New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-10
010L WAVE FAILS TO
ARRIVE; HEAT KILLS z.
With Mercury at SO Degrees.
Humidity Makes City Seem
Warm as Ever.
SLIGHT RELIEF PREDICTED
rorecaster Reports Frost in the
Par West and Hints at
Light Winds in Near
Future.

!, was only last Thursday that the
.,,bsr forecaster prophesied a cool
.~. for New York. He said that II
.,l5 reach here on Saturday and by
..,.,dav il would be so cool that the
,.,,r wouldn't iun out OF the bottle.
n, Friday he became eXtravagant in his
.,,rises and included rain-showers for
:,nrday and real rain for yesterday.
u, even went so far as to suggest winds,
,,,iable to be sure, but winds for yes
trdsy.
The thermometer registered IS in Yel-
,,stone Park Yesterday. Yellowstone
p,rs, TWO thousand miles from New
Tork,
Here is The fastest from the weather
rsn:
We don't want TO forecast another hot
.-su like that Of the earlier part Of last
week but from what information We
have on hand it seems likely the temper
,,rrs tomorrow will be almost as high
,,h was last Monday and the humidity
rss,er than IT has been
Nothing about that cool wave. YOU no
,es nothing about the winds. variable
hi stin winds; nothing about the rain.
, great deal about humidity. though.
WHAT happened 10 the cool wave?
Hare is the only explanation offered, and
n also. comes from the weather man as
ss report Of conditions for the twenty
fur hours ending at a. m. Yesterday.
aScsnt cloud'ness prevailed over New
England. the South Atlantic States and
n. Middle West, and an extensive area
n tisn PRESSURE covers the Eastern
states causing fair weather and moder-
30 tmperaturo The barometric dc
r-sssion which was central over Mani
ma last night has moved but little.
caused showers over the middle sn1
,,psr Mississippi Valley during the last
rsnty-four hours and general. though
,ight. increase i'm temperature over the
9rper lakes and the Ohio Valley.
General Humidity in the Saddle,
81, Yesterday even the sun vas
,shamed 70 show his face in the early
'ours, and when he sank behind the
ana dunes Of Nev Jersey at night he
Ngshed = deep sn6 startling red for the
york thrust upon him during tho day.
The humidity got worse as the night
aors on SO that there is no reason to
crp.ss The weather man will again fail
his prediction when he says that the
Enidity will be higher to-day than any
iay vet Sixty-nine was the highest
1srk reached by the humidity in the hot
lsl Of last week. and on that day the
thermometer registered only 81. but
here were thirty-eight deaths from the
rat On the day that the mercury
mounted 10 9S there were fourteen
tssths bu, ths humidity didn't touch 30
nat day
The highest point the temperature
'g1ched Yesterday was IS which ii
'ssched at and p. M. and again at q
n. Not that ~ is not quite respect
'tls record for the mercury. hut II must
remembered that New York has expe-
rsnced 10 degrees hotter within week.
Svsnty-three was the score in the open
'ig round az q m. which gradually
'se 70 s. by noon The mercury did not
''cp to Sc again until . o'clock last
'slt and al II clock II was still Al S@.
Two Dead from Heat.
lhs humidity. IN the mean time. got
o rs beviloering work. In the early
7o'ning the record was So. That was
'ish the sky was overcast and il looked
though there might nc ram. But as
~ sun mounted higher the frazzled
oA9ds gave up the attempt and were
'Sipated into an invisible moisture that
foIded a density Of only so
Two persons died from the heat yester-
sr They were.
fLANNAGAN. John. 90 yeare old, ~
40 &5s Eighth avenue.
NlLHET, Celesdn. g years old. Of No.
u West 3lst street.
Nhet Was overcome ON SATURDAY at
I'M avenue and 18th street and died
.'Nerday in Bellevue Hospital.
10 an attempt 10 establish an slibi the
'sather Bureau sent out 4 report on
"lcltions IN the West yesterday. with
NH and imperfect account Of conditions
'e East Moderately warm weather
.HslIed during Sunday throughout the
~'e Atlantic and New England
@sS is Tho modest statement Of the
''u or the West II Says, seeking
hi'E There was unseasona bly, cool
amer Ssturdsy and Saturday night
uN north plains states. the North
'' Mountains and the North Plateau
This, il is admitted, was fol-
oy reaction TO higher tempera-
rs rs yesterday.
'ss' with temperatures near the
Ing POINT. were reported from Wyo-
~ yfs,erday morning.
- .'fecast fog to-day and tomorrow
h .aT weather and increased humid
"a. s'h variable winds. Increasing
p, mes and slightly lower tempera-
s Promised for tomorrow.