Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-05
RIGHT IN THE CENTER.
PITTsBURe's POSITION YESTERDAY, IN
THE HEATED AREA,

One of the Hottest Places In the Country-A
Storm Wave Moving East-No Rain
Worth Speaking of, bat n Brisk Breeze.
Pittsburg was in the center of the heated
area yesterday. 1t was one of the hottest
places in the country. 1t was on the eightieth
isothermal line along with Cleveland, Gin
cinnati, Louisville and St. Louis. At
o'clock yesterday morning the mercury at
all of these places stood in the neighborhood
of 800. At Pittsourg it was SO1<o at that
hour. This was higher than at any other
place in the country outside of the four
cities above mentioned. At Chicago, Kan
sas City and all places situated on a line
running from the center of Lake Huron
down through the southwestern portion of
Texas, the temperature yesterday morning
was about 700. st. Paul, Omaha, Denver
and Duluth were on the sixtieth isothermal
line, while Winnipeg, Yankton, S. OAK,
and Northern Montana were found on the
line of the fftietE isotbermal ats o'clock yes
terday morning.
The highest temperature in Pittsburg
yesterday was 92.2 at $3.50 o'clock in the af-
ternoon by Signal Service observations. At
IL A. NJ. the mercury was at SS and
at 2 P. NJ. it stood at $50; at 8
o'clock it was go. The storm center yes
terday was over the Great Lakes, where the
point of lowest pressure was Marquette and
Sault St. Marie. The storm center was
moving east last night, and the edge of it
was calculated to strike Pittsburg about
midnight, but very little rain fell. The
weather predictions were rain for to-day,
followed by stationary temperature and
then cooler weather.
The heat yesterday was not as oppressive
as on Sunday. A cool breeze tempered the
effects of the suns rays. It was too hot,
however, for the puddlers in the Southside
mills to stand up before their furnaces. In
some of the mills the puddlers refused to be-
gin work in the morning, and in others the
heat drove them from their post about noon
time. Severa; prostrations from the heat
were reported during the day.
An unknown woman was overcome BY the
heat at the Union station while alighting
from Panhandle yrain. She came from
MorganZa.
Sambold Ruse, living at the head OF the
South Twenty-si1th street incline, was
prostrated in the afternoon while at work in
the American Iron Works at Brownstown.
James Madison, resident of CHARTERS,
was overcome BY the heat while walking on
Steuben street, West End. His condition is
not serious.
At McKeesport the heat in the National
Rolling Mill was so intense yesterday morn
in g that the men were obliged to quit work.
The following effects of the heat were also
reported:
William Stewart an Englishmau employed
in the Edgar Thomson Steel Works at Brad
dock, was prostrated about 2o'clock Saturday
afternoon and died two hours later. He had
been in this country but two days.
Samuel Wills. aged % was overcome by the
heat at the Edgar Thomson Furnaces and he is
not expected to live.
John Stenardo. a Hungarian employed at
the Carrie Furnaces at Rankin was sunsrruck
and he is not expected to live.
A valuable horse owned by Fred Hampe |
died from the heat on Mt. Washington Sunday.
Miss Annie Duffy, of 2S2S Penn avenue was |
taken TO the Mercy Hospital yesterday after |
noon suffering from prostration by heat. Her |
condition is very serious |