Show NEW YORK IN GRIP OP HOT WAVE new york july 17 after a respite of one day the hot wave that swept over new york last week causing scores of deaths and hundreds of cases of prostration returned today with renewed intensity the temperature being by far the highest of tho season the highest point reached was at 4 in tho afternoon when the weather bureau thermometer touched 96 degrees in tho streets however the heat was much greater some thermometers mo meters recording a high as while the heat was intense the air was stirred by light breezes and thia general suffering was somewhat mm gatea by the absence of tho excessive humidity that prevailed last week it was largely owing to this that only two cases of death directly resulting from the heat were reported the total number of prostrations prost rations tor the whole city was elss than fifty there was diminution of the heat after nightfall the mercury standing at 81 degrees at lappi there are no prospects tonight of any relief for several days to come |