New-York tribune., 1909-06-27
70 RELIEF FROM HEAT
Low HUMIDITY MAKES IT
MORE BEAR4BLE.
Weather Bureau Fails to Make
Promises GOOd-Fe1cer Deaths
and PrOStrdtiOnS.


have rai5ed the offices Of the local Weather
Bureau long before this. The men who shape
the destinies of the atmospheric conditions came
out again yesterday with aIluring promises Of
III the delights of cool weather for the heat
oppressed population of Manhattan Island.
Should they fail to make good their word to-day
thetr fate is not a pleasant one to contemplate
This is what they have to say, though they ad-
nit they have small hope that anybodySwin be
lteve them.
Substantial relief from the present hot wave
which has prevailed over the country east OF the
Rock Mountains during the last week IS prom,
ised Tor next week, in special bulletin issued
by the Weather Bureau at Washington TO-DAY
which also saws that the week beginning June
. VIII, as a whole, be cooler than the present
week.
The next we'll defined barometric disturbance,
say the Weather Bureau officials, will cross the
United States from west TO east from about
June % to July 8 attended IN districts east of
the Rockies by general rains-
For the special edifcatlon of New York City.
It IS promised that to-day will be generally fair,
IS also viii Monday and not quite so warm, with
light. variable winds So each individual in
hab1tant Of the greater city VIII be expecting
this surprise package in his morning mail TO-
dav If these promises do not n2aterialize, the
Weather Bureau viii be the most discredlted Of
acigls in the country. Who's the man behlhd
the heat" The weather fans" want TO kno"
The LIST Of deaths was not so high as Friday
by about ore-half. nor vas the list OF prostra-
lions within 50 per cent Of Thursdays marx
This is ascrbcd to the lower humidity that pre-
vailed throughout the day The list OF oea'AS
in the metropolitan districts follows
rARcr Lav-aaoes nine months old Of No 2-S4 second
avenue: dad ct home .
rr prNrrP Tobn s,xty-se,er years old, Of No @3 ~
.Ianrtc street. Newark. died al home "a
80
EFoN :, rinoss Z .3I s5tr ss99i gaE5 os9tta 25a o.
sEPEE John. Of 70 S. ID street P4ssai' y j. 1ea
srsyIsL.sI-s spanchovszt th-ty-four Years % No
I3i 0aE!1nd avenue, died IN the BROOKLYN H-osP-'3-.
~, sr>- Ar-r,. sir+y-eve years old: died IN Orange
Memorial Hospital. West Orange. y !
At an aarlz, hour Yesterday many a suffer
ing mortal after restless night of tossing and
groanirg. popped his head out of the window
and glued his eye to the thermometer TO note
the pulse Of the city Of New York There was
small comfort IN this: the patient had TEN
rerature of IS degrees thus early N the day and
there was every indication that the fever would
rise-and rise it did. By noon it had reached oo
degrees. and continued its skyvard Journey
At 1:l5 p m the local weather bureau showed
that II was suffering from 2 temperature Of 50
degrees and there It hung for the greater Tert
Of the day. until Anally AT ?. tbs t'gh Ag-
-lres for the day showed that an even 90 degrees
was its li22it.
If the temperature increased the humid!ty
took an opposite course and while Il was as
high as y At 5 a n, it had reached TO the low
notch Of % by the time o'clock came around
To some PEOPLE il seemed that the twtns-Heat
and Humidtty-were playing a game of hide and
seek While Heat climbed the temperature lad
der. rurg by rung. until it reached the topraost
step Humidity was engaged in sliding down the
banisters. 50 to speak. and all through the day
they were a couple of naughty Children not re-
naming quiet moment Of the time
Toward evening. when clouds heavy with
promise. appeared about the lower part of Man
haitian. the sufferers prepared to indulge in the
luxury Of natural shower hath. They stood
about IN unsheltered places daring the rain 70
come. they would have welcomed a drenc hing
with literally opened arms. but never q drop of
moisture could they tempt from the tantalizing
clouds and then they attempted to drown their
sorrows in iced drinks.
One class Of sufferers from the heat was made
happy yesterday. n-hen Superintendent Delaney
Of the Metropolitan Street Railway gave orders
that every r2otorrnan had the privilege Of re-
moving his coat and hat while running his car.
That IS the reason why New Workers we're
greeted with the sight of vari-colored styles in
shirts on the front Of every trolley car. for if
single rnotorrnan failed to take advantage Of the
wear shirt
Toward nightfan and for the rest of the night
the heat was not 50 oppressive, while the
clouded sky always held out promise Of a del
uge All the ferryboats were tan2med 70 the
cute rails with passengers. who escaped the
worst Of the heat by travelling 70 and fro across
the rivers for the greater part Of the night.
Washington. June "a hot wave levying
large toll Of deaths and prostrations spread over
the whole country today In Phoenix. Ariz. the
ter7perature climbed 70 100 in the weather bu
reau thermometers, which are always lower than
the street registers. while Washington. Ealt-
more and Lyhchburg, Va. recorded the highest
honors in this direction in the East with %, Of
fetal each The weather bureaus announce
n2ent tonight conveys the depressing forecast
No decided change is indicated in The tenpera-
ture conditions in the Eastern states during the
next fortv-eight hours
In Washington to-day maximum Of 1O4 was
reached IN the unofficial Thermometers in the
downtown district. and there were four cases Of
heat prostratlon
IJuhn npnyTr HIM TO STTTrTOE