The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-19

Hcat-Thousands of People Sought
Relief at the Shore Resorts-Many
Predicted for o-dny.
Sweltering, perspiring, suffering New
Haven may hope for little balm to-
day in the shape of a slightly lower
temperature than that which prevailed
yesterday. This is what the weather
bureau prognosticates and sometimes
the weather bureau is correct in it's
prophecies. The terrific heat yesterday
sent the mercury up within two notches
of the 100 mark and caused almost
complete suspension of business yester-
day afternoon. The statesmen and the
saleswomen in the large stores had lit
tie to do except to try to keep cool and
that was hard work enough. The heat
set new fashion for the time being
in mems street costumes and that
fashion was shirt sleeves without Sus-
picion of a coat or Waistcoat. The very
correct or very modest men who could
not screw UP the courage to appear in
such negligee walked along the side
walks, the personifcation of discom-
fort, and were compassionately regard
ed by their more courageous brethren
who DOTTED coats and hats and tried to
be comfortable
Many people yesterday afternoon left
business and went to the shore resorts
in search of a breath of cooler air The
cars all carried large crowds and the re-
sorts at the east and west shores were
visited by thousands.
There were number of heat prostra-
tons about the city, but in all the cases
reported the victims recovered in a
short time and only one was taken to
the hospital. This last was Levi Cor
nier, a young man twenty-five years Of
age, whose home is in New Bedford.
He is an electrician and is connected
with the Bostock animal show. He was
overcome by the heat at Belle dock
about O'Clock yesterday afternoon and
was taken to New Haven hospital The
prostration was not a severe one and
it is thought that he will be all right
to-day.
Agniranno Farnimbo, the italian la
borer overcome by the heat in Ailing-
town Tuesday and taken to Grace hos
pital regained consciousness yesterday
and last evening had sufficiently re-
covered to go home. The ambulances
of the two hospitals received several
calls for persons overcome but in all
but the one. case mentioned above the
patients had so far recovered by the
time the ambulance arrived that it's
services were not needed
Only one fatality attributed to the
heat occurred in the city yesterday
George Alfred Brown, a colored man
who lived at No. 121 Day street, died
suddenly about o'clock in the after
noon of heart disease thought to have
been superinduced by the heat Mr.. |
Brown was fifty-four years of age and
had been afflicted with heart trouble
for some time. Yesterday forenoon he |
was out walking on the street and COM
planned greatly of the scorching heat. |
He went home to dinner and after
dinner sat down in chair in his back
yard to try to get cooled off. He was
sitting in the chair when suddenly he |
fell forward to the ground and ex-
pred in few moments. DR.. Moses IT. |
White, the medical examiner, was noti-
fled of the case and after examining
the remains decided that heart disease
was the cause oe death The doctor !
thought that the heat was in a measure I
the cause of the fatal attack.
The heat was so great in many of the
shops and factories in the city that a
large number of employees were obliged
to quit work.
At the local weather bureau last
night it was stated that conditions
We're favorable for showers during the
night and that the temperature to-day
would be at least or degrees below
that of yesterday
The highest degree of beat measured
was 90 degrees above at
o'clock, two degrees above the highest
point reached Tuesday