The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-24
81 DEGREES YESTERDAY.
same Heat Promised for To-day-It was
worse IN the streets.

same Heat Promised fof T0-day-lt Wa
verse IN the streets.
The Official Thermometer indorssd the
fears Of its prophets Yesterday by bsatinG
the record Of the summer. two days old
and by going the last day Of the infsrnA
vernAl season one better; that IL, the mer.
curry rosa 10 81.
Down in the street even the shaded IN.
ssruments marked from "a to q degrees
depending on situation. and in the sun 10
degrees Was the rule. Down in the sub
way, which was not literally patronised
in the hottest hours. the temperature was
unit for record or publication.
The humidity was high In the early
morning and the Thermometer vas from
two 10 five dsgreos or more higher than
the day before The stored up caloFic Of
tEo hot DAYS helped the sun a bit and the
heat demons began dancing for the first
time over the glass dotted iron sidewalks
The mercury reached the climax At 1
O'Clock, When the sky 20 the southwest
began 70 darken a bit a. II there might
be a chance II cooling showers hidden
behind the screen % heavy haze Az
sunset a sixteen mile breoss came out Of
the west, where the prophets suspected
there had been thunderstorms too far
away sven 70 BE- heard, and the tenpera-
ture usnt down several degrees
The breeze shifted % northwest later
and then about SS7 O'Clock got around
20 the northeast. Saying there for a while
The repOrts from Nantucket and Block
lslari showed that los had
Dipped in there and had created cooling
showers that were felt even here The
nurtheasterly breeze got a hfteen mile
giit and the mercury vent 10 ~ But the
prophets said that the comparative cool
ness would be short lived and We might
expect just a. high temperature to-day
as We had a. Up NJ yesterday
Nearly all the parks II the town. includ-
ing that az tho Battery. we're patronizsd
by sleeper all day yesterday and last
n ghf
TIE police ~ Manhattan reported yes
tsrdsy fourteen heat prostrations. tRen-
tv-four cases 81 PEOPLE found sick IN the
streets and three sudden deaths. no cause
stated
DR. samuel Sobel of ~ Fast iI2th stree,
reported 70 the CoroDers' offioe last ri ght
The death Of Mrs Leskowits. IS years
old. of 1872 East iOsth street, resulting from
the heat
Two deaths and twenty-one prostra-
tons were attributed 70 the heat by the
brOokiyn police YESTERDAY George Sar-
geant, So years old. fell senseless and then
lumbied down stairs al his home, iOO5
fiatbtsh avenue he died AZ the Kingp
County Hospital. Emma Walters. So
years odd. Of 50 Wave Crest avenue, Far
RoCkaway, died AZ ~ MaTy's Hospital
Syly 10 CATpenA. an Italian undergoing
treatment for q nervous break down az
DR. Morton . AaniatTium az Eighty eighth
street and Fort Hamilton avenue, Fort
Hamilton. suddenly stripped down 20 /
lis hlmsy underclothes yesterday after I
noon and jumped out Of q second story |
window Before the attendants could /
prevent him he was out Of the grounds
md up Fort Hamilton avenue.
Al EiRhty-sixth street q car hound for
'Onsy Island and packed with women
md children came along. CAFpenA tried
% get aboard. 10 the embarrassment
u the pAssengers He was put on after
struggle Some one had notified the
lOlice and soon the reserves we're after
he Italian on a run.
They chased him across lots 10 Ninety-
econd street and Seventh avenue, where
here n pond. Into this CaYpana
Faded up 10 his neck He stayed there
or half an hour While a crowd on ths
bore aided the police finally 10 Ooaz
i'm hack 10 land. He WAs taken 10 Ire
anitarium. where bic break was at
ributed 20 the heat.
To protect slespers On the COney Island
eaches Capt Mike Calvin had twenty
olicemen stationed there last night.
here were two heat presentations AZ
onsy Island Yesterday. Mra. Fannie
ranois. - years Old. who lives az West
wenty-sscond street and Surf avenue.
III % a Sea Gate car and landed on her
cad She was taken 10 the Coney Island
I0spital unconscious.
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