The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04
sweltering Humanity in New York
Gets a Respite From Ter
rible Suffering.
'Nv'eoRATED BY A BREEZE.
Noticeable Falling Off in Demands
Upon the Ambulance Serv.
ice-Philadelphia Still
- Sorely Afflicted.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York, July S,-With the eighth da,
OF intolerable, oppressive heat which ha:
sent thousands. in this city and vicinity &c
their graves came the relief for which al
had been praying. For two hours and
half in the afternoon there was dashins
| downpour Of rain. With 1t came stir
breeze from the northeast. bowling alons
at the rate of twenty-seven miles an hour
and waiting away the sultriness which ha:
caused so much misery.
| let there were ninety-two deaths on Man
haitian Island. all attributed to the torrit
weather. and in Brooklyn seventy-seven
Inc majority OF these. however, were OF
those who had been Frustrated in previeu.
| DAYS. and whose condition was such tina,
recovery was impossible
linen, In Manhattan and the Bronx 1O7
persons were epyostrated yesterday. They
We're those who had been so enfeebled dur.
ing the preceding days that they could
Withstand the strain no longer In various
New Jersey cities the heat picked out many
victims yesterday. In Newark the death
list numbers sixty. in Jersey City fifteen.
In Paterson nine and in New Brunswick
| there were five victlms.
Although the night gave premise Of being
one Of the coolest for fortnight, thou
sands who had suffered preferred to spend
1t in the parks and on the recreation piers.
Anticipated n Good Nights Rest.
When New York went to bed tonight 1t
was with the prospect that the first night S
rest in seven would be enjoyed. To every
man man, woman oman and child who was on the
The result OF rainfall, had come as a god
send.
Fer more than two and one-half hours
had cooled the parched pavements, had
driven away the sultry atmosphere and had
reinvigorated hundreds of thousands who
could not have withstood much more of the
biood-boiling heat. This. too, although
when dawn came to-day every one had felt
better prepared than on any morning In
SUMS rays The night had not been SO op-
pressive as its immediate predecessors; on
an average the mercury registered degrees
less than on Monday night. The thousands
who had slept in the recreation piers. in the
parks. along the river front and on the near
by beaches. had felt the full benefit Of the
change. and even the man who kept to
his house was more cheerful when he
arose.
No place was the rain and the consequent
drop in temperature more welcome than IN
clans. nurses and attendants have been un-
der an unusual strain. None knew better
than the doctors that this respite meant a
noticeable decrease in the death list. and a
cessation Of the misery which has been
caused by the killing heat Of the last week.
Not that the officials OF these institutions
and women all over the city were succumb-
ing-not to the heat OF yesterday. but to
the effects OF the oppressive weather which
had mad gone before; Am6ulances were Kept 7
noticeable decrease in the number OF per-
sons Frustrated, and surgeons and others
were not kept constantly on the jump It
was shortly before half past o'clock that
the drSt drops OF rain fell.
Good Effects of the Rain.
1t was strange effect this downpour had.
deserted. took on a more busness-like as
pect. Out into the thoroughfares went hun
dreds who had been confined to their houses
rain they seemed to thoroughly enjoy their
experience. Men and women stepped out
with new vigor There were smiles on the
looked haggard and drawn.
Half past IL o'clock was the hottest mo-
ment of the day. Then the thermometer
registered y degrees Half an hour later
At o'clock it was IS and at 7s The
lowest point Of the day. Is degrees. was
reached at quarter before o'clock. At
ord was nine degrees higher.
1t was only necessary to look at the
horses to see what good had been done by
effect OF the torrid wave as much. II not
more. than their masters. Those that have
not fallen In their tracks, moved along list
lossly. painting laboriously. 1t was different
to-day with them. They cantered along and
lifted their heads to get the full benefit
OF the cooling downpour.
AT PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia. July 3.-Although the tenn
perature did not reach the record 1t made
yesterday and Monday by four degrees. the
suffering from the heat and the fatal re-
suite from the torrid wave were nearly az
great as on the two previous days.
The maximum temperature to-day was
reached at 2 p. M, when the Weather Blu
reau Thermometer registered 9S2 degrees. An
approaching thunderstorm then sent the
mercury downward. and at s o'clock to-
night when the storm arrived. the tenn
perature had gone down to 30 degrees. HUI
nudity however. then began to play its
deadly part.
Up to midnight the number of deaths at
tributed to the excessive heat reported
since last midnight was forty-seven, with
the prostrations over go The later re-
ports from the police stations and hospitals
will considerably increase these numbers.
Yesterday there were more than fifty
deaths and over 200 prostrations.
Probably the greatest sufferers from the
heat. next to humanity, were the horses
Hundreds of them have persisted since the
hot spell began,
In order that heat patients can be
promptly attended to. the city authorities
have issued orders that policemen can seize
any nearby team so as to get q patient to
a hospital quickly. Tents have been erected