The sun., 1900-08-12
HOTTEST OF THE SUMNER.
yrsrERDAY'S NAXINUN TEAPERA.
TURE WAS s5i DEGREES.
Records Broken In the Last Fo"r Days I"
rorridity-A Score Of Deaths From the
HAT in Manhattan and The Bronx Tester
a.,-F.iut Hope Of Relief Coming To-day.

r,.rs have been days In remote Augusts
u.,r m. ,emperature has been higher than II
ro.,srday. but there never have been four
dsvs hand running" In the harvest mohu
,,i,b heat records more enervating than those
=, the quartet OF broilers ending yesterday
No August days Of the same dates have been
.hls 10 hold candle to the big four OF this swell
,sr,r. season. There was enough torridity
~ n's, any ordinary candle, anyhow The
rich ,emperatures Of Aug 8. Q, 10 ana ii were
echp'ed . =,
N..terdsv was not only the hottest Aug. II
tho hooks of the official meteorologists; II
r'as also the hottest day OF the summer. For
,h,ss mortal and sizzling hours the mercury
mos bunpling around or slightly above o. de-
r,nss This was away up in the air. where
,bs influence of the sfewing bricks ana stones
.rd the hot walls Of steel and granite are orhy
sI,b,l, felt. Down IN the air We Try to breathe
.nd are forced to walk through. being un-
nrovided with aerial transportation, th@
,horuon cters we're much more fervent than
,h. n,ir,al recorder Their performances were
-, al of A niece Some that faced the glow
g., furnace of the sun made folks stare and
u,,. their brows by registering nearly ITO,
o,hsrs in shaded places close to the sidewalk
.na hi,cbed 10 iroa lampposts showed from
100 to lOt degrees
,,,,Ing breeze from the west saved the
.mciL mercury from breaking tfe August
raoord II WAS u spirited contest between the
wind and the mercury for time Inc WIN
90, in ts noble.t work at 2:25 in the afternoon.
when the mercury was trying to v@nit over
the ninety-ffth bar. II was whsuihS
S-mie tune then and making the nass on
the hIrh towers stand out Like tin signs but
los, !, bit of It's cooling force later and ut Sl5
,be thermometer smashed the summer record
hy registering 9al degrees. ncn the mercury
Slowly got below the ninety -ilith pa
Meanwhile other bars all over town were
do,nr a greater business than any OF the ihei-
clrial ones. Gambrinus had Joyous uiiIei
and The dcvotees Of fizz crowded the drug ana
sod,wat.r store fountains, alter gazing AZ the
IarmE,nters before the stores TO satisfy them.
.eIvcs that they we're really warm and needed
cooling drinks. -,,,.- ,o,.,,,,.h,
W.. NOT high. otherwise there might have been
many more deaths and prostrauons', Inc
luborers Of the town who work unsheiteTeo
in the oren air were not numerous when une
heat was greatest. They had taken ther
usiL saturday half-holidsy. and that was
another reason the mortality was lower than II
might have been on midweek day, AL suf-
ferad who worked In the sun out OF dooIs even
in the morning. Iae tss heat sner y the Tse pre-
cedng days, and by loss OF sleep In the orsstn-
less ovens Of the tenements.
Thousands slent or Ere escapes and IN roofs
last night q. tnsy % nsu On ms . ..s"Sors rsSS but
fonnd mighty little. a. the winc was or snore:
and after sweepug eyer the parched ci,y ana
,he limp and lnoistureless vegetation NJ brvof,
Nn borough 1t had W lie In " 70 rece mmono
It 10 folks seeking coolness
Ats O'clock last ! lght tho ofncial thermometer
registered 81 degrees, which was so'erai de-
erses hcttcr than the record at the samo hour
The WSmmr -B,irsxn- n-mseSventns held out
A dim indefinite hope OF better conditions to-
Day Al prhst1 e. have ssS sssp ssS sps
Md that the indications were that i would %
generally fair" hereabouts. and not 20 warm;
also he ventured to say that II would b -far
Philadelphia was one Of the hottest places
in the country at 8 O'Clock last night. With
temperature OF 100 degrees. Washington tried
70 sleep with the thermometer& & a. me ,s sane me
coo ing ocean at the front door. the mercury
cnbnd up TO ~ degrees.
A, the city hospitals there, was great spfier-
irE from the heat YESTERDAY. At Bellevue
fre escapes and balconies. while weaker, ones
had 10 be watched by nurses, who were ALMOST
Ia: 9sSss m TSSoasb
op' tha Institution all one could hear and see
WIS heat. and attendants futtered here and
there, with icebags and fans. Dr; cannon.
tween sixty and seventy babies were brought
To HI. department. In their mothers' arms. all
suffering from troubles caused BY the heat.
hs unnl,sd more than 900 n,d;, ADULTS WIN msdicihe
Mothers D@gged Supt, Blair to send their
childrea to Randslls Island TO be kept just
dnr.s the no, spell and many OF these were
Hudson street and Gouverueur HOSPITALS were
overwOrked with heat cases and had 10 call on
Be levue to help them out on ambulance calls
on e .scspe Fd.y sss. Go TO keep se ooo S
Her little brother Joe came out to awaken her
as her mother, was III. The boy nudaed his
sister In the side and she fell on the fire escape
landing on her head and breaking her neck.
Theso deaths in Manhattan and The Bronx
we're reported to the Coroner's ofiice yesterday
o. due 70 the heat:
DORIS. JOHN. rs years old. ,ois Second avenue;
.fALE. Lew. 81 years old ,.Is Union avenue; a.
cAmSo. PAUL. is months old 1913 FRS. avenue;
GRIFFIN. ELLEN. 4 years old. 'A4 East Eighty
,ssn,h street, on street n front Of 1879 Second
avenue
AussEy, PATRICK. ~ years old iss East i.7sh
JesAs, :. 40 years old; onsidewak in front Of lao
Tveniy.nrst stIset a, New YORK Hospital
LEPAcH, GEORGE. months old. sac East Ninety
Lsvl, Josapa. IS years old. s,S Yves, iiSh street;
LucES. JAMES. s6 hos.lsr, 1853 Eas, Forty third
sHse. ostrased at home; died In ambulance on way
..Si. acboSogcg, JqHs. e years old. 1891 Third
MANpELBAUM. IDA, so years old, ss Suffolk
sMASoooss, FRANK. 70: at his home. s,7 East
NrR1HA, JOHN. IS years old. AT Tenth avenue;
a. his home.
,pRITz, ANsIE Is months old. sss West Fifsy-nnh
RoPp. FLORENCE IS years old. sn East iis.h
,IoryES Henry. IS years old Sai East Fifteenth
STREET al her home
LyREL, MICHAEL, year old 1898 Third avenue;
rEvAsLETT. ALEXANDER, sb years old. 1855 West
We y hith street. at his homo
,,S.HtELAN; JoHN. as years old, %o7 West Thir-
"enih street, at his home
An unidentified woman about SIS years old wa.
o,ercomr by the heat at Willis avenue and s2d
ntre' She was taken TO Harlem Hospital,
@ Hhere she died, The woman wore a heavy
pink, The police think that she had been
Guy ior a days work and had been paid In
back 'e ''''' W '''"' ''''"' WI "''
kssd sfsrs a., Sis in " irons tsa o
engine house IS. near his home. Henry
nu,lhrr OF III Avenue B stopped his
Suck 70 let the fremen douss his
norNs with water While the truck was stand
nR nR there, the baby climbed up on the rear
s, NEE The horse started back when the water
op.cE ra. and the child ell under the wheel and
e s NHed. It's m ther witnessed its desth.
n.,h,r Was arrested and !, cked up in tn. Fifth
80 station on charge Of homicide but
AL, All, oroner Bausoh Investigated III case he
au.ittsd him 10 tail, saving that Bittner was
"pt 10 blaine .or the nccid mt
d. Isaac Bowman Of 46 Catherine street, this
IVY was prOstratad nv tho heat in ,lersey (ity