Show THE HOT WEATHER New York Experiences the Hottest Hot-test Time in Twenty Years PHILADELPHIA AHA FOR ONCE I Was on the Heat TesteraarSho Is Never Ahead Today Manj Prostrations Hen Have to Quit Work NEW YORK Aug Ninetyfour In the shade was registered by thermometers at noon today This 1 the hottest day ofthe season and the hottest August day in twenty years Sunstroke has carried off 4 directly or indirectly 1 dozen persons I within the last twentyfour hours and the hospitals are filled with others suffering caused by heat intensified by a plague of i mosquitoes At 2 this afternoon a thunderstorm i thunder-storm relieved tho oppressiveness somewhat I some-what At 330 the thermometer had fallen to S4 I The rain cooled the sidewalks and houses and freshened up things It was a welcome wel-come relief 1 day on the business streets especially those where horse cars are run it was pitiable to seo sufferings of the horses The animals gave out on I all sides Altogether tho day was one of 1m S3ry for man and beast At Coney island this afternoon the mercury registered Ju I Reports sent out by the weather bureau do not give an adequate idea of the intensity I inten-sity of the heat When the thermometer in the observatory on top of the Equitable building registers 03 it is much warmer than that on the surface in crowded street surac stee between high buildings where the heat 16 radiated from pavement and walls Thermometers Ther-mometers put on Broadway registered I different degrees of heat this morning but all were higher than tho signal service thermometer At 10 oclock the latter was S degrees while private thermometer registered S > 9 and over Large numbers of people found relief on piers and in the parks today Since the rain this afternoon after-noon the suffering bas decreased greatly and it is hoped tomorrow will bring complete com-plete relief During the twentyfour hours ending at midnight there have been forty cases of prostration eleven of which were fatal |