New-York tribune., 1905-07-20
HEAT WAVES VICTIMS, III.

With a record in this city Of sixty-three deaths
and hundreds OF prostrations from the heat,
yesterday closed with a fall Of temperature from
~ 70 70 degrees that brought relief. for night,
st least The Weather Bureau predicts local
+hunderstorns and showers. lower temperatures
and q brisk west wind for to-day. Thirty-ive
deaths from heat were reported from suburban
cities.
At / o'clock yesterday morning, the ther-
rnonleter stood at 81, a degree less than twenty
four hours before It sunk further 70 76 at o
o'clock, and then began q. steady rise until II
reached "a at O'Clock in the afternoon. Shortly
before o'clock a local thunderstorm developed
over the city, which brought fall Of tempera-
rure Of Is degrees. Not once did the mercury
reach the mark attained on Tuesday.
The present hot wave began on July g. with
rne death from heat reported The temperature
at its highest on this date was 81 degrees. It
continued 10 rise until Tuesday, when it stood
at one time. according TO Official reports, at 96
degrees The greatest number of deaths from
heat were reported yesterday, although it was
not the hottest day. The entire number OF
deaths from heat since July was 165.
The deaths il is said. would have been more
numerous but for the low humidity. As the
temperature rose yesterday. the humidity stead
Civ decreased. until it stood at A. After the ar
rival OF the thunder storm il rose TO So.
The great fall in temperature probably meant
health and in many cases life 10 scores who
were on the verge Of prostration Some relief
vas given all day by light breezes from the bay.
The storm was caused, according to the local
weather forecaster, by the rushing in Of an i'm
rnense volume Of cool air from the sea to fill
the vacuum caused by the mounting of the su-
perheated air from the city. The inrushing air
travelled forty-eigllt miles an hour and brought
with II considerable moisture. which turned into
rain The storm. attended by lightning swept
through the southern part OF Manhattan and
Brooklyn but did not extend TO Harlem or
Coney Island.
After q talk with the Mayor Dock Commits
Eioner Feathe-son determined yesterday that
he would not open the recreation piers all night
while the heated weather lasts. He gave as his
reason that heretofore. when the piers were
opened at irregular hours. disorderly persons
had made the maintenance OF order by the po-
lice almost impossible
PEOPLE In the neignborhood Of the Bellevue
srorg7le fear that an epidemic viii visit them
through a breakdown in the apparatus In the
cold storage rooms. There are seventy-fve
bodies awaiting burial at the morgue. A large
quantity OF ice was obtained and the authori-
ties believe that they can avert all danger.
To afford relief to persons arrested at all hours
Of the night Charles c. F. Wahle, president Of
the Board Of City Magistrates. has appointed
committee TO take bail In the various courts.
i consists OF Daniel E. Finn. Henry Steinert
and Lercy B. Crane.
The New-York City Railway Company yester-
day morning. for the first time in its history
gave orders that conductors and motormen
would be permitted 10 work without their coats,
and Police Commissioner McAdoo said that he
was considering putting the Harbor Squad in
lighter uniforms.
Too ,so1t
with crowds from the congested quarters in
search Of cool berths. Although the temperature
had decreased, the rise in the humidity made
The tenement houses uncomfortable. At Coney
Island. 5000 persons mostly women and chill
oren from the tenement houses Of the city, slept
on the open beach. In the afternoon the heat
was more oppressive than on Tuesday. The
highest temperature was said to have been 81
oegTees at . O'Clock