New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21
HEAT HASTENS DE4THS-
Yesterday Hottest Day OF fear-
Prediction for T0-daU, Far.

IT., 5ror,+b was not broken yesterday. out tne
shower which fell at .. m was a source Oh 'e-
,tcine, IN those who have been, anu sun aiV.
catching for rain. and hoping FOR a eessAei0n y.
the heat which had begun TO reap a hAr'sSe "a
death The great drops which spiasneo On 'Ns
sidavraIks from the leaden clouds ABOVE ~Oi
literally drops OF mercy to many "I'n
the rainfall came rapid fan OF tne neIcNiS y
vE-i+bfn ten minutes the hot, dry atmosphere.
- q t.zs- roercflessness had been cooled
.I,,e daprees to a temperature OF "a AS one
-,..,,,a5 through the parks. ones nostrns Were
.-.a+sd With the delicious exhalations OF shower
6rancbed lawns. The grass seemed 70 RESPOND
tstan+lv 10 the invitation Of the rain 70 eecorns
,rAAr again In ALL the rainfall yesterday was
20 n. an inch Previous 10 this shower tne
total fall since April IL had been only 10 o, an
inch. -.
A. wsre Monday and Tuesday IN their turn.
,,a.+A-a.v was the hottest day OF the year. ths
.harr,o,,stsr in the Weather Bureau recording
= goo n m a temperature OF 81 degrees. II
r,as also the hottest May 20 since 1871 This
-,essed the record Of Tuesday BY three de-
,roee II was not the hottest May day on rec
ord hut II was one OF the hottest The record
for a 6av in May is 90 degrees. which was re-
corded on May 81. 1895 Four deaths directly
~ indirectly attributable 70 the heat. and nins
,rostrations were reported yesterday In Man
haitian and Brooklyn. The dead vera
BRoNNENKAMP. Theresa fourteen years olt & e No, 20
beP way 10 school in OF No 251 Jsf-srsOn-sc
g sE ;A55fs Goms.sS s'T icido @ Ss nps rom
the roof Of the Ave sto-y house No. 90 "ssr
TTairty-seseoth-st-
ave Brooklyn. died whls MS way schOoL
Eastern District Hospital. yesterday Hornins-
Those prostrated were:
ALIEN Annie. sizty-sx years od. widow. Lying AZ
No. 15s Broomes ST. She was SVsTeons a. 80 20. 20 20
Tsas home.
eIsELL Miss mrs s. o No So,l: i'ss ,i1Ig AgsRus A.
crowd Of Immigrants she was cared ior By
Inat-0n the Barge Ofsce and went 70 her home
FINE Ross No - Chrystis-st. vas prestrasd n Der
She was s'ssafse sI .D5Ss y 'u a. home F Hospital
HENNEssY Mrs Of No 81 West One-nundreo- Snd-
twenty -fourti-st she became cvsrheated at One.
was taken to the J. Hood Wright Hospital
HUGHES Joseph. Of No, 1sa East H9usten-st.. was
RiS R''silIs,' home IN an "a sHi5alanee,
MARTINS. Crian9 sogk en the & ssea5assiP Digsos
and taken 70 the steamship al Pier J. North
MEALEY. Michael. % y. 2Iz West Twenty-hfth-st
sSs s was was. sE to a the Ssv = Yo a roDss 5
Ne. 81 wes. one hansrse aEd sig1sssnsss-
wEaNGART Martha o. As West Thi-ty-ninth-st she
overco NJ ct Effty- -ninth-st aad Counh'is-ave.
she vSs tszsn to Der homs
The cause Of the death Of Theresa Bronnen-
kamp was declared to be heart disease pro-
duced by the heat Overstudy thought TO
be the Indirect cause. She was scholar In
St Leonard's parOchial school. at Hamburg
ave and Melrose-st.. where she had been study
ing hard 10 pass the examinations. ana %
graduated this term. Her health had begun 70
fail recently and the family physician had sd-
vised her parents to dissuads her from study