The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-04

4 In the boroughs of Manhattan =
= and the Bronx, between the Z
hours of 8 a. M. Wednesday and =
= 1 o'clock this CThursday) morn =
= ing the total number of deaths =
= by heat were ninety-nine, and =
the number of prostrations 155. =
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New York, July 3.-The transforms
of today, with their consequent fall in
temperature. were a Godsend to the
bulk of sweltering humanity in this
city. As soon as the last storm of the
afternoon had passed over, the temper
allure Immediately began to recede- The
wind which blew during the storm also
commenced TO abate very rapidly, until
II assumed the proportions of a slight
breeze only. These atmospheric cOndi-
lions, coupled with the very consider
able humidity which came as an after
math Of the downfall of water from
the Clouds made the suffering almost
as intense as it was Wh3n the thermOm-
eter has registered several degrees
higher.
Most of the hospitals are already
crowded to their utmost capacity, and
many Of them have erected tents in
their grounds for the accommodation of
Tic neat NlGLllIlC- ne lGdLn rate mas
increased with such TaWdity that the
moTgue is being taxed as it never was
before, and every available foot OF that
institution is now occupied by cOTpses-
Hospital attendants are collapsing IN
der the extraordinary strain 10 which
they have been subjected, and were it
not Tor the volunteers who have come
to their aid, the situation would be
greatly aggravated by enforced neglect
OF heat patients.
Although the ambulance service has
been augmented by the addition OF
automobiles which have been loaned
Tor the purpose, it is greatly made
Quate. The horses used have been most
e@lie4t1lls .Iig- sed along % preserve their
/ stamina, but notwithstanding this
many of them have given out. Their
places are being filled from outside
sources, and 50 great IS the scarcity
OF available animals because of the
combination Of heat and grip with
which the New York horses are al
hiCted. that it has been necessary to
send to other cities to get fresh sup
ply.
When the first downr.our of rain
struck the city today it was accom-
panied by thunder and a fair-sized
gale, which soon reduced the tempera-
ture fifteen degrees The humidity
made the air so sultry, however, that
the great reduction was not perceptible
10 the extent Nhlcn most people would
/ ina CINE. At 1870 D. m the tempera ture
registered 81 degrees, and half an hour
later il had dropped two degrees. Then
it continued 10 fall as the rain and
wind appeared, and at o'clock .. m. it
registered only IS degrees. By + O'Clock,
however, u rise of four degrees was
noted. An hour later the temperat ure
dropped back one point. Then it went
forward again, and at ) p. m. it was
| a degrees, and at o'clock IS. and at s
o clock so degrees
The wind and lightning which accom-
panied the rain did much damage in
the city, especially out toward Harlem.
Many trees, awnings and buildings
were injured, but up to 10 o'clock no
casualties had been reported
There were eighty-nine deaths and
107 cases Of heat prOstratiOn in the Dor
oughs Of Manhattan and the Bronx
during the hours between ? a. m. and
1880 .. m. today.