Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-12
Continued Hot Weather on
the Atlantic Coast.
Terrible Suffering from the
Heat i'm New York.
A Shower in the Afternoon Brings
Partial Relief.
Industry Paralyzed by the Intense Heat
in Philadelphia, Pittsburg and
Other Eastern Cities-StOrms
in the w estern States.
Associated Press Dispatches.


Associated Press Dispatches.
New YORK, August 11.-Ninety -four
in the shade was registered by ther-
mometers at noon today. This was the
hottest day OF the season and the hottest
August day in twenty years. Sun
strokes carried off a dozen people in the
last twenty-four hours, and the hospitals
are filled with others. Mosquitoes are
very numerous and add to the discom-
fort of the heat. At 2 O'Clock this after
noon thunderstorm relieved the
oppression somewhat. At 80 the
thermometer had fallen to 81. The rain
cooled the sidewalks and houses and
freshened up things. II was welcome
relief.
All day on the business streets, espe-
cially those where horse cars run, it
was pitiable to see the sufferings of the
horses. Animals gave out on all sides.
Altogether the day was one OF misery
for man and beast.
At Coney Island this afternoon tn he
mercury registered so degrees. The re-
ports sent out by the weather bureau do
not give an adequate idea of the intensi-
ty of the heat. When the
thermometer in the observatory
on top of the Equitable building registers
go, it is much warmer than that on the
surface in the crowded streets between
the high buildings where the heat is
radiated from the pavements and the
walls. Thermometers put on Broadway
registered different degrees of heat this
morning, but all were higher than the
signal service thermometer. AT 10
O'Clock the latter was SS degrees,
while private Thermometers regis
tered SO and over. Large num-
bers Of people found relief on the
piers and in the parks today. Since the
rain this afternoon the suffering is de-
creasing greatly, and it ia hoped tomor-
row will bring complete relief.
During the twenty-four hours ending
at midnight there were forty cases OF
prostration, eleven OF which were fatal.
THE HEAT AT VARIOUS PLACES.
PHILADELPHIA, August 11.--Philadel-
phia led all the cities of the United
States yesterday, the mercury standing
at 97. This morning the thermometer
registered so. At $50 this afternoon
the heat had reached 95 degrees.
BoRDENTowN, n. j., August 1l.-The
thermometer today ranged from 9S to SO
degrees.
PLAINFIELD, Conn, August 11.-At
noon today the thermometer registered
1O4 in the shade. Farm hands were
compelled to stop work.
WAuREGAN, Conn, August 11.-Today
was the hottest for twenty years. AT
noon it was l03 in the shade. Several
cases of prostration are reported. Crops
are burning up.
JEwETT Cry, Conn.,, August Ito
day was the hottest in the year. In adj
dition to mills being compelled to stop
on account OF the drought, farm hands
and other outdoor laborers have been
obliged to stop work on account OF the
intense heat.
PrrTsBuRG, August H. Last night
i, was one of the hottest of the year. AT
no time did the mercury 60 below 75
At IL O'Clock the mercury was 81. In
the town districts at noon the heat was
so intense that it drove people in doors
Today was as hot as yesterday but fewer
prostrations are reported. In the mills
many laborers had to quit work. A
storm at 2 80 this afternoon cooled the
atmosphere to some extent.
CINCINNATI, August 11.-Today has
been cooler. No serious prostrations
are reported. The maximum 80, was
reached at 2 p. m.
ST. LOUIS, August ia thundel
storm that visited the city this morning
cleared the atmosphere of the oppres
siveness that existed before the storm
occurred. A soaking rain accompanied
the storm, doing good to crops anc
fruit Tonight the weather is quite
bearable. The mercury indicates rs de
grees.
CHICAGO, August 11.-Minimum ant
maximum temperatures Chicago, 81
and 82; Cincinnati, 66 and co. New Or
leans, "a and 92; New York, 81 and 92
st. Louis, 76 and SO.
STORM CENTRES.
INDIANAPOLIS, August ia storm
which ragged in this county last evening
did immense damage to crops and prop
erty generally.
HousToN, Texas, August 11.-Report
from Yokum and Lexington state tina
terrible storms swept over those section
Yesterday. Houses were unroofed an
blown down and stock killed.
EMPoRrA, Kan, August IA heav
rain fell here this morning. Special
from various points show that the raj
was widespread. Farmers are jubilant
and say the water has made good cor
crop certain.
LINCOLN, ILL.,, August IA cyclon
prevailed in the southeastern part
Logan county, Monday afternoon. Crop
in its path, barns and houses were DC
stroyed. At Latham a new elevator
about completed, was leveled. The loss
is about $4,000.
A Yacht Capsized.
TOLEDO. August 11.--This afternoon
Yacht. in which were four young me-
and six young girls, was caught In
.,,JJor scro1l and canaizad on Naumo