in the afternoon the mer-
curry took a leap Of 20 degrees. which is
exceptionally tail for summer day.
The thousands who went 10 Coney Is
land TO escape the heat last night found
little comfort. The temperature varied
only a degree or two from that OF the
city and the bathing establishments, In
order 10 accommodate the demands OF the
people, remained open until midnight
The beach from the old Iron pier TO Sea-
gate al o'clock was thronged. and many
expressed the intention OF camping out
there until morning. The heat along the
Bowery was at times 80 intense that the
performers were obliged 20 play 10 empty
At o'clock the temperature
was IS degrees. and at O'Clock IL was
only one degree lower.
According TO the police returns at mid
night last night. twenty-seyen people had
been Frustrated by the heat in Manhat-
tan and the Bronx In the course OF the
day Two OF the cases were fatal. In
Brooklyn there We're two prostrauons,
and one OF the victims. Mrs. Antonio
Rich. Of Seventeenth avenue and Eighty
second street. died Victor l. Bedingneld,
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of COMPTROLLER Coler where he Is a spe-
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