New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-06-28
THREE DEATHS FROM HEAT.
HUMIDITY IN THE AIR CAUSES MORE
SUFFERING THAN on WEDNESDAY.

SUFFERING THAN on WEDNESDAY.
The following persons died in this city from
the heat yesterday:
HEPBURN Elizabeth thirty-three years old Of No 2s
Forty-lrst- St. Brooklyn.
MAYER Solomon sz.ysight years old cigar dealer of
Solomon Mayer had been In the cigar business
at No. I63 Sixth-ave. for twenty-five years. OF
late years he never. or at least rarely, ventured
below Forty second-st He i'll in the after
noon when n. A Hickman. a neighbor, called
on him. Mayer then so weak that he could
not get a drink Of water himself He died
afterward. Apopexy. superinduced by the heat,
was the cause of death officially given.
John Murray lived in Nautilus-st., Clifton.
Staten Island. He was employed as Iaborer
the fertilization being erected at Fort
Wadsworth. About 400 p. m he complained Of
not feeling well and went TO his home He re-
tired and al 6::}0 o'clock when some one went
to his room to call him, he was dead.
Because of the humidity in the air Yesterdays
heat was felt more than that OF Wednesday, al
though only the maximum-9o degrees
was reached. Yesterday. however. this occurred
only once. whereas on Wednesday II happened
twice. But the heat steady. and there were
moments of relaxation when heated men and
horses could cool off a little From - degrees
at a m, the mercury mounted until at 10
O'Clock II registered 81 degrees. Thence II rose
gradually until it reached the maximum at 3
O'Clock. From that time until after o'clock II
did not go below so degrees.
From early morning until late at night the
cars running to Coney Island and the boats 10
that resort and 10 Rockaway We're crowded. AS
early o'clock it was almost impossible
get a seat in a car going to the seashore a few
Brooklyn passengers crowded in between the
seats or were left behind. The passengers were
mostly women and children and they strewed
themselves along the beach after they arrived
at the island seeking what shade they could
under umbrellas and extemporzed shelters
fine breeze was blowing off the ocean, lowering
the temperature several degrees and making life
bearabe for those who so fortunate TO
be able to go to the shore.
In the city it was decidedly different. There
was breeze, but 1t had little effect on the
heated atmosphere. and, the humidity being
higher men and animals sweItered and suf-
fered There were many anxious inquiries
to the whereabouts of the shirt waist man."
and If he had appeared he would, apparently,
have been welcomed with open arms. There
were negligee shirts of many patterns, but when
their wearers did not cover them with coats
they carried the coats their arms. Haber-
dashers say they have sold a large number of
shirt waists to their customers but apparently
the latter have not the courage to wear them.
IT was pleasant to see how many drivers
looked for the comfort Of their horses.
Hoods of every description decorated the heads
of the animals, and in many cases under the
hoods were sponges that kept wet Some
drivers know, but some do not that If the
sponge is allowed to dry on the horses head
1t causes the horse more discomfort than If ii
were without it, Few, however failed to wet
the sponges at every watering trough passed.
and many took the trouble to throw a few
quarts of water over the animals legs.
Chief Croker of the Fire Department has
issued an order that the hose shall be perma-
nently attached to the hydrants in front of the
engine houses. He wishes 1t to be known that
all drivers free to use this hose to water
their horses at any hour of the night or day. The
order will be read in every engine house in the
city to-day. This practice has been in vogue for
three years now, and has served to save the life
Of more than one poor creature who was painting
from the heat and the load he had to draw. 1t
has not been unusual for drivers to stop at these
places and wash their horses from head to foot.
dousing them literally with the cooling stream.
regardless of the fact that in many it
meant that the harness would have to be oiled
in every part.
with continued high temperature, with not
drop of rain in sight in the Eastern part of the
country. caro- ana Memphis were the WarHleSl
places in the country yesterday, with 10 de-
grees. At Helena, Mont. the people tried to
keep warm, with only IS degrees.
Frederick Ferguson. of No. 60 Wall-st., was
taken i'll a train yesterday while on his way
from Shelter Island to his office. He was pros
trated by the heat and suffered from a nervous
chill and congestion of the stomach. On ar
irving at Jamaica he was removed from the
train and placed in the Jamaica Hospital
HEAT CAUSES MoULDERs TO QUIT WORK,
1 tn
Bates Machine Works quit to-day. giving excessive
heat as their only reason, The machinists and
other employees followed 10 the NUMBER or Two
hundred and fifty. The works were then closed
down.
GIRL KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Roanoke Va June 27.-In the course of thun-
derstorm yesterday evening near Hollins. twelve
year-oId girl and her brother. both children of
prosperous farmer named Broonheld. while leaving
a field seek shelter, were struck by lightning.
The girl who carrying hoe on her shoulder.