Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-11
THIRD AND HOTTEST.
Three Days of Excessive Heat
in Gotham.
The City Sweltering as 1t Never
Sweltered Before.
Many PrOstratiOns and Deaths Due
to the Heat.
A Night of Indescribable Misery In the
Tenement Districts : A Terrible
Drought In Connecticut-The
Western Hot Wave.
Associated Press Dispatches.

New YORK, August 10.-Today has
been the third of the heated term here,
and hottest of the three, with no pros
poets OF favorable change tomorrow.
The local forecast officer says the mer-
curry bids fair to touch the 100 mark to-
morrow. At am, without breeze
and the mercury heavily climbing up
ward, the air was sitting. At noon the
heat was unbearable, and at 3 O'Clock
the thermometer reached 81. All the
afternoon the ambulance was busy carry
ing people prostrated by heat to the hos
pital. Nothing like it has been
recorded at this time of the year for
nearly twenty years, and continuance
during the week means an enormous in
crease in mortality, especially in crowded
tenement districts. Half a dozen deaths
occurred today from heat, and
many more victims are in a pre-
carious condition. Three persons are
reported having been rendered insane
by the heat. A number of members of
the police force had to leave their posts
today. The heat was particularly severe
on horses, many being overcome. The
scenes in the tenement district to-
night are beyond description. The
entire population has deserted
the tenements and sought the house
tops and streets. Little relief is afford
ed, however, by this means, as the
thick walls are sending forth the heat
accumulated during the day. The en-
tire population is looking with forebod-
ing for the dawn of another scorching
day.
THE HEAT IN CONNECTICUT.
PLAINFIELD, Conn.,, August 10.-Today
has been one of the hottest in years,
and the drought is something startling.
All the late crops are burning up in the
ground and the early ones have been
ripened 30 quickly by the drought that
they are badly scorched. The rivers,
ponds and small streams are lower than
for years, Ashland, Jewett City,
Floyville, Central valley and other
places having been compelled to stop
the mills for want of water. All through
the valley of the Yantic, Quinnebaugh
and Shetucket rivers, the mills are idle.
Pacheug lake, that covers $4,000 acres,
is nearly dry. Unless rain soon comes,
the loss to crops and in wages, will be
great.
THE WESTERN HOT WAVE.
CHICAGO, August 10.-Dispatches from
a number OF points in Indiana, Illinois
and Iowa state that today was very
severe, the mercury ranging from SO to
103. A number of prostrations occurred
a few fatal. This afternoon the heat
was mitigated at several points by severe
thunder storms. In Chicago it was
cooler than yesterday, the maximum
temperature being 80 degrees. The ex-
cessive heat of Friday, Saturday and
Sunday has, however, had its effect on
the mortality rate. One hundred and
sixty deaths were reported in the city
today, more than double the usual rate.
The mortality among horses was also
heavy.
A STORM IN IOWA.
LEON, Iowa, August 10.-A severe
storm, lasting an hour and a half, struck
Leon, in Decatur county, yesterday.
The opera house and school house were
unroofed, and one house was
completely demolished. Fences, out
houses, sidewalks and trees were
broken and blown away. At
Davis City 5000 people were attending a
camp meeting. Two large trees struck
the tabernacle, crushing it to the
ground, and demolishing the seats and
stands. An alarm was given in time,
however, and all escaped.