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Show i?eopIe are Forced from the Tenements to j Escape Death i ; New York, July 25 After its record rec-ord rise to 94 degrees yesterday, 1 marking the hottest day of the sea- son, the official mercury hovered I aboe or not far 'beneath the 90 de-J de-J gree mark all night, registering a minimum of 70, and at 8 o'clock this morning stood at 79, or two degrees above the Oguros for the same hour on Sunday. The prospects were for another sizzling day, although something some-thing of a breeze from the southwest and a less percentage of huminitdy tended to alleviate conditions De-ilite De-ilite this, reports of prostration cases began to come in early. Fhe deaths which occurred in the last twenty-four hours are attributed to the heat. Thousands of tenement dwellers were unable to stand tho heat of the crowded districts during the night and I to the parks for refuge. A degree of j j coaifort was found In tho open spaces. I ! where the bree7e that sprang up dur-i dur-i ing the night had a chance to get in f Its work. . ! ' Reports from Brooklyn hospitals ; this morning add four to the list of dead from the effects of the torrid . wave I |